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After I posted this a friend who works for Geoscience Australia dropped in. Starting Monday teams of scientists from GA will be visiting the flooded areas to documents the event. My mate will be in Brisbane for a week starting Friday, then back to GA for a week to write up and then to Rockhampton. The work includes doorknocking affected residences and asking the owners to let them in to view the damage. They received some training about dealing with traumatised people, but not enough I'll warrant. My mate is pretty sensitive and I think he is a bit daunted about having to intrude at a time like this. I can understand that but I think anyone can see that it is best to get the facts recorded as soon after the event as possible. They did the same thing after the Victorian bushfires.
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