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Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by brissybee
(Post 10322981)
Hey Polly, your job description sounds really interesting. :thumbup:
Just wondering, do you know could a tsunami ever impact Brisbane (and/or suburbs) to any great extent? Or would it only be coastal? Low lying parts certainly could be affected by a tsunami, especially around the airport, Pinkenba, places like that - depending on the severity of the tsunami, angle of approach etc. Also there could be a possibility of waves travelling up the river. Brisbane is shielded a bit by the islands though, when we had the alert after the earthquake in Chile the predicted time of landfall for Brisbane was delayed quite a bit by the island barrier; that time delay and the fact there is a barrier in place can greatly lessen the impact of a wave. The area which would be hit hardest would be the Gold Coast - many of the low lying areas around the canals are at or below sea level. (That's by no means an expert assessment mind! Have a read here for Aussie tsunami stuff - http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/ which might give you a bit more info) |
Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 10322957)
Nothing as glamorous I'm afraid!
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1111116830154 Its a 24/7 watch desk, now staffed by two or three of us per shift, monitoring SES call outs, Queensland, national and international disasters and emergencies, weather and warnings throughout the State, all that kind of thing. We broadcast the cyclone, storm and flood warnings issued by the Bureau of Met, and we issue the Emergency Alert calls for Queensland. In between that lot we are involved in training staff so that we can manage larger events - like the flooding of 2010-11 which required a staffing level of around 20-30 per shift instead of the one person we had 24/7 at the time! We also work on local disaster plans, tsunami evacuation planning, all that sort of thing. More reading here to give you an idea how wide ranging the job is - http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/Disas...s/Reports.html |
Re: Hating a country.
The heading hating a country' I think it would have to be somewhere really horrible like, Somalia, Afghanistan or ....... New Zealand, lol for me to hate it. I'm really lucky the two countries I can live in are both fantastic countries, the UK and Australia, what's not to love about either place, I feel blessed.
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Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 10323856)
Michael Fish could have done with having you around, a few years back!
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Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 10323856)
Michael Fish could have done with having you around, a few years back!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...bury/chair.jpg :):):) |
Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by Bud the Wiser
(Post 10324053)
Remember that well. It took us a while to get back to normal...........
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...bury/chair.jpg :):):) |
Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by TGA
(Post 10322184)
Socialising in peoples back gardens and parks
Crap pubs Brown nose/back stabbing work ethic Driving No feel of community emptiness tall poppy syndrome women shopping in pyjamas with wet hair slovenly dress sense singlets and stubby shorts thongs (flip flops) The overwhelming smell of BO in taxis There's more but that'll do for now. :D |
Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by holly2234
(Post 10320548)
i hate the life im living right now.
I feel fortunate to have never been in that situation. Bev |
Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 10323609)
Its an amazing job, and I actually feel privileged to have it - that probably sounds really daft, but I feel I am so lucky to be in a job I love :thumbup: We seem to have done so many incidents since that first news clip too, including the whole Queensland/Brisbane flooding event, and Tropical Cyclone Yasi of course.
Low lying parts certainly could be affected by a tsunami, especially around the airport, Pinkenba, places like that - depending on the severity of the tsunami, angle of approach etc. Also there could be a possibility of waves travelling up the river. Brisbane is shielded a bit by the islands though, when we had the alert after the earthquake in Chile the predicted time of landfall for Brisbane was delayed quite a bit by the island barrier; that time delay and the fact there is a barrier in place can greatly lessen the impact of a wave. The area which would be hit hardest would be the Gold Coast - many of the low lying areas around the canals are at or below sea level. (That's by no means an expert assessment mind! Have a read here for Aussie tsunami stuff - http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/ which might give you a bit more info) Unpredictable weather and other natural disasters can be unsettling at times. :unsure: |
Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 10323953)
I remember the devastation in the south of England at the time (I was living in Brighton which came off pretty badly) - never thought then that I would be involved in working with weather systems that made The Great Storm look like a minor breeze :D They reckon Michael Fish's hurricane was possibly the equivalent of an Aussie high end Cat 1/low Cat 2 Tropical Cyclone. Its certainly a fascinating job :thumbup:
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Re: Hating a country.
If Michael Fish had married Goldie Hawn she would then be known as 'Goldie Fish'.
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Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by Pit Bull.
(Post 10323865)
The heading hating a country' I think it would have to be somewhere really horrible like, Somalia, Afghanistan or ....... New Zealand, lol for me to hate it. I'm really lucky the two countries I can live in are both fantastic countries, the UK and Australia, what's not to love about either place, I feel blessed.
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Re: Hating a country.
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 10327135)
There you are, we can agree. It really makes me wonder how someone can actually hate a 1st world country.
I suppose your HUGE downer on everything Australian, isn't really hate, is it? :britflag: :confused: |
Re: Hating a country.
No, not at all.
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Re: Hating a country.
Have you two considered putting each other on "ignore" ... or do you actually enjoy publicly antagonising each other every 5 minutes?
Hey, wait a minute ... you're not both the same person using two identities, are you? Is this some kind of elaborate wind-up? :confused: |
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