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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 400243" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Update - I have the radio on, with the ABC. It's our national government-owned (but not controlled!) radio network. It's the one t hat reaches all the country, one way or another, so the farmers all listen to this one.</p><p>A news conference is about to start, with the Queensland premier, Anna Bligh. I think the emergency people are in the conference too.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, I found a link to some footage of the flood. </p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]PLs2EmdTMY8[/MEDIA]</p><p>I haven't watched it yet, it is still loading. But I think it's footage of the "inland tsunami". It might have been taken before it though.</p><p></p><p>Press conference just started - here are my notes.</p><p></p><p>It's getting worse today. 80 to 200 mm falling into this, hampering search & rescue efforts especially in Lockyer Valley. Modelling is thrown out by rain, predictions can't be made because the rainfall is changing.</p><p>Grim and desperate - 8 confirmed dead, we expect it to rise. 72 still unaccounted for (so that report of 50 being found was not verified).</p><p></p><p>Specialist swift water teams, fire and rescue teams are on standby, but getting them to the region is difficult because the weather is so bad (I heard the background storm in a phone call from the area this morning).</p><p></p><p>Flood limits that were already at record highs suddenly got ridiculously higher.</p><p></p><p>One helicopter got in, there appear to be no more people on rooftops but there could be rooftop people in outlying properties. They will search when they can get the choppers out there through the weather.</p><p></p><p>Ipswitch flood levels will reach 16 metres, but if rain continues (and it will) it could reach 18 metres. Some years ago it hit 20 metres so this won't be the worst. The Wivenhoe Dam will have to have water release to cope, which will make Brisbane flooding worse. They have no choice - if they don't do a controlled release, the result could be catastrophe.</p><p></p><p>We have amazing search & rescue people who are risking their lives to get in there and rescue people.</p><p></p><p>This was already a disaster, now it has escalated. I can hear the storm behind this press conference - they will not be outdoors, but I can hear the storm sound over the interview microphones.</p><p></p><p>They don't think there are any more recent deaths but they do expect to find more who were killed by the flood.</p><p></p><p>Current storms are hampering rescue because the helicopters can't cope in this weather.</p><p></p><p>They finish the press conference with a warning to people to not go sightseeing.</p><p></p><p>They are evacuating entire towns downstream. Some of these are big towns.</p><p></p><p>People might ask, "Why do people live in low-lying ground?" but most of the country is low-lying. Besides, when it is drought time, the only water is from the river. And this country is in drought most of the time.</p><p></p><p>This is an extraordinary weather pattern causing this. We have a La Nina event, the ocean currents, especially in that part of the coast, are warm. More evaporation, more rain systems. This one looked fairly normal on satellite, but it covered a large area. Lots of rain over a large area means that when it is funnelled into a river valley, it's nasty.</p><p></p><p>80mm in half an hour at one weather station. Some were 100 to 150mm (6") in half an hour. This last lot of info was from the chief of the Brisbane Weather Bureau.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, these are notes I took during the press conference. it's finished now. More info later. Now the radio is broadcasting community service announcements about how to survive a flood. The TV has been playing these ads for the last couple of weeks too.</p><p></p><p>These floods began in early December. Earlier in some areas. It's rough.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 400243, member: 1991"] Update - I have the radio on, with the ABC. It's our national government-owned (but not controlled!) radio network. It's the one t hat reaches all the country, one way or another, so the farmers all listen to this one. A news conference is about to start, with the Queensland premier, Anna Bligh. I think the emergency people are in the conference too. Meanwhile, I found a link to some footage of the flood. [MEDIA=youtube]PLs2EmdTMY8[/MEDIA] I haven't watched it yet, it is still loading. But I think it's footage of the "inland tsunami". It might have been taken before it though. Press conference just started - here are my notes. It's getting worse today. 80 to 200 mm falling into this, hampering search & rescue efforts especially in Lockyer Valley. Modelling is thrown out by rain, predictions can't be made because the rainfall is changing. Grim and desperate - 8 confirmed dead, we expect it to rise. 72 still unaccounted for (so that report of 50 being found was not verified). Specialist swift water teams, fire and rescue teams are on standby, but getting them to the region is difficult because the weather is so bad (I heard the background storm in a phone call from the area this morning). Flood limits that were already at record highs suddenly got ridiculously higher. One helicopter got in, there appear to be no more people on rooftops but there could be rooftop people in outlying properties. They will search when they can get the choppers out there through the weather. Ipswitch flood levels will reach 16 metres, but if rain continues (and it will) it could reach 18 metres. Some years ago it hit 20 metres so this won't be the worst. The Wivenhoe Dam will have to have water release to cope, which will make Brisbane flooding worse. They have no choice - if they don't do a controlled release, the result could be catastrophe. We have amazing search & rescue people who are risking their lives to get in there and rescue people. This was already a disaster, now it has escalated. I can hear the storm behind this press conference - they will not be outdoors, but I can hear the storm sound over the interview microphones. They don't think there are any more recent deaths but they do expect to find more who were killed by the flood. Current storms are hampering rescue because the helicopters can't cope in this weather. They finish the press conference with a warning to people to not go sightseeing. They are evacuating entire towns downstream. Some of these are big towns. People might ask, "Why do people live in low-lying ground?" but most of the country is low-lying. Besides, when it is drought time, the only water is from the river. And this country is in drought most of the time. This is an extraordinary weather pattern causing this. We have a La Nina event, the ocean currents, especially in that part of the coast, are warm. More evaporation, more rain systems. This one looked fairly normal on satellite, but it covered a large area. Lots of rain over a large area means that when it is funnelled into a river valley, it's nasty. 80mm in half an hour at one weather station. Some were 100 to 150mm (6") in half an hour. This last lot of info was from the chief of the Brisbane Weather Bureau. Anyway, these are notes I took during the press conference. it's finished now. More info later. Now the radio is broadcasting community service announcements about how to survive a flood. The TV has been playing these ads for the last couple of weeks too. These floods began in early December. Earlier in some areas. It's rough. Marg [/QUOTE]
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