Stupid Question about floods in Oz
Jan 13th 2011, 4:02 pm
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Re: Stupid Question about floods in Oz
no- just deadly jellyfish
Jan 13th 2011, 6:40 pm
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Re: Stupid Question about floods in Oz
I wish the gators would eat our help desk, if they spent half as much time trying to get my ******* JDE back up and running rather than sending emails at 15 min intervals to tell us nothing's working we might be a bit further forward, also have to add being awake and at your work doesn't make you a priority user, wtf
Jan 14th 2011, 7:05 pm
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Re: Stupid Question about floods in Oz
Got this from a mate in Brisbane............
RE: Floods............
Thanks,
Much appreciated. Just got power back when the electricity company turned the substations back on after the water subsided. We were fine here - on James Island. I live in Jindalee which was one of the hardest hit suburbs - but it was only water and my house is on top of a hill. We didn't get the inland tsunami that Toowoomba and Ipswich got. They got hammered! That's what killed people. We just got a very gradual rise in water from the Brisbane River (because our defensive dam was at 190%. 200% = gameover). The place stinks of stagnant poo-water but everyone I know is fine. The neighbourhood is covered in brown sludge but the effect in terms of bringing the community closer together has been great - strangers everywhere are helping each other. There's also plenty of young girls in wellington boots, bikini tops and short-short-shorts. Most people will be back at work on Monday. The sad part is that many of the homes that went under were flooded in 1974, so they don't have insurance.
A mate of mine in the next suburb had me round last night for some cold beer (praise the lord!) and some rugby highlights from 2010. It was awesome - just what I needed.
Thanks again for your email- it means a lot.
RE: Floods............
Thanks,
Much appreciated. Just got power back when the electricity company turned the substations back on after the water subsided. We were fine here - on James Island. I live in Jindalee which was one of the hardest hit suburbs - but it was only water and my house is on top of a hill. We didn't get the inland tsunami that Toowoomba and Ipswich got. They got hammered! That's what killed people. We just got a very gradual rise in water from the Brisbane River (because our defensive dam was at 190%. 200% = gameover). The place stinks of stagnant poo-water but everyone I know is fine. The neighbourhood is covered in brown sludge but the effect in terms of bringing the community closer together has been great - strangers everywhere are helping each other. There's also plenty of young girls in wellington boots, bikini tops and short-short-shorts. Most people will be back at work on Monday. The sad part is that many of the homes that went under were flooded in 1974, so they don't have insurance.
A mate of mine in the next suburb had me round last night for some cold beer (praise the lord!) and some rugby highlights from 2010. It was awesome - just what I needed.
Thanks again for your email- it means a lot.
Jan 16th 2011, 4:03 am
#36
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Re: Stupid Question about floods in Oz
Beer and Rugby, this confirms they are all going to be fine 
gotta love the Aussies determination not to let things get them down 
gotta love the Aussies determination not to let things get them down
Jan 16th 2011, 4:08 am
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Jan 16th 2011, 4:29 am
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