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When you flush the toilet in Australia, the water goes....
77 durable postsStarted 2011-01-11Latest 2011-01-21
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^^^ I found something that may put it in context for your Sydney friend. [QUOTE] A volume of water equivalent to two Sydney Harbours is pouring over the vast dam's spillway into the river every 24 hours.[/QUOTE] That's the dam that feeds into the brisbane river.
[QUOTE=nikoa;918970]A lot of tension here. Everybody just take a deep breath and relax.
Apologise to DIDI and move on ffs.[/QUOTE] Yeah you are right, and thanks for putting up the donation link . I just came back from a walk and my glasses are fogging up. :shock: I really can't believe how much our weather has changed in such a short time. Just about every river system on the east side of the continent has a flood warning issued at the moment.
But I don't want or need an apology, It wasn't about me.
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Brisbane powerhouse flood sculpture
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More flooding in Brazil has taken over 250 lives up to now - anyone want to make a joke?
[IMG]http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/dynamic/00534/brazil-floods1a_534262b.jpg[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=floridaorange;918782] I haven't heard anything about massive floods in Australia and I have a friend in Sydney. [/QUOTE]
eh?
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^^^^ I can laugh at that now, well nearly.
:( As I said we are so lucky here. Flooding here has such a different meaning to flooding in Brazil or Pakistan. And today is the first anniversary of Haiti. It definitely makes you more aware of the rest of the world when it hits close to home.
Good story, tug boat captain see's 300 metres of floating concrete walkway heading towards the pylons of a big bridge. Takes off after it, and, without ropes etc, manoeuvres it around to go under the bridge and guides it out to the bay, avoiding many obstacles. Definitely life threatening stuff, both his and others ! His comment. "just gave it a bit of a nudge " :lol:
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[QUOTE=OhSoFresh;918980][IMG]http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201101/r701314_5379368.jpg[/IMG]
Brisbane powerhouse flood sculpture[/QUOTE] Bet they didn't expect that !
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[QUOTE=Steve Graham;918433]damn, sorry to hear :( I hope you and yours are safe, and well, everyone else of course
keep us posted!
and people making jokes, have some fucking class[/QUOTE]
Yeah this is definitely not funny at all :( and i don't like the thread title either!!!! Some people just don't know when to use their f@@ing sense of humor
Watching the news now btw and a little boy died trying to save his brother :(
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[QUOTE=DIDI;918907]^^^ Thank you DQ , there are some unbelievably sad stories, like the 13 year old boy who was swept away because he insisted they save his little brother, and the parents who died saving their children . I have found what people are doing for each totally inspirational. I am very proud to be an Aussie at the moment. We are fortunate that because we live in a first world country we don't have the incredible loss of life they way they did in Pakistan or Haiti, but that certainly doesn't make it any less sad. [/QUOTE]
Simply reading that brought tears to my eyes, how very sad :(
As for all the other drama going on in this thread, I think it is highly inappropriate....people are dying and suffering and we are bickering over silly things, please lets stop :(
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It's over John, let it go . We are past it. No one here was trolling it was very genuine concern, and thanks to all who expressed concern. :)
[url]http://media.theage.com.au/?from=hpstrip[/url]
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:) Glad it was all sorted. Everything ok with you and your family?
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So much has happened since that video ! The dam is now running 187% over capacity and we all know it didn't protect Brisbane.
Another donation link for something that is often overlooked [url]http://www.gofundraise.com.au/DonationPage.aspx?eid=585&cid=280[/url]
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This pretty good :) [url]http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/floodrelief/sydneys-homeless-dig-deep-for-queensland-flood-victims/story-fn7ik2te-1225987779178[/url]
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Does this mean I can tell my "shoot up the shops and get a loaf of bread" joke?
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We have lost 36 lives in the past days to flooding in our country too
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[IMG]http://www.timeslive.co.za/multimedia/dynamic/01122/floods_1122243b.jpg[/IMG]
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My goodness! What is going on with Mother Nature??? Sorry to hear about the lives lost to this natural disaster.
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ye that's what i've been asking myself as well... i somehow feel like it's getting worse from year to year or am i just spending more time on news? is the media just pushing it more every year? currently floods in australia, germany, sri lanke... snow chaos in the us... mud slides in brasil...
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[QUOTE=xellsys;919398]ye that's what i've been asking myself as well... i somehow feel like [B]it's getting worse from year to year or am i just spending more time on news? is the media just pushing it more every year?[/B] currently floods in australia, germany, sri lanke... snow chaos in the us... mud slides in brasil...[/QUOTE]
this is what I'm struggling with too
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Terrible situation in Australia, Brazil is getting worse too... over 500 dead people so far and heavy rains for the next couple of days so the near future doesn't look promising..
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Been seeing a bit about Brazil in the news here, it's heartbreaking :(
Haven't heard anything about South Africa, sorry to hear that Nick. :(
We are cleaning up a lot here now, and fortunately getting a break from the heavy rains. Main issue will be that the water is moving through our river systems and will still be effecting people for the next few months before it finally gets through to the sea.
Media V happening ?? I think it's both.
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[QUOTE=xellsys;919398]ye that's what i've been asking myself as well... i somehow feel like it's getting worse from year to year or am i just spending more time on news? is the media just pushing it more every year? currently floods in australia, germany, sri lanke... snow chaos in the us... mud slides in brasil...[/QUOTE]
Almost as if, globally, there's some kind of [I]change[/I] in the [I]climate[/I] ? :what
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[QUOTE=bobjuice;919460]Almost as if, globally, there's some kind of [I]change[/I] in the [I]climate[/I] ? :what[/QUOTE]
Both imo.. The climate issue is bad and all indicates that will be worse in years to come + we have loads of information saying all the time how fucked up the world actually is... "nice" combo
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I really hope that we can come up with a way to start reversing all the damage humans have done to this magnificent planet before its too late :(
Surely the drastic changes to our climates and weather are finally making people see something needs to be done, and soon!
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^^^ I just hope it's in time , there are an awful lot of very bad things happening all over the world.
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[QUOTE=bobjuice;919460]Almost as if, globally, there's some kind of [I]change[/I] in the [I]climate[/I] ? :what[/QUOTE]
but then again, I have never heard something like "worst floods ever", "never had storms like this" and so on. they always say like something like "worst floods in the last xx years"... so xx years ago it must have been an even worse disaster? kinda confuses me... just shows that it's not abnormal, just quite rare. in the big picture, what is 20, 50 or 100 years for the climate? about every 20.000 - 30.000 years we have an ice age anyway :)
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[QUOTE=DancingQueen;919472]I really hope that we can come up with a way to start reversing all the damage humans have done to this magnificent planet before its too late :(
Surely the drastic changes to our climates and weather are finally making people see something needs to be done, and soon![/QUOTE]
not the first time these floods have happened: [url]http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100071290/queensland-floods-but-at-least-the-endangered-mary-river-cod-is-safe-eh/[/url]
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No they haven't. When we had the floods in 1974 the Vivenhoe dam hadn't been built. In fact it was built in reaction to those floods. If the floods we just had were from the same amount of rain as the 1974 floods nothing would have happened to Brisbane because the dam would have protected it. Even running @187% capacity , that isn't a typo, it still didn't give protection to Brisbane.
I'm not sure how much faith I would place in a blog that says "James Delingpole is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who is right about everything." Funny though. :lol:
Also we are having so called 100 year events twice in one year??
Btw we are getting similar floods in Victoria at the moment , fortunately the topography is different and the impact is nothing like Queensland. In fact it's quite inspiring to hear the country people saying " My house has flooded but I really feel for the people in Queensland who have it so much worse"
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[QUOTE=xellsys;919569]but then again, I have never heard something like "worst floods ever", "never had storms like this" and so on. they always say like something like "worst floods in the last xx years"... so xx years ago it must have been an even worse disaster? kinda confuses me... just shows that it's not abnormal, just quite rare. in the big picture, what is 20, 50 or 100 years for the climate? about every 20.000 - 30.000 years we have an ice age anyway :)[/QUOTE] What shocks me is how much things have changed in such a short time. We are not supposed to be able to watch climate change, it should be something that happens over many thousands of years and allows the earth and inhabitants to evolve.
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Fucking hell !! :lol: [url]http://catchthefire.com.au/blog/2011/01/08/are-the-qld-floods-the-result-of-kevin-rudd-speaking-against-israel/[/url]
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[video=youtube;gsoEjWCxqog]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsoEjWCxqog[/video]
[quote]1/20/11 - As Australia takes stock of the devastation caused by its floods, we offer a collection of the top reports to have come out of the disaster. Powerful footage reveals lives swept away and many more changed.[/quote]
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I don't think I could take 41 mins of people saying "inundated" .
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[QUOTE=DIDI;920534]I don't think I could take 41 mins of people saying "inundated" .[/QUOTE]
Hope things are back to normal for you soon Didi!
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Unfortunately Victoria is now going through worst floods on record so I think I will hearing that word for a bit yet. Only one death so far and I'm blaming his parents :evil:
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[QUOTE=DIDI;919771]Fucking hell !! :lol: [url]http://catchthefire.com.au/blog/2011/01/08/are-the-qld-floods-the-result-of-kevin-rudd-speaking-against-israel/[/url][/QUOTE]
ROFL...now i understand my mate who prank calls Christian fundamentalists in Australia... didn't realise that it was that bad...
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They are fairly peripheral . But they make a lot of noise. :lol: