Amanda&Paul

Reckon you could be right there - funny how noone is talking about the cricket at work!!!

DevMountain

Rugby first, cricket second, now this...

Will it ever end???

DevMountain

Yeah - it hasn't been mentioned once at my work either

CadburysFingers

I would give it a hearty dose of mentioning if I were you, in fact I would mention it till I was as blue in the face, as they were red!!!

Pollyana

A very valid point this one.
When Katrina was nearing the coast there was a discussion going on at work (Qld's Emergency Services) as to how it would have been useful for guys from Qld to get to the US and see how they cope. I fully expect that tomorrow I will walk into an atmosphere of stunned silence, as we start to wonder how WE would cope if something like that hit Qld. The fact is that the system here has not been tested by anything that big. Something small like the Currumbin landslips in June, we can cope with, but the equivalent of Katrina? I can only say that I hope to god it never happens here, because its quite clear that we are not prepared enough to cope with anything that big.

NickyC

Though not quite in the same league (numbers-wise), when Cyclone Tracy occurred 30 years ago on Christmas Day in Darwin (one of the most isolated cities in the world), with no prior warning - the decision to evacuate was made the same day and within 4 days everyone was out.
http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/tracy/basic/Evacuation.html

gogdownunder

sounds like a jerkle in the making going on here so i'll leave you to it :scared:

wanderingwombat

Given the scale of this disaster, I dont think any country could have solved it quickly.

Given how Hollywood has presented American presidents as decisive split-second decision makers who send in the hero to save the day, I wonder how a Hollywood 'president' would have solved the crisis given the numbers and logistics of the situation?

WW

seang

true but getting food and supplies in should have been alot quicker. Now the US are asking the EU for blankets and medical supplies. It is unbelievable how disorganised the US are. Be interesting to see how many of the relief services will be overseas nationals as well. Not knocking the states (much) but bet they wont be to proud to accept French help despite the knocking they have been given them over the past few years.

Amazulu

Yep, they are the whingiest nation on the planet, personifyed by their whingy sports captains, Gregan & Ponting.

Lordflasheart

Nothing like a good whinge. I whinge at work, whinge at home. I whinge about my kids and whinge about my mother in law.

I whinge when the cat shi*ts on my new lounge carpet and whinge when I have to pay to put diesel in my car.

I whinge about my noisey neighbours and motorbikes that overtake me at 90 MPH.

I whinge about my grey hair and my man boobs. I whinge when garden hoppers break my flowers down and when the en suite toilet won't flush.

I whinge when I'm on nights and the bloody Ice cream van wakes me up. I whinge when I stub my toe or crick my neck.

I whinge when it rains, when its too hot and I don't like it when it's dull.

Why the hell do I whinge? Am I happy when I whinge? No. Do I like whinging? No. Do I think to myself while I'm whinging "what the ***** are you whinging for"? Yes. But I still do it.


Christ, I'm whinging about whinging. Anyone got some Karma for a whinging basta*d?


Whinger.

the Wombats

I agree,especially if you are a relative on the other side of the big pond waiting for news of your loved ones. Listening to the stories from the young Brit backpackers who have spent days in the stadium things were pretty bad for any white Europeans, they were abused, punched and threatened continually. Sorry Rog but if I was in the same situation I too would want help from my government. It was the same during the Tsunami, people looked to their governments for help. Can anyone in all honesty say if they were in dire needs they wouldn't want help from their "Own".

I would, in-fact if it happened to me and I was in New Orleans who would I call Johnny Howard or Tony Blair? Not sure on that one.


Not for one moment implying Aussies don't whinge, just listen to ponting or Warne going on about the cricket you will see they are.

ladywithatorch

LMFAO. Karma for Flash.

seang

we as international citizens

moneypenny20

Same the world over. You can have a major disaster anywhere in the world and your country's media will start off with how many of your countrymen were involved. Aus is no different to anywhere else. You tend to look after your own before looking after others. Human nature. Unfortunately the US government don't appear to have read that bit of the manual yet.