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Ipswich has had 70mm of rain in the last 4 hours, and the heaviest stuff (which seems to be getting even heavier) now appears to be up smack bang over Somerset & Wivenhoe dams, they must surely be getting massive inflows as the rain is slow moving and almost constant. Keeps piling in from the NE as well. :ohmy:

http://i54.tinypic.com/mr8iae.png

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Some pics here from Sherwood S. :(

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/g...3022068?page=3

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Don't know about Sherwood yet. Sorry.

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Try YouTube - for example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUpkPTcqPY

you don't really want to know...

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I have a friend there and he isn't too worried but he is on the relatively higher ground ... will all depend on where they are situated I guess.

Sorry I can't be more specific I'm a little pre-occupied having looked at the creek backing onto our place ... much packing and backing-up photos :unsure:

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Sky News showed a large number of Bris Suburbs on Flood Alert, Sherwood was among them :(

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Thanks all. Trying to get in touch with her.

Thinking of you all. xxx

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Sky News here reports Caboolture is now isolated, according to police.

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This is terrible. Just terrible.

Stay as safe as you can everyone.
Thinking of you all over there.

BEVS

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Don't reply - but the very best.

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Just embedding it.

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Hope everything is OK for you and your family, stay safe and let us know as soon as everything is OK. Thinking of you mate.:o

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The fact I have time to reply is good thing :)

Just a preliminary pack of the car just in case ... don't want to forget something vital ... like kid or dog :D

We should be right but I'd rather be packed and ready than not ...

It's fair to say the appeal of the rain is diminishing.

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Brisbane City Council Flood Flag Maps

PLEASE NOTE: This is a temporary and partial archive of flood flag maps for the Brisbane City region. It will be pulled down once the floods have passed or the Brisbane City Council site is back up and running.

http://lexiphanic.com/floodmaps/

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Ta, it's just making sure if we need to shift we can at the moment.

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Tothe lady worried about Caboolture, it has a couple of really low points, one being the big duck pond area near the centre of town. The partner ran a big project there and it was not uncommon for water to be over the roads . I know this rain is far worse than usual but I think Caboolture is one place that would have been well aware and therefor prepared:thumbup:, as well as one can be in this weather.

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Really useful thanks :thumbup:

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Just beware...take care even if the maps shows no creek or overland flood.

I once ended up driving in a flash flood in Carina in heavy rain, rapidly rising water and engine cut out...on the map for that road, nothing.

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Should add, even though we are not flooded, there seem to be real problems with the phones. Home, business and mobile lines all troublesome this morning.

The rain guage at home - 210mm so far since 6 am, and it was overflowing so probably more than that.

Driving round this morning, all the usual troublespots where there is a low dip in the road have road closed signs, like BC said these can be in areas which are not flood prone.

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Waiting at work for my back to school delivery, got on to my supplier in Wynnum to find out they'd been evacuated and she's at home but has no idea where my delivery is because the transport department don't have access to their tracking system. Didn't realise Wynnum would be in trouble.:blink:

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Grid lock getting out of the CBD as most seem to be have sent home at the same time.

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They managed to get her and a luckily home, just in time. I now have a friend out there who is only 19 and on her own and has no idea what to do, I wish I knew she was still there or I would have told the BIL to get her too. I've given her the emergency line number and told her that if she feels she is in danger to call them, tell them where she is and get on the roof but I also told her that I didn't think it would get that bad there but to listen to the radio.

I hope this has been the right advice.

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Lot of people sent home now - just in case. Wynnum probably just getting the usual localised flooding just like other parts of Brisbane - nothing overly serious in most parts at the moment I think. Just the one's reported, caboolture area. A massive almost full dam, constant rain and the catchment filling up just puts you on edge :unsure:

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http://www.seqwater.com.au/public/home

Wivenhoe Dam
Releases through five gates have been increased to 344,000 megalitres as at 1.00pm and may need to be increased to around 516,000 megalitres a day by Wednesday 12 January due to rainfall in the Stanley and Upper Brisbane.

516,000 ML is about 3 times all the water that Wivenhoe held back in the day (2007) when I was convinved we would run out of water!

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Not looking good for the next few days for people in flood area's:


Forecasts show about 6500 properties will be flooded in Brisbane, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman says.

He says the next few days will see a large-scale disaster unfolding across the city, ahead of an expected peak in the Brisbane River on Thursday.

Mr Newman said the 6500 homes and businesses expected to experience direct, "significant" flooding would affect 14,900 people.

He said a further 16,500 properties would be partially affected by flooding.

"So the situation is very serious," he told reporters on Tuesday.

He said the latest advice suggested the Brisbane River would peak at the port office gauge, in the CBD, on Thursday at 4.2 metres.

"To put that in context, the 1974 flood was higher but a 4.2-metre reading at the Brisbane gauge is very significant indeed."

He said the figures were "very scary".

"We are in uncharted territory," Mr Newman said.

He said the Wivenhoe dam, built after the 1974 floods to protect Brisbane, was full, and dam managers had no choice but to continue with increased, controlled releases.

"It's going to come down the river to the city of Brisbane and there's not much dam managers can do about that," he said.

An evacuation centre has been set up at the RNA Showgrounds at Bowen Hills and is now open for flood-affected residents.

But Mr Newman said that where possible, people should evacuate to the homes of friends and family, and work out now what to do with their pets, as the showgrounds would not take animals.

"We ask people to not panic, this is serious," he said.

"Where possible, stay at home."

He said people should begin preparing themselves and friends and family now so they're not caught out on Thursday.

Mr Campbell said the situation had deteriorated significantly since Monday, when only a few hundred homes had been expected to flood.

"The situation has obviously demonstrably deteriorated," he said after a meeting of Brisbane's disaster management group.

"Today is very significant, tomorrow is bad, and Thursday is going to be devastating for the residents and businesses concerned."

(Source: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/...to-flood-mayor)

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http://www.facebook.com/QueenslandPolice

excellent for updates.

Anyone who floooded in 1974 you are at risk and will probably flood now.

If you evacuate please take important paperwork, medication, bedding - esp if going to an evac centre, they are very short of bedding.

If you can let people know you are evacuating, then please do, and get them to pass the message to other family and friends, takes the pressure off police and red Cross as they are dealing with a lot of people enquiring about relatives.

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Eagle Street Pier underwater.

All roads to Bribie closed

Bruce closed Caboolture

Gympie Rd closed both ways Lawnton

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anna bligh reporting that brisbane & ipswich will flood at 74 flood levels AND HIGHER

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The heavier stuff seems to be heading for southside and Gold Coast now while breaking up over the dams. Keep your eye on that creek Vim!

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Thats correct. EMQ currently looking at higher levels than 1974.

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I'm guessing the CBD around Eagle St will be a no go for a couple of days?

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If anyone has visited or lived in brisbane or tropical qld and experienced the sort of extreme rain you get in a severe storm for half an hour or so, well this rain is like that but on and off for weeks now.

It brightens up for a few minutes then grey and its off again. We had thunder at 10 pm, 2 am and a house shaking lot that went on from 6am to 8am today. The creek/falls down the side of our property sounds like a train storming down the mountain, luckily it falls from our place another 100 metres or so so shouldnt flood us :fingerscrossed:

We must have had UK's annual rainfall (600 ml i think ?? ) in the last 2/3 days alone. Only sun I have seen in last month was the week in melbourne:lol:

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Some parts of Wynnum are quite low. The waterfront area was flooded last month. It was a bit before Christmas if I remember correclty.

Mrs JTL

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Just what I'm about to do ... just packed all the important documents ... and I found my passport ... bonus :blink:

Maybe a sub-forum would be useful to marshall all this info?

I know you are busy ;) but just thought I'd mention it to the mods that aren't working their butts off :)

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\Don't have the skils to do that, Sue would need to, however I'm going to sticky this thread for now, working tonight and will post updates if I can.

http://www.facebook.com/QueenslandPolice

has all the stuff coming out of EMQ

If you get an Emergency Alert automated message/text telling you to leave now, then DO SO.

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I'll pass this along to admin Vim.

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Thanks. There are three or four threads in the Aus forum and at least one in the barbie - i've stuck that one.



Guys I will try and throw info in this thread overnight if i can. it will be quick and dirty, no frills, sorry but its better than nothing!!!




http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/ql...ne_jan1974.pdf

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Ta, I can see breaks in the clouds, maybe even sun, dare we hope?

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Mate. To be eloquent. I freckin' hope so .