Flooding in Australia

The rain will not stop in my state in Australia, Queensland. All around the world the news reports are being heard, and the other day I got to see and experience some of the direct effects of it for myself. Most up the flooding has been in the north of the state, and I'm closer to the south border, and also the coastal area. It's has been mostly the rivers doing the flooding - they have gotten so full they have all just started to overrun the land, then the roads, then even whole towns. 

For work the other day, a colleague and I had to drive 1hour north to the town Gympie - on the way there, the water was already across one lane of the highway, but we persevered and thank God. After 3 hours of what normally is a one hour drive, I was back home. Locals had been thinking they'd be able to get home as of Monday, after the expected peak, but now at Wednesday, and the streets we drove along are now completely lost to the water, and the town flooded WAY more than when I managed to get out.


The local dam (Wivenhoe) is at 191% capacity, and is releasing the equivalent to 6,000 Olympic pools every second. If it swells with more water, it could cause the dam to crumble, which would be a major catastrophe; causing more damage than has already been ravaged.

So far, these are the statistics.
12 killed
51 missing
180,000 without power
bull shark spotted swimming in one town's flooded streets, Goodna


More information can be found here:
http://qldfloods.org


To donate to the flood relief fund:
http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html


My friends house in Brisbane, which is elevated one floor off the ground level, is flooded inside the house (approximately 9 feet from the ground outside). The sister city, Ipswich, has water to the ceilings. Fears are that for Brisbane, the worst is yet to come. My area missed the worst of it; we were merely cut off from getting home by all the roads in being flooded, but our house situated on quite a large hill now overlooks what we refer to as "Lake Bli Bli". My town of Bli Bli has no lake. Fresh milk and bread are running out - I purchased one of the remaining 4 one litre cartons of milk, and the same goes until roads can open back up from interstate, as production areas in the state are also flooded, and so are shops, malls and electricity to many areas is also gone. ATMs are running out of cash, drinking water is running out ...

I encourage anyone who can to donate to help these people to please do so.