Queensland Floods

i'm so sorry about what is happening to you... i live in australia as well but in melbourne... and i have been keeping track of the news everyday... i'm glad that you are alright though... that is the most important thing... i pray to God that He will give the comfort and strength to all the victims and they will be able to move on with life soon... take care and have a nice day...

My friend's sister lived in Grantham, but she was swept away in the waters along with two of her children :( I was raised along the rivers of the Midwestern, US, so flooding is nothing new to me, but it's horrible pretty much anyway that anyone can see it. I've definitely experienced this before. During the yearly floods, I would find myself having to row part of the way to school each and every day .. and any time that someone needed to leave the house. During the 50 year floods.. forget it, because life as we know it in several states comes to a screeching halt. Property is lost, jobs are lost, people go to work only to find that they are stranded, and can't cross back into their home city or home state until the waters have receded... although I can't recall any lives actually being lost, or maybe I just don't remember. During one of these floods, there was more than 15 feet of water in my front yard. Most of the town had evacuated and the two or three small businesses had closed. The Red Cross had sent most people with brains to hotel rooms, but didn't provide food or money for food... what can you really eat a motel with no stove/microwave, eh? :/ The bugs were terrible... the mold was horrible and people were getting sick, primarily with coughs and sinus related issues. Telephone service was out, although most of the town still had electricity. Our house had an above-ground basement and garage, due to the constant flooding when it was built, but even with that, the waters in 1993 missed coming inside of the home by mere inches... I'm glad that someone was able to bring food for you! Food shortages during natural disasters is a common thing because of people panicking before hand and buying entire carloads of food before hand or at the last minute. Hopefully the waters will recede quickly. Seepage and sewer will be one of the worst things to hinder clean up effort. Seepage can come weeks or months before standing water is really noticeable and can stick around forever in a day afterward.

Oh.. I almost forgot: http://twitpic.com/3lcl6o The area in this photo used to have two abandoned houses and two homes that were quite livable, before the flood waters finally did enough damage to shift them on their foundations and permanently contaminate the area. These waters are from the yearly flood, and are just deep enough that I would have had to take the boat to get to and from the next street, although most of the town itself was not flooded at the time this was taken. However, the area where many people's back yards once were (now turned into a park) were saturated and the solitary road leading to the river, where a fish market and an automech garage stood were entirely inaccessible at this time.

Really feel bad about this. But we can;t do much in this sort of problems. I stay in India and we face this sort of problems every year. The place where I stay has to face floods every year in the month of June. Every year in the month of June to July our lives become pathetic. So, I know and understand from my deep core of hear what sort of problems you may be facing. But the things will become normal again.

Just noticed you for the first time... good to see more Aussies on here! I'm in SA, so it'll take too long for me to get you anything you need, if it's even possible. I heard on the news that it's really bad where you are. RawBill1 is on the Gold Coast - just got back from holidays yesterday. PM him if you need something. He owns an online business - check out his profile. He knows how to get supplies to you. Hope things get better for you real fast. The Federal Government just threw 1200 troops into the clean-up. Hope it makes a difference. My wife's family is up there, but untouched in the higher suburbs. Good to see you've got the internet still!

We've been monitoring of the events there in Australia. Thank God you're going alright and well. Yes, we've experienced same disaster and was able to cope up with the grace of God. Stay calm and safe by being vigilant of the effects of post flood.Your friends here in myLot will be praying for you and family!

Hi Nobbsy! I live up on the Fraser Coast and although we got flooded, we didn't get it in the house. Our power has been cut many times, and we have been cut off from town for days due to flooding over the roads. When we finally were able to drive into town for some groceries, the shelves were empty in all the supermarkets! No bread, milk, meat, fruit or vegies. Our next door neighbour gave us some things to keep us going though. Today we were able to buy some food, although the supermarket shelves are still quite bare - but the prices have doubled on some items of fresh produce! However, compared to you guys over Toowoomba and Grantham way, we are fortunate. You have had it so bad, and my heart goes out to you and everyone over there; so many lives have been lost, homes pulled off their foundations and are floating free. Thousands of people are homeless, lost everything. The clean up will take months, and it will be years before things are back to normal. Even Brisbane suffered badly and the cost of re-building is going to be colossal. But the Aussie spirit is alive and well as we have seen with the start of the clean-up - everyone is pitching in, volunteers are registering in droves, strangers helping strangers; it's wonderful to see. I hope you are ok Nobbsy, and that you are able to get some food. Take care of your wife and your unborn baby.

Hi Nobbsy, I am on the Gold Coast. We had fast flowing and high rivers here, but nowhere near as bad as I have seen it in the past. I have been affected emotionally by the flooding here in the South East though as I know a lot of these areas that went under water. I have friends in Brisbane who have been affected, one of our customers has lost everything and has nowhere to live now as her building has to be demolished. We are going to be sending her a food and kitchen equipment care package once she has settled somewhere. I also am a regular out at the archery club at Swanbank, not far from you. They had a little bit of flooding at their club, but 3 of their members lost everything. Another Archery club up the other side of Wivenhoe suffered a bit of damage. They were to host titles in February, but they have had to be moved to the Ipswich club. I also know a lot of people from the Toowoomba club, but I have not heard anything about any of them, so hopefully they all escaped unharmed with no damage. I just returned from a road trip and was lucky to get through Northern NSW as the rivers were all very high there. They cut the highway less than 24 hours after we passed through. The prices of everything are going to be high for some time I think. I know some farmers who lost everything in northern NSW. They are not even going to bother replanting until April after the wet season has finished. More rains are predicted until then!