mikelincs

Be careful if you are out and about after the floods...

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/shark-and-...105555801.html

moneypenny20

Saw that Poor thing. I think (probably shouldn't say it), Debbie's tail may finally have left. Going up in the loft at 10:30 to place buckets because the wind and rain is so violent it's coming under the tiles and down through the light fittings wasn't my favourite thing!

DeadVim

Sandbagged and left, missed water in house by the skin of our teeth twice apparently according to neighbours.

Wouldn't know, currently marooned with MIL watching the Logan River peak in her front yard tomorrow.

All safe, 'tis all that really matters.

Sunshine State my arse.

Pollyana

I was thinking about you today, as we issued the evacuation notices and flood alerts. wondered how you would be faring.

DeadVim

Close run thing getting out on Thursday but I think the neighbourhood has largely escaped somehow.

Logan River mighty impressive halfway up the MILs front yard at Waterford West right now. Will wait for it to peak in a few hours then make a bee line for home via the neighbours higher property.

An afternoon of de-sandbagging and cleaning up awaits, we got off light.

And this was the 3 days I booked as annual leave to get away from work stress!

Dorothy

Glad you're all safe DV. your place is ok when you return.

DeadVim

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wccja4vs6...TEnp04o6a?dl=0

Dunno if I've shared this right but this is the view as of about 2 hours ago, and rising by about another metre.

old.sparkles

Wow - yes the share worked. That's a lot of water DV - hope it stops rising soon

DeadVim

Still going but high tide is about 3pm so this is exaggerating it.

We're going OK, plenty of leeway, but a couple of women and kids pulled out by boat just down the road earlier today.

It's quite beautiful if you discount the fact it's bloody dangerous!

Pollyana

Hope you come out of it unscathed.

Know what you mean about it being bl**dy dangerous; so tired of having to task crews to go and pull out idiots driving/jetskiing/swimming/prattting about in floodwaters. we have families who desperately need to be rescued from flooded homes but have to waste time sending floodboats to people who knowingly put themselves at risk

DeadVim

To say nothing of the apparently large group of sightseers on the local bridge waiting to see if it will go under.

I'm vaguely surprised at the lack of idiots on our stretch of the river frontage.

Although there were plenty chancing it in 4x4s last night before it really went under. This even though there is a perfectly good alternative route
less than 5mins away ...

You'd put it down to natural selection if they weren't endangering other people.

No idea if our route home is finally clear (can get to our car on higher ground via a neighbour) the council website is useless, RACQ one seems to indicate OK. Will have an explore later when this peaks.

Would be nice to get home for the first time in a while ...

Pollyana

RAACQ should be farily accurate. Also try https://qldtraffic.qld.gov.au/?utm_s...m_medium=none/ which is kept up to date as much as possible.

DeadVim

Thanks, that's the one we've taken as closest to gospel but the only key route left was underwater last night according to the neighbours when that map showed it open.

Impossible to keep everything up to date I guess. Conditions should ease soon ...

Pollyana

Drat. Its largely down to the speed the water is moving at. We use that map as the most reliable but this event has moved so fast it really is impossible for departments to keep evreything updated.

you find a way through.

DeadVim

Lost power now and local roads now flooded so probably going nowhere for now.

Local park is awash in the distance with churning water. All safe though so will just wait it out.