poor poor cow :(
thanks for all the info guys. it's just so much to fathom
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poor poor cow :(
thanks for all the info guys. it's just so much to fathom
I am feeling really sad and helpless about the floods, especially knowing the worst is yet to come. Its kind of strange to know I am so close yet not in any danger. I have friends who are stuck in Ipswich and also friends in Toowoomba (who thankfully are fine).
I just wish I could do something, I am going through all our wardrobes for clothes and toys etc and picked up a whole heap of toiletries to donate to a local charity which is doing a collection. I am also going to donate a photo session to one of the FB auctions. It just doesn't feel like enough.
Trill I hope your brother is ok and can make his train home.
katie - that is lovely.
Trill, I hope your brother stays safe xx
This is just mind boggling! I was just looking at pics of Goodna - entirely underwater! Only rooftops showing of the main street. We lived a suburb over from Goodna, it was my local video shop/KFC/woolies etc. And it isn't the best suburb around - many of the people living there are the likely demographic to have no contents insurance. I can't get my head around it.
it's a complete nightmare.
It's really quite scary isn't it.
I am absolutely FUMING!!! I just spoke with my brother again after reading on the SES website that ALL residents were supposed to evacuate to Ballina or Coffs and the dingbat mother of his mate has decided that they will stay right where they are thank you very much. They will be alright apparently because their house is on stilts. ****ing stilts! Have they not been watching the news and seen that houses on stilts are being washed away? He said to me now that he realises that they left it too late and now they can't leave at all. I asked if they had enough food and apparently they went shopping yesterday but FFS! And apparently he called countrylink at least and they said that they understand and as soon as he is able to travel, his ticket will still be accepted, but I can't trust him on that so I will have to call them and find out how true that is. But as it stands, the SES website says it will be MONDAY before they can get out. I just don't think I can bare to tell Mum all this. I don't even know if I can get the police to go and get him somehow in a rescue boat considering his age? I just cannot trust that this woman is going to do the right thing.
OMG Trill. What an irresponsible woman. I can not believe she would do that, especially with people in the house that aren't her family?! :wall:
I hope your bro is ok. xxxx
Oh Trill, I'm so sorry to hear that, I think I would be incoherent with swear words right about now. It would help if you had more info about what exactly is going on there. Is the house fully elevated or just raised on stumps? The fully elevated ones tend to be attached more firmly
Well he seems OK, but just very *meh* about the whole situation. I don't think he truly realises how bad it is either because he doesn't sound overly concerned that he can't get home. It makes it a little easier to bare knowing that I can get him on his phone though.
MD, I think it is fully up on stilts because he did say that it was a 2 storey house. I'm still not happy with the situation at ALL.
No I wouldn't be either. I've been watching the evening news (after going out this arvo to escape from it for a bit) and I *cannot believe* that after well over 24 hours of warnings, people STILL opted to stay in their houses in parts of Brisbane that went under in 1974 and have had to be rescued!!! It's just crazy.
MD I don't get it either. I don't know if they think they are pretty 'tough' for staying there and being able to say that they stayed there, like it's some twisted badge on honour or if they just value their *stuff* too much to leave?
I wonder if it's fear of looters or whether these are the sort of people who would be rednecks if we had more liberal gunlaws here in Oz :lol: - sorry that was a dreadful thing to say. Possibly it's denial - people don't ever really believe it's going to happen to THEM...it's easier to tell yourself you will be ok and business as usual I suppose. But they have such short memories - thinking back to aftermath of the fires in Vic when the biggest message to come out of that was Leave Early...I know this isn't a fire but still...would you risk your life and limb for your flat screen telly?
I think a lot of the stayers do think it can't happen to them. Only when the water starts lapping at the door do they realise that hey, maybe all the repeated warnings were right.
Trill, I hope your brother stays safe. Hopefully the mum has a bit of brains in her head. Maybe the situation is better than your bro explained it?? Pretty hard getting a straight answer out of 15 year olds. Did you tell your mum? Hope you get some sleep tonight xx
I know what you mean MD :hug: I totally agree, if the bushfires taught us anything, it was that stuff just does not matter in situations like this. If you get looted, claim it on insurance as theft.
Arte, that's the problem I just can't be sure either way. I did tell my Mum and she's so upset - I know she is going to worry herself sick over it.
I am just flabbergasted people don't heed these warnings. It's only 'stuff' You life is not worth risking over possessions. Not only are they risking their lives they are potentially requiring an already overloaded emergency crew to help them later on. It's just really self centered and short sighted imo.
Trill- My heart breaks for your mum, it's not necessary. :(
I just heard Anna Bligh talking about how the rescuers are trained to coax people out who are too caught up with fear to want to leave. So I think that's probably it - fear, pure and simple.
Trill, I'm sure your bro will be ok, there are lots of good people on the ground helping those people that need help, and it seems like the sort of conditions that lead to the crazy flash flooding and tragedy elsewhere don't apply here. :hug: Let us know if you need some distracting..I'll put my distraction tutu on and wave my distraction fairy wand for you, ok?!
I'm plenty distracted now - I have a 1200 word report to write by next friday LOL. I haven't started on it yet so that's my project for tonight.