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Everything Else => Off Topic => Topic started by: romephius on January 11, 2011, 07:59:07 AM
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G'day guys, I'd like to say it was a funny I'm posting, however, it's not. It's quite a bit more serious.... take a look at the site below to see what I am in for over the next few days.... for those of you on my facebook page, you'll be able to see the photo's from near my house.
http://ninemsn.com.au/?ocid=iehp (http://ninemsn.com.au/?ocid=iehp)
There has been some truely horrendous stuff happening all around us... and now it's our turn... wish everyone in QLD some luck please.
Rom
(if I end up offline I'll let someone know using my mobile)
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I've been followinmg this on the news and things look real bad. I didn't realise it was so close to you Rom. I have a friend visiting Brisbane at this moment. :(
Take care Rom I hope the worst is over for everyones sake.
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I have relatives round there we have mailed them and am waiting to hear.
Fingers crossed for you mate.
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Thank you guys, however tonight (in around 3.5 hours) will just be the start... tomorrow will be worse and Thursday even worse still.....
I'll keep info flowing as much as I can
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Hope you're place is on high ground. Take care.
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Unfortunately not scotty, luckily it is a high set house and I have all my F1 gear safely stored upstairs...
If anyone wishes to see photos I have taken from around my house (within 500 meters in all directions) and you have facebook, send a friend request with the note "gpwizard" attached and I'll accept it. Luke Attwood is my name.
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Jeez Rom, I'm watching the live feed at the moment, this is really bad mate. You take extra special care my old friend, thinking of you and your countrymen.
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Are you in Ipswich Rom ?
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Holy Moly Rom, how much more water can one state take? Some of the photos make the towns look more like water parks than homes. Hope you manage to get through the worst without having to evacuate, keep safe- oh and dry if you can.
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The flooding is getting much coverage on the news over here. The size of the flooded area is astounding.
Be safe and God be with you all, my friend.
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Thank you all guys.... I'm not in ipswich, I am in Rocklea.... we are currently experiencing some minor flooding but 1 road in and out is still open.... tomorrow is gonna be the next big tidal swing..... Happily rain has eased and the dams are releasing less water to try and help the situation
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I believe this link should allow you to see the photo's.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=318233&id=701376872&l=2e0417f4ca (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=318233&id=701376872&l=2e0417f4ca)
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I just finished looking at your photos.. :o
Good luck and I'm hoping for some clear weather for you. Be safe.
Darrell
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Is anyone watching the live feed Rom put up a link for, it is really terrible in Brisbane.
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all the luck to you Rom,keep us informed
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I've been watching the live streaming Dare, it's really bad.
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Home and dry Rom, That's what I hope and pray for.
Lonny
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40996681/ns/weather?GT1=43001 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40996681/ns/weather?GT1=43001)
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Awful thing that's happening in Oz. I have watched some video on You Tube that are simply scary.
Keep safe Rom, and I hope it doesn't catch you too bad mate.
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I just had emails from two people near Rocklea where Rom lives, half of it was flooded, it was evacuated yesterday but there is no loss of life there.
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Good to get that update Ian. No lives lost is Brill, :good: and I'm sure we're all hoping Rom lives in the other part of town.
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Hiya Rom, great to see you here, are you ok my friend
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g'day all, physically i'm fine. I managed to escape before the water closed me In. I am currently staying with a friends parents. By all accounts it appears my housemates and i have lost everything we didn't take with us! We have one of the tallest houses on the street and reports say the water is almost to our roof! When it dries and i can get to it i'll have pics of it, thank you all for your kind thoughts.
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On the news it looks horrifying how massive the flooding is. Take care. :( :(
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Thank god your safe Rom. :good:
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Glad you're safe, ol' pal!
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All the best Rom, glad you have have a place to stay at the moment, sounds dreadful over there at the moment.
Neil.P
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Sorry for your troubles mate. I'm glad to hear you are safe.
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I saw Rocklea on ninemsn tonight, jeez, as Rom said, up to the rooftops.
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Wow it looks and sounds terrible over there at the moment. The important thing is you are safe and have somewhere to stay Rom, thank the Lord for that!
I hope things start getting drying out real soon. All the best mate - keep in touch.
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G'day all,
Well, what an emotional and strange 24 hours it has been, I am physically, emotionally and mentally drained.
In the past 24 hours I have gone from hearing that my house had been almost completely submerged and losing all but what is in my work car and personal car (which isn't much), to tonight finding out from a housemate who has (foolishly) gone into the flood to check our house, the waters are receding in my street, and the reports of almost total inundation were innacurate, that, in fact the entire upper floor of our house, by some miracle, remains bone dry. I would like to thank you all for your thoughts, prayers and well wishes. They have given me the strength to get through this. Whilst my joy for my luck is beaming, my thoughts and prayers remain with the many others who have not been so lucky.
I hope that as many others as possible can have the same luck that my housemates and I seem to have been blessed with.
When I can I will upload some of the pictures I and my housemates have taken, unfortunately I was unable to take any photo's from the time I was leaving because of the rising waters I didn't have time. From reports I heard from a police officer, approximately 20 minutes after I left the final access road flooded. My housemate has taken some photo's today and is going back in tomorrow, so will provide some more then.
Once again, thank you to all my dear friends around the world. This truly is the greatest F1 site, with the most amazing members that anyone could befriend.
your F1 friend
Rom
(Luke Attwood)
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I'm glad it's not as bad as you had been dreading Rom, I have been following this on 9news, absolutely horrific, whole townships virtually wiped out, families as well, truly horrific.
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Excellent news Rom, I'm glad things are not as bad as you first thought. :good:
I have been trying to put myself in your shoes all day and to be honest I cannot imagine what you and your fellow countrymen are going through.
All the best mate, we are all thinking of you.
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Thanks for taking the time to update us Rom. I look outside at the 6" of snow we got and think how trivial my concerns are over a bit of water in my garage seem in comparison. Take care!
Darrell
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What puzzles me is that although the infomation is being televised constantly, there are 78,000 people without power, how are they able to see it.
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Great news, Rom! I'm so glad that your home was spared, at least in part.
Our hearts are still with you and your countrymen. The very idea of an area the size of France & Germany combined being flooded boggles the mind.
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Good evening all,
This afternoon after work I was able to drive to my house (the waters have receded so fast from my house), it was like being on another planet, or, in a movie. I had to pass a police roadblock where they were checking id's to prove I lived there. Once in, the photo's started. Amidst all my joy at how much we had been spared, despair and sadness crept in very quickly as we are the only house on the block to have only partial damage, everyone else lost everything inside. Then as more people from the neighbourhood came along we found a couple of others in the same position as us. All of us are having a kind of survivors guilt. We have dead and live sheep around the neighbourhood from a primary industries research centre. Fuit, veg and other debris is scattered everywhere, where the mud has dried it's very crunchy and dusty. where it's still wet, it's like a very slippery glue. I have tried to assist anyone I can around us but they all seem to have more help than they can poke a stick at. so my only accomplishment in helping was when I discovered 3 very large gas (propane for the u.s.) tanks moved, slightly damaged and precariously hanging off a fence, I was able to report it to the authorities to try and make things safer. Tomorrow my hope is to be able to provide some form of REAL help to these people who have just been devastated. Just walking through it all and photographing it was truly breaking my heart and putting to the test every ounce of strength I had.
I hope to be able to post some pictures up soon.
Once again thank you all for your support.
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Darn it, for some reason ninemsn won't live stream to me tonight.
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Very happy to hear that you are safe and your house is mostly unscathed. I'm following this on the evening news and papers each day and even after seeing what has happened it is still unbelievable. One thing that is good to see though is all of the volunteers and everyone helping each other out. From me down here is New South Wales, my thoughts are with you.
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Allo all... firstly I was very glad to read that PG and his fellow accident survivors came through relatively unscathed.
Today was my first day back at work, luckily I have great bosses and they let me take 4 days off work to not only continue the clean-up, but also get myself back into a proper frame of mind to work.
Most of my neighbourhood is now a ghost town of gutted houses, there are maybe only 6 or 7 houses that have people staying in them. We still have no power, but the smell is subsiding and life is starting to return to normal from some. There are still many others who are still doing major clean-up, however these are mostly business's.
I have found that I lost more than I realised, but, the main thing is my GP Wizard prizes are all safe and sound.
It is our hope that we are re-connected to the power in the next 2 days, once this occurs we will move back into our house in a proper fashion. I can't wait to get my computer setup again and get back to reading and replying here the proper way.
Thank you again for all your well wishes. Once my computer is back up and running I promise to post some pics of not just the waters rising, but also the aftermath of it all.
Chat soon my friends.
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Sorry you lost more than you thought Rom, but at least your house is still there. Keep yer chin up mate.
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Hiya Rom, hows it going my friend.
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G'day Ian,
Yeah things are ok here... apparently the real estate has the most incompetent/un-reliable electrician on the payroll... still no closer to getting the power connected to the house again even though the grid is live again. sucks to be us I guess. I'm getting used to the cold showers and using my company car to charge my laptop and phones. In all honesty.... the boredom in the darkness is really starting to just drain me. But... all I can do is keep going to work and hoping I come home one day to lights on in the house.
I hope you and everyone are all well.
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Glad your ok in yourself Rom, it must be a nightmare mate. Did you have a brief interview on ninemsn yesterday (your am) as the bloke they spoke to looked just like you? We're all ok this end thanks.
Ian
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It's not too bad... it's just irritating that they can get so much done within a couple days and then for us to still be waiting for power when they only have to rewire a couple small things is silly.
Nah mate. No interviews. although I did have a chat with the Lord Mayor of Brisbane... gave him a pat on the back for the resources he put on our street after a worker requested it.
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Good to hear your coping Rom. Hope you get your juice on soonest.
Lonny
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Bloody hell, now Queensland has a cat5 cyclone heading in, they are sure copping the lot ain't they. Keep your head down Rom.
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Luckily for me and the rest of the southeast, it's up in northern qld, they usually get affected by a couple per year.... it's currently cat 2 and gonna cross the coast at bowen.... so good luck to all of them up there.
We got power re-connected yesterday, but phone lines are still down so no internet for my computer and then today I went to the doctors and have been diagnosed with a very severe case of tonsilitis.... but hey... all in all, despite my troubles, I'm so glad I didn't get it as bad as so many others out there.
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It's good to hear that you're not totally Amished any more. I hope the phone and web are back up, soon.
Sorry to hear about the tonsilitis. Get well soon, mate! :good:
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This ain't gonna be a January to remember eh? Get well soon!
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One good thing to remember Rom, it can only get better now.
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knowing my luck I'll get hit by a bus or something during the week... LOL....
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I dunno, takes a pretty lucky guy to be flown to the Maldives for business :P :P
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nah mate... it was vanuatuu and i was 1 of only 2 that said yes the position was open to 12..... so not that special....
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Your job sent you to Vanuatuu. Last week, mine sent me to Knockemstiff, Ohio. (Really!) Given the choice, I know which one I'd rather go to! ;)
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Wow Cos, I actually looked that up and according to Google Maps Knockemstiff is only about 450 miles from Intercourse PA!
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Oh, and Cos? No picture of you posing at the town sign? For shame!
:DD :DD :DD
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They don't have any. People kept stealing them.
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:DD :DD
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I'm watching ninemsn, the Aussie morning programme and they've upgraded the cyclone to a category 5, the highest there is.
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That's insane! Good luck (again) Rom. :o
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G'day all, still alive and well, and still have no internet connection.... just thought I'd drop you all a "hello" on the company network.
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Glad to hear your ok Rom. Is your crap weather ever going to end ?
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A town near here took about a year to get back to a semblance of normalcy after a big flood...but in Switzerland the insurance companies are lightning fast at paying. How are things progressing for you guys? Do they have to tear down many houses?
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G'day Scott,
Alot of insurance companies are trying not to pay out here, only 3 houses on my street (including mine) have people living in them, most have had the insides removed and will have to be rebuilt before we'll see neighbours again. It's been 2 months and we still have no phone line, hence no internet. Although I'm starting to believe this is more due to a lazy housemate.
I will be online for the Australian race, although only using the company laptop and wireless internet. They are allowing me limited personal use.
I hope everyone is well and has been looking after yourselves. I hope to be back with you guys properly soon.
Take care,
Your soggy Aussie buddy
Rom
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Wotcha soggy Rom, glad to see you ain't lost your sense of humour mate, chat to you on race day mate.
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Hang in there, ol' friend. :good:
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Good to hear from you Rom, hope your keeping well. :good:
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Jeez, poor old Queensland getting it again.
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just not my house this time... :)
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Glad to hear it Rom. :good:
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Just been watching my favourite Aussie programme, I hope I'm wrong but didn't Rom move to Rockhampton, hope not as they have flooding.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=janfyzt4Qyk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=janfyzt4Qyk)
Video is a year old...not the current floods.