Severe flooding

[Liz]

Hoping all our IIS friends in the severely flooded areas are safe and well - areas like Dalby, Theodore, Chinchilla with the evacualtions.
More rain heading to already inundated Rocky and Bundaberg.
Terrible stuff indeed with so many houses under water!!
Take care, and our thoughts are with you all.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Take care out there.
My thoughts are with those caught up in this.

[Liz]

Its terrible jjj, cant believe what I am seeing on the news.
You guys have had heaps too.

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Hope all are safe, We are fine at present but BOM says more to come I can't wait for winter.

[astroron (Ron)]

Keep Safe everybody
We are alright at the moment but as they say there is more to come
so it looks like I wont be going anywhere any time soon

[asimov (John)]

Well even though we are basically stranded (Moore park beach 20 kliks NW Bundaberg) I think it fortunate the township is built on sand. As soon as the sand reaches the saturation point we might be in trouble..

Good luck to all those that are affected.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Stay safe all.

Was it last year the ressys were nearly runnin dry up there?
Anyway its a big turnaround.
From the dry to the wet in one foul swoop.

Cheers Kev.

[Liz]

Originally Posted by asimov

Well even though we are basically stranded (Moore park beach 20 kliks NW Bundaberg) I think it fortunate the township is built on sand. As soon as the sand reaches the saturation point we might be in trouble..

Good luck to all those that are affected.

Yes, thought of you John, glad alls OK at the moment.

[h0ughy (David)]

no its not flooding but a delivery plan to float someone their AP mount direct to their door! Hope everyone is ok

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

no its not flooding but a delivery plan to float someone their AP mount direct to their door! Hope everyone is ok

I think arrangements have been made to airlift it in.

[PeterM]

Leyburn in big trouble, water rose to 1 meter at observing site.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-FcGOEfe7U&NR=1
Peter

[h0ughy (David)]

thats not good news Peter - the gear OK?

[PeterM]

Not sure David, but probable losses generators and some astro gear from what I am hearing. About half a dozen of the guys heading there tomorrow to see if they can get to the site but locals are saying looks like an inland sea.

PeterM.

[h0ughy (David)]

i thought you were on a hill/mountain top, not a flood plain?

[PeterM]

Its on the other side of the range but once in a hundred years the Condamine
River floods real bad. From what locals told us from past down knowledge the observatories should have been ok. We knew the vans could be a problem should this happen. Apparently came up quicker than anyone ever imagined.

PeterM.

[Tandum (Robin)]

I heard tonight the water plant went under at Dalby, they are cut off and they have 2 days of drinking water left. Dalby is not that far away, I'm very surprised. Looks like the rain has stopped for a day or 2 though.

[Ric]

Flooding in Qld, fire bans in SA and a cyclone forming in northern WA.

You cant win wherever you are.

Stay safe everyone.

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

I had to add to this thread (although it could have been one of the other "flood/ rain" threads) as I've been thinking of all of you Queenslanders and the flooding which is just starting to make the news here in the USA.

While it is a terrible thing, I had to smile when I saw this morning's Financial Times Newspaper which showed a picture of two guys loading a boat with (as outlined in the picture caption) "Emergency supplies"...which when looked at in the picture were slabs of XXXX ...I thought it captured the Australia that I know and love...emergency supplies= beer!