Queensland floods

[5FDP]

it's so sad to hear people that you know that are affected by the floods

and incomprehensible to hear that insurance company said that the flood was man-made!

Yeah, Bob Brown's chipped in his 'two cents' worth and accused the coal miners. This guy needs to go away and take a good hard look at himself.

[kup]

Yeah, Bob Brown's chipped in his 'two cents' worth and accused the coal miners. This guy needs to go away and take a good hard look at himself.

The Greens are loosing their balance and are steadily becoming the other 'extreme' of the equation.

[Hursticon]

I agree, normally Senator Brown is pretty even keel but yeah - those comments are a little 'off' to say the least.

I don't think the Miners have caused this event and Global Warming may have a degree of influence but I imagine it is pretty small really, so I reckon the floods are just one of those 'freak events' that occur once or twice every 40-50 years and they're rather tragic - but no one can be blamed for these natural occurrences.

I think Senator Brown has done himself and his party more bad than good here unfortunately, but I think that these multi-billion dollar companies could do a little more than offer condolences - it's also nice to see the wave of offerings of assistance from Nations we've helped in the past too.
(Like 'em or hate 'em, at least America has stayed true to it's word )

[griffin]

If it was the first ever flood for Brisbane, people could then look at contemporary issues like global warming. But Brisbane has flooded periodically for centuries. It occurred because of a combination of weather events, not because of anything human civilisation did. It actually would have been a lot worse if we hadn't of 'interfered' by building the giant Wivenhoe Dam 30 years ago. It's still holding back several 'Sydney Harbours' of water that was prevented from going through the city last week with the rest of the rain.

[Autocon]

What lines does tinyjazz collect? did she loose anything? Thinking maybe tf comty can help her and others effect by the floods. If she colect bw or movie line i can give 1 or 2 figs to her that lost in floods not much i know. Maybe pack sheets clothes n stuff 4 ppl, like a flood drive if any qld ppl on the boards need it.

[griffin]

It doesn't sound like she lost any toys, as they moved a lot of stuff out in the day before the water came up. But it did make it about half a meter into their second floor, which meant stuff they left behind but moved upstairs, still got destroyed.

At least if the water doesn't reach the floor of the second storey, the people can still live in their house as soon as the water recedes, and only have to clean/remove/replace/repair just the first floor. Otherwise it's a bigger cleanup, and longer until they can move back home.

[Autocon]

Insce cpys wont payout coz diff flooding types. Flash floods, riverine floods etc arsholes. Note read carefully n ask qs! Covered by which kinds of floods etc

[shokwave2]

At least if the water doesn't reach the floor of the second storey, the people can still live in their house as soon as the water recedes, and only have to clean/remove/replace/repair just the first floor. Otherwise it's a bigger cleanup, and longer until they can move back home.

Apparently it won't be that easy. The buildings foundations, walls, frames, etc may have been weakened due to the water, and safety checks have to be conducted on most houses to make sure they won't collapse. Electricians will also have to check to make sure there's no chance of electrocution, as the water would have gotten into the walls, wires, powerpoints. It's gonna be a long process by the sounds of it.