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My neighbour is into bee keeping and he told me of a bee keeper friend who lost all his bees, in excess of fifty boxes and his house and everything he owned because the house moved on its foundations rendering it uninhabitable. Another chap we know who lived in a caravan also lost everything.
We are away from the low lands here but apparently the smell of dead things is unbelievable and adds to the misery.
The number of roads that are cut is a surprise...I cant get to my old place because of multiple land slides.
My carer is going into Casino tomorrow to help getting the Salvation Army Shop running again as so many now need clothes beds bedding even kitchen ware. It is the only one left that can function as all others have been totally ruined.
Reading the Tabulam notice board on Facebook ( one of many community notice boards) you get to see the closures etc and hear of folk trying to find if others are ok.
For folk who think Facebook is nonsence in these times it has proved invaluable. I watched a saga unfold where someone from Canada could not contact an aged relative but via Facebook some folk called by to help the man and was able put the minds of his Canadian relatives at ease.
It is strange here not hearing any traffic as usually one hears trucks and motor bikes on the highway and indeed past the house. But now nothing.

I need to go into Tabulam today and I really I am not looking forward to doing so as I know all l will hear is tales of heart break and probably see wreckage of lives.
Alex