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Post by sunfrog on Jan 12, 2011 15:07:35 GMT -5
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jan 12, 2011 15:41:13 GMT -5
That snake is just bringing his dessert home. Still ... its AMAZING!
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Post by Avril on Jan 12, 2011 17:04:19 GMT -5
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Post by sunfrog on Jan 12, 2011 17:45:53 GMT -5
Did the guy in the video tell the riverwalk so long? I've never seen such happy people during a natural disaster before. Australians must have really good homeowner's insurance. You'd never see Americans that happy during a flood. We throw a tantrum when we can't find the TV remote.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jan 12, 2011 18:27:09 GMT -5
You'd never see Americans that happy during a flood. We throw a tantrum when we can't find the TV remote. [PLite giggles.]
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Post by Avril on Jan 12, 2011 18:49:25 GMT -5
There are plenty of people whom we see on newscasts who have lost everything - homes, pets, shops, jobs, livestock and goods. People describe how helpless they felt to see their neighbours' whole houses with people in them swept away as the flood flashed through. That's heartbreaking.
Most of Queensland's primary producers have been devastated - pineapple farms, sugarcane and banana plantations and cattle stations. Coal mines are flooded and are costing the state hugely in disrupted production and well as incurring further costs in restoring infrastructure. Electricity has to be turned off, meaning loss of refrigeration for food supplies and no pumps to pump out water. Towns cut off by flooded roads rely on helicopters dropping food and safe water. It will take a long time to recover.
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Post by shoegirl on Jan 12, 2011 19:04:13 GMT -5
That is insane how fast and far the water is spreading! Any sign of the water spreading stopping soon?
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jan 12, 2011 20:27:23 GMT -5
See, a lot of whut they show over here are Ozzies wid stiff upper lips, declaring We shall rebuild! (cue Six Million Dollar Man music). And then, there wuz that memorable viddy of that guy rescuing his automobile from the oncoming flood while his mates were screaming at him to let his car go. He saved his car. So has PM asked for help from the outside? I havent heard much and I havent been told to collect stuff. Shall I collect money for you?
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Post by sunfrog on Jan 12, 2011 22:34:49 GMT -5
Wow! I love seeing cars float down the river and I love seeing cars stacked up like toys even more! That was a good idea about letting the air out of the tires.
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Post by Avril on Jan 16, 2011 17:29:57 GMT -5
No pics with this one. You'll just have to use your imaginations. The floods have struck Victoria, now. River rescue as sex toy ditches rider Thomas Hunter January 17, 2011 - 6:31AM
A bizarre decision to ride an inflatable doll down a flood-swollen Yarra River blew up in a woman’s face yesterday when she lost her latex playmate in a rough patch.
The incident prompted a warning from police that blow-up sex toys are "not recognised flotation devices’’.
Police and a State Emergency Services crew were called to the rescue when the woman and a man, both 19, struck trouble at Warrandyte North about 4.30pm yesterday.
They were floating down the river on two inflatable dolls and had just passed the Pound Bend Tunnel when the woman lost her toy in turbulent water.
She clung to a floating tree, calling for help while the man stayed with her. Fortunately for the pair, a passer-by called triple zero while while a kayaker took life jackets to the pair. Police and the SES crew hauled the water-logged thrillseekers to safety.
But, with Queensland in the grip of a deadly emergency and 50 rescues from flood waters around Victoria in the past week, police were not amused at the pair's "stupid" actions.
‘‘We’ve got people busy with rescues and to have to divert resources to that sort of thing is not ideal," said Senior Constable Wayne Wilson
‘‘Most rescue organisations would frown on people behaving in such a manner because there are people out there who are in genuine need of assistance,’’ he said.
The rescued pair were checked by ambulance officers but did not require medical attention.
‘‘The fate of the inflatable dolls is unknown,’’ said Senior Constable Wilson. www.theage.com.au/
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Post by sunfrog on Jan 16, 2011 18:24:53 GMT -5
Hahaha~
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jan 16, 2011 19:15:02 GMT -5
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ;D Oztralians are so Funny! ;D
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Post by dragrat on Jan 16, 2011 21:27:55 GMT -5
amusing.. Nineteen year olds with sex toys, priceless..
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Post by Avril on Jan 16, 2011 21:32:15 GMT -5
Should we start a contest for the best probable dress in which they were found?
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Post by dragrat on Jan 16, 2011 21:34:07 GMT -5
Well.. Then everyone would be a winner. Not really a contest is it?
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