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Australian Floods
For those of you who don't know, the north-eastern state of Queensland, Australia is currently suffering from major floods. 12 people have already been confirmed dead, there are around 60 missing with grave concerns for most of them. The capital city of Brisbane has been evacuated, and thousands upon thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed. Most of the state has no power (and it's a pretty huge state!) All of these numbers are expected to rise. It's pretty dreadful.
I'm posting because I have a friend in Queensland who lost her home, her car, all of her belongings, and her pets. I know there are a handful of Australians on here so I encourage you to donate! Donate to the flood relief appeal : Queensland Government Stay safe, Queenslanders! |
Holy ****, the Brisbane river must've become a lake. I have friends there too. Christ, that's hard to imagine.
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Yeah it's pretty insane :( And waters are only going to keep on rising! Gah!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5035222_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._6433392_n.jpg http://images.triplem.com.au/2009/02...20-600x400.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2916298_n.jpg I've never seen anything like this! |
I'm sorry for your friends in Queensland :( Best of hopes and wishes to those who are affected by this tragedy.
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I'm visiting my brother in Brisbane next week (assuming the airport is not underwater). It will be crazy to see the damage.
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Mother nature is a crazy biatch! |
how large is Queensland? I have a friend that lives there but she isn't affected by this much of the flooding
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Yeah, I've been reading about this. Crazy shit! I hope any members we might have in the area are doing okay. :(
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It's not like I haven't seen images like these in the news before but this was really shocking. Looks pretty devestating.
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Pretty sickening what a natural disaster can do. Hope your mates and any member from the area are doing alright, the last picture you posted with the van really shocked me most :(.
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Wow, that's very unfortunate. My prayers go out to all of those people struggling down there.
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Queensland is quite a large state, it's probably about 7 times larger than the UK. So not all of it is affected by the floods, but a lot of it is, which makes the scale of the whole thing immense. And yeah I know what you mean mojo, you see images like this in the news all the time but I've never seen anything like this in the country that I live to this degree! You just assume stuff like this will never happen to you or your friends.
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That's the scary thing, you never think it'll happen to you, but it often can :(.
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I've been following it on the news every night, I really feel for the poor people affected by the floods. I consider Australians like close siblings so I am glad my country is helping the way they can by sending the Army over and raising funds.
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Following it on the news here, too. It looks awful.
I had the idea this sort of thing never happened in Australia. |
im pretty sure the UK are giving a helping hand, or atleast planning to im sure.
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it's raining pretty heavily here also (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) at this rate it'd be another 1971 (only time KL flooded)
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let's hope that woin't happen, then!
Welcome by the way, Il Duce :). I believe this is the first posting I see from you. |
The floods have eased up but many suburbs are still underwater, people are starting to clean up the layer of mud that has covered the entire state and volunteers are coming from everywhere to clean up the mess. The death toll has only just climbed to 20 which is sad but comforting as it's not nearly as bad as the bushfires a couple of years ago that killed 200 people. But yeah they expect to find more bodies as the water clears.
Sad, sad. :( |
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