A BIG THANKYOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEES WHO HELPED. My sympathy goes to the family who lost their son in the drain.

Yikes! I haven't been watching the news (not that we hear much about Australia here), I didn't know about this storm. I hope you are all ok and the cleanup goes well. Too much water all at once is definitely not a good thing. Best and brightest thoughts, and lots of hugs to you all!! Marji

Thankyou for your concern...We are ok so far. We are South of Brisbane, and just very heavy rains so far... It is quite heavy tonight... No damage as yet. We just bought a rainwater tank today....Shame it`s not connected yet.....what a waste of water...
Thankyou toet!!!!!

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by kezza2sew 18 Nov 2008

michele, I am only on tank water, and thank goodness we are getting lovely rain to, both house tanks full and shed tank nearly full...missed the govt. rebate bought tanks 5mths before it came in...oh well.

by michelej 18 Nov 2008

Yes thank god for the rain as we need it.. Sorry you missed the govt rebate.. We didn`t get it either......

ttt

i hope everyone is ok .... you are in my thoughts and prayers

Hi, I am ok here, I am on the southside of Brisbane and we just had alot of rain, and today is still cloudy and alot cooler,especially for this time of year, and a big thank you to Toet for letting everyone know about it, I also know that Michelej and Mumfinch,(Diane) are both fine as well

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by toet 18 Nov 2008

hi, pleased to hear that you are ok,you need the rain so badly,i have heard that the dams are less than 40% full. Hopefully help and shelter comes quickly to the people that lost their homes. It is especially hard for the people that lost all their family photographs.

by sherylac 18 Nov 2008

Yes it would be the worst part, loosing your photos, and yes are dams are very low but, they have been alot lower and we are on water restrictions and have been for awhile

Thank you for posting this, Toet. I live about 100km from Brisbane, it has been raining everyday, but fortunatelly, nothing bad around here. I came from a country that has many earthquakes and thyphoons a year, so I feel so sorry for all their losses.

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by toet 18 Nov 2008

I am so glad you are ok,i am happy to say my son and grandchildren are ok. They live on the north side. Their car is a mess from the large hail stones. He said the sky was sooooo green that it looked evil take care and thankyou so much for your designs

by manami 18 Nov 2008

Take care of you too, Toet.

Oh wow! I had to go and google that to get the information. I hadn't heard. The article said it was the worst in about 25 years and compared the damage to that of a cyclone! My best wishes for all of you that have to now deal with the aftermath of this storm!

That was terrible our prayers r with u *4U toet 4 bringing it to our attention

how did you cope, we have had to empty our rain tank 2 times wish we could give the water away and its full again ,our yard was about 2 feet deep lucky for us we still have a roof and no water inside
Many have lost every thing and the poor parents of that boy he and his mate were taking photos in the drain. how are our other Queensland people going

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by toet 18 Nov 2008

I live in Nt Queensland now last february mackay had a flash flood,we were OK lots of people here are still living with friends and family,as you know rebuilding takes time and money. I lived in Brisbane when they had the 1974 floods .My fist baby was dew and lost everything in the floods.

Oh my goodness - I haven't seen the news - hope all our ladies are safe - we have alot from that area - I will keep them all in my prayers.

I hope all are safe.... ttt.