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Permalink Reply by Tom Williams on January 12, 2011 at 3:01pm

Sending out prayers and thoughts to all involved.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Weber on January 12, 2011 at 4:23pm

It's something else.I heard on the news it was affecting an area the size of Texas and it is getting bigger.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on January 12, 2011 at 4:29pm

They are all in my prayers!

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Permalink Reply by lutan1 on January 12, 2011 at 8:11pm

To give an idea on Country size camparisons:


Here's Australia:

Australia vs USA:

Australia vs Europe:

Here's an interactive map of affected areas:
http://media.news.com.au/multimedia/2011/01/qld_floods_map/Applicat...


75% of the whole State of Queensland has been declared a natural disaster zone



Here's a load of other info including news, photos, etc:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/queensland-floods

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Permalink Reply by Fabulous Heather Days of Summer on January 12, 2011 at 8:20pm

Luke - how ya doing?

Glad you stopped by to bring some clarity.

Shows how much our news doesn't know - which of course does not do the real problem justice as far as explanations. Thanks for bringing us up to speed.

STAY SAFE !!!

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Permalink Reply by Norm Tindell on January 12, 2011 at 8:50pm

Hoping all our brothers and sisters in the Land Down Under get through this safely. We're pulling for you.

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Permalink Reply by Jack/dt on January 12, 2011 at 9:27pm

I got up into QLD to cairns, port douglas and the daintree. I met some great people there and hope they're all okay.

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Permalink Reply by Vic Silverfish on January 12, 2011 at 11:26pm

Jack - Cairns and Port Douglass are way the hell far away from where the flooding is occurring. The floods are in southern Queensland and a tiny bit of northern New South Wales. I think Cairns is about 1500 miles north of Brisbane so the parts you've been to are still intact!

Interesting tidbit - the Brisbane river is notorious for bull sharks. Apparently they are getting further up the river than usual with all of the extra water, and are adding a bit more excitement to the scene. Only in Australia.

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Permalink Reply by Jack/dt on January 13, 2011 at 12:02am

Vic,
I met a family in cairns that was from the gold coast (?). I ended up going on a trip with them into the daintree. And the drive into the daintree preserve stuck me as a lot of uphill, so I really didn't think that it was flooded. And I did *some* drinking with some folks in port douglas, some of whom were from somewhere else in QLD but it could have been cairns for all I can remember. That particular event is still a bit shrouded in mystery, what is it with you Aussies and skulling?

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Permalink Reply by Vic Silverfish on January 13, 2011 at 6:32am

Jack - Your friends from the Gold Coast may be in the middle of it, that's just a few miles south of Brisbane.

Mate, don't ever try to pace an Australian drinking, on my best day I can't hold my own against them! Australian livers must be made of pure steel. I think the Vegemite hardens them up.

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Permalink Reply by The World Fire Safety Foundation on January 13, 2011 at 7:40am

A Message from Australia

Hi Folks

Greetings from Australia
I live just down the road from the worst flooded areas. Just when we thought the worst was over we've just heard a cyclone is forming off the coast! Thanks to you all for your kind thoughts and prayers.

Check out this video.

Warmest regards.

Adrian Butler
Gold Coast
Queensland, Australia

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Permalink Reply by Patti Walz on January 13, 2011 at 8:10am

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Australia.

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