chris955

To be fair you said nothing about how you managed in either situation only that it took longer in the UK many years ago.

northernbird

We had a hurricane in 2004 when I lived East Coast Canada. 5 days without power and as we were on an acreage we had septic tanks so couldn't even use toilet properly as the pumps were electric. Disgusting, horrible 5 days so I have every sympathy

lesleys

We're lucky here in that the septic tank can look after itself for a few days so long as we don't send too much in its direction. The ancient one we had in the UK used to give up if the weather got too cold. One winter a frog climbed into the outlet and got frozen there and blocked up the system. Luckily it was a man's designated task to unblock it

cresta57

If your power was out for more than 48hrs you qualify for $1000 per adult & $400 per child as a compensation payment from the Govt. There is also another $180.00 available per adult on prepaid credit card [only usable at food shops] if you lost food due to the + 48hr power outage.

In 2011 we qualified but didn't claim, nobody pinned a medal on our chests for not claiming it. This year I've lost a weeks worth of work as well as a lot of adhesive as the home I was tiling flooded. I've also done 2 days clean up in Gympie with the QFRS task force & the same in Maryboro'. I've earned it this time & we've claimed it.

What irks is the jobless ferals who don't need to get to work that were queuing 300 strong outside the local centrelink office for their $1000 while us unpaid, yellow clad, volunteers were slogging our guts out across the road swilling raw sewage from the streets. In times like this why aren't the jobless youths put to work sweeping streets for their handouts? Instead they cashed their $1000 bucks at the bottle shop & sat watching us work while drinking ice cold beers.

PaulandNic

I just did the right thing and tried finding the answer myself, but can't, so....

Does anyone know if you get anything for 30hrs without power?

Cheers ...

Pollyana

As far as I can track down its 48 hours - see post below

There's also a Telstra package for some of their affected customers - see here for details - http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelst...-flooding-.xml

kitty4

48 hours - that's frustrating - we were 45 hours without power and had to chuck a full fridge/freezer worth of food out

Pollyana

I back-tracked through all the files overnight, and I can't find any evidence that Energex are offering compensation themselves (this time)

http://www.energex.com.au/residentia...-lodge-a-claim

but this is the page you need to claim from Centrelink

http://www.humanservices.gov.au/cust...s-january-2013

Eligibility

Payments of $1,000 per eligible adult and $400 per eligible child will be made if you:

are an Australian resident, and
are 16 years or older or are receiving a social security payment, and
have not already received an Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment for the disaster, and
have experienced one or more of the following:
you have been seriously injured
you are the immediate family member of an Australian killed as a direct result of the floods
your principal place of residence has been destroyed or has sustained major damage
you have been unable to gain access to your principal place of residence for a period of at least 24 hours
you have been stranded in your principal place of residence for a period of at least 24 hours
your principal place of residence was without electricity, water, gas, sewage services or another essential service for a continuous period of 48 hours
you are the principal carer of a dependent child who has experienced any of the above

lesleys

If you log on to your local council's website you should see if you are entitled to any disaster relief. There are several different categories if you live in an area that has been declared a disaster area.

Here's our local council page as an example http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/

Food lost from the freezer is usually covered by home contents insurance.