Marguerite
Active Member
G'day people.
It's been quite a day, although we didn't leave the village. I drove mother in law to the doctor this afternoon. She needed to get some test results. I got a few other errands done, but other than that, I stayed home and was glued to the news on TV. I was also keeping in touch with family to find out how they're going. We've been asked to stay off the phones as much as possible, so we're using FaceBook to keep up with people in the flood zones. People are being advised to use text messaging instead of calls.
The death toll from Toowoomba's "inland tsunami" is up to 10 with only 55 now unaccounted for, but at least 15 of those 55 they are fairly sure did not make it. The floods are heading for Brisbane and outlying suburbs and expected to break all records. They have prepared for it as much as they can. They're not expecting another wall of water to hit Brisbane - one advantage of the city being coastal.
Further south the floods continue. Some of it is downstream from the Queensland floods and a lot of it is the weather system moving south and dumping more rain.
I posted in Watercooler about it in more detail.
Again I assure you - we are safe, and will remain so. difficult child 3 was worrying about it a bit today, so I invented a mathematical exercise for him to calculate how far above sea level we are in our house. Then husband pulled out the topographic map - we are 60 metres above sea level.
It's been cloudy and overcast for a few days now, with rain forecast every day. It's the effect of the warmer ocean currents. I'm enjoying a swim, but not if it's raining. Tomorrow will be in the current weather pattern - warm, extremely humid. It really does feel like the inside of a sauna just after someone has poured a bucket of water on the coals. It's so humid you can taste it. I'm walking around wearing singlet tops and can't get cool enough. Sweat is just pouring off. Hair is constantly rat-tailed and damp.
I know some of you are battening down the hatches ahead of freak snow storms. Stay safe, plan ahead, put your safety plans in place. And as our government people are advising us - think of your neighbours, the people you know, and reach out to any who need a hand.
Marg
It's been quite a day, although we didn't leave the village. I drove mother in law to the doctor this afternoon. She needed to get some test results. I got a few other errands done, but other than that, I stayed home and was glued to the news on TV. I was also keeping in touch with family to find out how they're going. We've been asked to stay off the phones as much as possible, so we're using FaceBook to keep up with people in the flood zones. People are being advised to use text messaging instead of calls.
The death toll from Toowoomba's "inland tsunami" is up to 10 with only 55 now unaccounted for, but at least 15 of those 55 they are fairly sure did not make it. The floods are heading for Brisbane and outlying suburbs and expected to break all records. They have prepared for it as much as they can. They're not expecting another wall of water to hit Brisbane - one advantage of the city being coastal.
Further south the floods continue. Some of it is downstream from the Queensland floods and a lot of it is the weather system moving south and dumping more rain.
I posted in Watercooler about it in more detail.
Again I assure you - we are safe, and will remain so. difficult child 3 was worrying about it a bit today, so I invented a mathematical exercise for him to calculate how far above sea level we are in our house. Then husband pulled out the topographic map - we are 60 metres above sea level.
It's been cloudy and overcast for a few days now, with rain forecast every day. It's the effect of the warmer ocean currents. I'm enjoying a swim, but not if it's raining. Tomorrow will be in the current weather pattern - warm, extremely humid. It really does feel like the inside of a sauna just after someone has poured a bucket of water on the coals. It's so humid you can taste it. I'm walking around wearing singlet tops and can't get cool enough. Sweat is just pouring off. Hair is constantly rat-tailed and damp.
I know some of you are battening down the hatches ahead of freak snow storms. Stay safe, plan ahead, put your safety plans in place. And as our government people are advising us - think of your neighbours, the people you know, and reach out to any who need a hand.
Marg
