Looks like your in the Toowoomba area mate? Hear it got really freaky up there. be assured that the rest of Australia are pulling together to sort this out and make sure you end up ok. Stay safe
I have a friend in Toowoomba that I haven't heard from in a couple of days...
Cajunscot - if you know their street address I'm happy to do a doorknock to make sure that they're ok. You can PM me if you like.
Downunder Kilt, yes I'm in toowoomba. Lots of lives lost, and huge property damage. Five out of sixteen team members have lost their cars, and one of those who lost her car also lost her house (it's been demolished). Another whose six month old car was destroyed yesterday now has water through her house in brisbane too.
The whole place is a mess - Australia can really use your prayers and thoughts at this time!
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Cajunscot - if you know their street address I'm happy to do a doorknock to make sure that they're ok. You can PM me if you like.
Downunder Kilt, yes I'm in toowoomba. Lots of lives lost, and huge property damage. Five out of sixteen team members have lost their cars, and one of those who lost her car also lost her house (it's been demolished). Another whose six month old car was destroyed yesterday now has water through her house in brisbane too.
The whole place is a mess - Australia can really use your prayers and thoughts at this time!
I'd have to look his new addy up...I sent him an e-mail earlier this evening, so hopefully he'll respond by tomorrow. He's the Secretary of Services Memorial Lodge in Toowoomba.
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There's a MacBain family I know from Clan Chattan Resigning of the Band of Union who's from Queensland. I've had no answer to e-mails yet, but assume he's OK (he's a fireman!)
Astonishing and dreadul photos; Good of you to post them here.
Our state is about the same size as Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi all combined.......we're not a little place!
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The whole place is a mess - Australia can really use your prayers and thoughts at this time!
You bet! Stay safe.
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Yes we are watching it all unfold on the news and have been since Christmas. What can one say? Words really cannot describe how we feel for you all. Events like these remind us that nature at its worst really does make us humans look pretty insignificant. Good luck to you all and take care.
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We've been seeing it but since I live in greater Washington DC I tend to ignore the news (DC is too full of itself and the local does not do a good job of covering the world). Now that I'm paying attention this is just awful.
I hope you and yours are taking care as best you can. Best to all.
I don't have TV but the other news are covering it pretty well here. Thanks for your pictures. My thoughts go out to all the people dealing with the flooding.
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