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we got an area of queensland and northern new south wales underwater here in australia
interesting situation , the state capital is flooded , some major destruction in it , a LOT , like a LOT of it just underwater not actually washed around just up tot he rafters in water
the outlying towns copped it harder , some have had most the town ripped off its footings and dumped in a pile of buildings 200 meters down the road by the force of the flash flood
this has been on going for a week or so as disaster , with a couple weeks build up to it
this is like 500km from me as the crow flies , but not a danger to me personally , however its hit a few of my friends up there bloody hard , some I cannot contact , unknown of they are alive at the moment
the police and army are excluding EVERYONE out of the worst affected areas until they have finished their body retrieval job , the death toll and missing list is low at oment because the bodies are either washed out to sea or still underwater mostly stuck in cars and buildings
media are being let in with restriction on what they can show , residents are not allowed at all yet ...
k this isnt exactly knife related but it is survival related , people died driving thru water they shoulda known better than to try , people died because they came to rubber neck and got stuck , people had to be rescued because they were doing dumb things , others begause they was just stuck , hit by a wall of water and managed to hang on to something .. wilderness ... the place is now a wilderness of sorts and a lot of bushcraft and improvision will be going on for a while to come
mobile phones are the only coms apart from internet ... suprisingly , the emergency services are using twitter cos nothing else works
something worth keeping an eye on maybe , its not over yet more rain coming
interesting situation , the state capital is flooded , some major destruction in it , a LOT , like a LOT of it just underwater not actually washed around just up tot he rafters in water
the outlying towns copped it harder , some have had most the town ripped off its footings and dumped in a pile of buildings 200 meters down the road by the force of the flash flood
this has been on going for a week or so as disaster , with a couple weeks build up to it
this is like 500km from me as the crow flies , but not a danger to me personally , however its hit a few of my friends up there bloody hard , some I cannot contact , unknown of they are alive at the moment
the police and army are excluding EVERYONE out of the worst affected areas until they have finished their body retrieval job , the death toll and missing list is low at oment because the bodies are either washed out to sea or still underwater mostly stuck in cars and buildings
media are being let in with restriction on what they can show , residents are not allowed at all yet ...
k this isnt exactly knife related but it is survival related , people died driving thru water they shoulda known better than to try , people died because they came to rubber neck and got stuck , people had to be rescued because they were doing dumb things , others begause they was just stuck , hit by a wall of water and managed to hang on to something .. wilderness ... the place is now a wilderness of sorts and a lot of bushcraft and improvision will be going on for a while to come
mobile phones are the only coms apart from internet ... suprisingly , the emergency services are using twitter cos nothing else works
something worth keeping an eye on maybe , its not over yet more rain coming
