Queensland Floods

I'm at home with water stockpiled, canned food in the cupboard and candles on the way. This is mostly because I'm risk-averse. I've checked the city council flood maps and while I'm within walking distance of some areas that are going to be afloat, I'm not in any projected flow zones or flood zones. However I think there's a real chance we'll be blacked out and/or without safe running water tomorrow and it's best to be prepared.
 
Finally got through to the wife. She's trapped on a property near Kingaroy. She won't be washed away or anything but Kingaroy's supermarkets are almost stripped bare and some medications have run out.

Any Brisbanites who may have trouble - pm me. I'm on the southside (Capalaba).
 
Rocky (where I am) got off quite easily, not only did we have plenty of warning but only a few houses in the one suburb have been affected (I believe around 400). The road to Mackay has stayed open the whole time. The road south is due to open end of the week, or early next week. Not sure on the airport, probably a week at least.
 
I have an aunt, an uncle and a few cousins in Brisbane but I don't know where in Brisbane. I remember them being in Shailer Park at one point but they might have moved to another suburb.
 
Well that toowoomba thing is still getting worse - 9 dead, 66 missing. Got the ch7 press conference on in the background.
 
Alan said:
I have an aunt, an uncle and a few cousins in Brisbane but I don't know where in Brisbane. I remember them being in Shailer Park at one point but they might have moved to another suburb.
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Anyone pm me if you want me to do something. Even if it's only making some local phone calls...
 
Thanks but it will be okay. I will be able to make any required calls when I get home.
 
The Premier's just held a press conference. Flooding along the Brisbane River is now predicted to exceed 1974 levels by Thursday. Ipswich also facing similar higher levels. It's a constantly changing situation with heavy rain still falling in the catchment area - supposed to be easing over next 6-12 hours - which is complicating the modelling.

Police are still searching for people in the Murphy's Creek/Grantham area (66 still unaccounted for) but are being hindered by risky conditions.
 
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AdinDraco said:
but Kingaroy's supermarkets are almost stripped bare and some medications have run out.
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Is it completely cut off? Only Australian groceries are offering free delivery to flood areas (conditions apply), but obviously that's no good for anyone if deliveries can't get through.
 
I just looked at the weather bureau website, and since the start of December Brisbane has had more than "rainy" Melbourne's yearly rainfall.

BTW, sorry to hijack your thread Akhenaten. A new thread might be warranted.
 
I've spent a bit of time in Ipswich over the past few years. The city centre seems to be in a bit of a basin to me. Maybe it's because you drive down a hill to get into the place, but it's not looking good. We have an office close to the city centre.
 
I was hearing on radio that some evacuation refuge locations are being evacuated...thats high water.
 
HawaiiBigSis said:
So a little bit of googling indicates that Queensland floods pretty often.

Isn't there some sort of water containment system in place?

(And what happened in Victoria the last time Queensland flooded?)
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It does, but you have to bear in mind that Queensland has had the equivelant of two 1-in-100-year floods in the space of 10 months, or something equally insane. Also... very flat. Brisbane, for example, has mostly been safe because they have a dam that protects them. That dam is now full, with more rain on the way. They have no choice now but to open the flood gates, and when they do...

We've had a similar thing across the ditch in NZ, with the exception that it's pretty steep terrain here so flood waters don't wash over a vast area; it comes up quick, and it washed back out to sea quick. While I was down in Central Otago a week ago I had the good fortune of witnessing an exceedingly rare site - all four sluice gates open on the Clyde Dam. Five million litres of water a second. Truly phenomenal (this at the time when normally the big southern lakes are so desperately short of water that the hydroelectric power stations are spluttering and we're suffering rolling black outs).
 
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