My best Wishes and Prayers to our Friends in OZ
 

Hopefully everyone is healthy and safe during the flooding.

I for sure hope this isn't happening to anyone:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-affected.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BU09620110101

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

My prayers our there for any and all affected.

Wow... my prayers for them too.

Oh man, that sucks. Nothing worse than watching flood water slowly rise and you can't do anything about it except watch; it's a slow torture. And to make matters worse, Aus has to deal with potential crocs and snakes in their homes? Yikes! Hope everyone comes out ok...

La Nina is well & truly under way!

Australia is a country of extremes. We've suffered through a decade of drought (El Nino) & now the opposite. Interestingly the floods are all part of an approximate 20yr cycle that happens...all the flood water from what is essentially two back to back floods will travel S/W all the way to Lake Eyre in South Australia. This process is all part of the greater ecosystem

That doesn't make living through the floods or the losses that the affected residents will suffer any easier but it is all relatively normal...the upside for all the wet weather is no immediate threat of bushfires - another fundamental element of the Australian ecosystem

Not too many crocs that far South though & the ones you need to worry about (saltwater crocs) hate freshwater anyway

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/pict...&pictureid=779

Quick the waters rising!

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/pict...&pictureid=778

LOL. It's starting to sound more and more like an understatement every year. Years of droughts and water rationing and then the poor fellas up north of me cop that. Feel for them. Us here in the south have bush fires to contend with. We had a relatively wet winter and a lot of green has grown all of which will soon be very dry and extremely flammable once the temps get up there.
Two years ago we had one day with 117.86F (Black Saturday) and the very next day we couldn't get over 66F. Just to give you an idea of how extreme things can get. Still though, it's not all bad. It is a beautiful country with lot to see and enjoy and I think some of our beaches are second to none. Don't want anyone thinking Australia is a deathtrap. LOL.

While I am currently safe and dry down in the south I think that our friends up north would be very touched by your thoughts, prayers and well wishes.

Kinda reminds one of TS Allison back in '01 doesn't it TexasSP? That's why I feel for those folks. Man, floods are tough to deal with...

Yup, that was pretty rough. The site of the water just rising and not stopping is hard to forget. Luckily I faired okay, but family and friends were not so lucky. At least croc's weren't getting into my house.

Water coming towards your house is pretty bad but try this on for size. Imagine seeing this view from your back door.
http://i52.tinypic.com/30cqcyf.jpg

More rain is forecast for Queensland

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/we...104-19e55.html

You'll notice most older homes are built on stilts. This method/style is known as Queenslander...for obvious reasons

http://images.smh.com.au/2011/01/04/...74-600x400.jpg

As the floods continue, Toowoomba, QLD was absolutely smashed last night...

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/we...110-19l7n.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOWbl_mjgr0

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR663.loop.shtml#skip

We are waiting & hoping for news that many of the missing survived

Man it is just getting worse and worse with no end in sight. Just saw a footage from a news helicopter of a car with a family in it stuck in high water. By the time news chopper went away and come back with a Emergency Rescue the car was nowhere to be found. Hart breaking to think that I just got to see a families last moments alive on TV. Horrible.

I really hope they miraculously survived, hard to imagine Brisbane CBD being evacuated

Flash floods for VIC also BIG-block!! who invited la nina to this party

Ten years of drought and then ten years worth of rain in a couple of months. I have no idea what the hell is going on. It is bucketing down here in Victoria and it is so humid too. This is nothing like the weather we normally get down here. When it rains it is usually cold. Sucks. The dog is just looking at me with a sad face. Haven't taken him for a walk in a few days now. The rain wont let up. I guess our problems are not as bad as the poor Queenslanders.

My parents are OK as they are up nice and high but the swimming pool at the back of their property is under water. Dad says that they are safe and water has to get much higher before they have anything to worry about but how can one not worry? With so much rain on the way it's got me stressing a fair bit.

Man, it is bad down there! I saw some videos/news reports and it was horrible. It's just not letting up - no rest period to catch a breath. My wife and I were thinking of moving there in several years, now she's not sure.