Originally Posted by kitty4

Too late !! He's already broken a bone in his foot and a small one in his hand

Originally Posted by glittababe

Finally stopped raining! Hurrah, but now floods waters rising due to high tide! Peregian beach no access as David Low hwy closed, roads given way (bloody aussie built)! Mark back at work again, didn't get home till 11pm, he's shattered and yep he got soaking wet! Still no access to Eumundi/Doonan. Ah well, more quality time at home with the kids

Originally Posted by tiredwithtwins

spoke to a friend yesterday who lives out that way - kids are stuck at home cos of the flooding up that way ...

Originally Posted by glittababe

I'm really hoping the kids can go back to school tomorrow as I've got to go to work! As far as I'm aware the roads are still closed but its drying out slowly. Kids are loving it! They think its fab not to have to go to school for over a week

Originally Posted by Pollyana

The David Low highway might be shut for a few days yet - they thought yesterday it might be quite badly damaged. Most of the others should be getting back to normal though.

Originally Posted by chopsface

reminds me of manchester

Originally Posted by Jopad

Hi there guys,
Hope you don't mind me joining me,we have returned from our reccie last week and fell in love with Oz. We travelled from Brisbane to Cairns by car. We loved the outskirts of Brissy, but we have just read your thread regarding the cyclones. We just presumed that up north Cairns etc got them and now horrified that you guys get them too. Is this a regular occurence and how offen and how bad are they?

Originally Posted by Pollyana

This weeks storm was a "once-in-100-years" type of thing, but the whole Qld coast can be affected from time to time. The majority of storms are up in the far north around Cairns, like Cyclone Larry last year - though that was the worst that anyone I work with could remember buy a long way (I work for Dept Emergency Services). We did have an alert earlier this year for one heading for Hervey Bay, but it fizzled out before it reached land.
The further north you go, the more prepared the communities are generally, and the more families you will find with thir own Disaster Plans and kits - which can be as simple as a plastic box with a first aid kit, a torch and a radio. Its really a case of knowing what your area is likely to suffer, and working out in advance the best way to be prepared.
Same as if you live in the bush you need to have a bushfire plan in place.

http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/ can give you more info.

Originally Posted by kitty4

Well, driving to work yesterday was the least of my worries. Woke up at 1am Fri night/Sat morning to my cat screaming and howling really distressed and dragging herself around with paralysed back legs. My first thought was ''tick'' must get a vet asap. I couldn't see a 24 hour service in the directory, so phoned my vet in Mooloolaba and she agreed to meet me at the surgery, although we were both a bit concerned about the drive. So I drove through the rain and wind with my cat screaming all the way and throwing herself around the carrier she was in. Vet took her home with her, as she was really difficult to examine due to distress. Her husband is a vet also, so they were able to put her under sedation and give her pain relief, but ruled out tick paralysis straight away as her symptoms and behaviour were not typical. Anyway, they phone at 7am and said it was most likely an embolism from a heart problem (being 15 years old) and it blocked the aorta and the blood supply to the lower body, so she had to be euthansed. Apparently it is a condition known in cats and happens suddenly - she had been perfect all day and evening. She is the cat in my avatar