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Old 01-11-2011, 04:56 PM   #1
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Shocked So *THAT'S* what a flash flood is...

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Amazing footage of East Creek near Chalk Drive / Chalk Lane rising and washing away lots of cars during Flash Flood in Toowoomba on Monday 10 January 2011. This is some of the best footage I have seen of the Flood and was taken from the second floor of our office which backs onto Chalk Lane.

It shows just how fast the creek turned into a torrent and quickly flooded Chalk Drive and Chalk Lane.

I also got some video of where the creek crosses Neil Street and some video of the aftermath and the huge amount of cars damaged and piled on top of one another in the Chalk Drive car park.

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With the incredible exposure that my video is receiving all over the internet and media worldwide I would like to encourage you to donate to the relief appeals.

You can donate to the Queensland Government Appeal at: http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

Or the Churches of Christ Care Queensland Flood Appeal here:
http://care.cofcqld.com.au/site/docs/...

Please pray for us. There are many people who are suffering through this.
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Old 01-11-2011, 06:46 PM   #2
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Default Re: So *THAT'S* what a flash flood is...

Just saw that! holy cow.... that's nuts!

The insurance adjusters are busy eh? That one guy saving his landrover was crazy, but I'd probably attempt that too..

20,000 homes flooded too.. The weather all over the planet is really odd lately.. New York and the areas around it are about to be hit with another blizzard too.. (East coast too)
Crazy stuff..
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Old 01-11-2011, 06:56 PM   #3
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Default Re: So *THAT'S* what a flash flood is...

Worst is yet to come for Brisbane (our Major city in QLD) with the Brisbane river set to break banks and hit record highs overnight.
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Old 01-11-2011, 07:16 PM   #4
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Holy crap!!!
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Old 01-12-2011, 04:45 AM   #5
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Default Re: So *THAT'S* what a flash flood is...

It is scary. Fortunately my house is safe although I have come home early from work both today and yesterday due to fears of not being able to get through with roads being closed. The rain has stopped now though which has helped but the river is still going to peak tomorrow with the high tides so more homes will go under. Brisbane has been luckier though than Toowoomba as we have had days of warning - Toowoomba's flood was totally unexpected. I think the death toll is at 12 now with 60-something still unaccounted for. One of the most upsetting deaths was a 4 year old boy who fell off a rescue boat this morning.
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Old 01-12-2011, 03:22 PM   #6
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Default Re: So *THAT'S* what a flash flood is...

Luckily my father managed to get out when he could, unfortunately most of the major roads are blocked off around the state though now which is making it hard for other people to get away.

Two of our major offices were evacuated a few days ago, it's hard to imagine what it must be like for some of these people, but hopefully some of these photo's will do the explaining:





The saddest would have to be this one, from what I saw, the 7 News chopper saw this car with a full family inside trapped, so they went and found a rescue officer, but when they returned, the car was gone


But here's one to cheer you up:
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Old 01-12-2011, 05:18 PM   #7
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75% of the entire state of Queensland has been declared a natural disaster! Could be as bad as the 1974 events..
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Old 01-13-2011, 01:23 PM   #8
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Default Re: So *THAT'S* what a flash flood is...

I don't want to turn this into "flood off" but this happened in a nice picturesque tow in Cornwall



Months of rain in Colombia have killed over 300 people and in Brazil nearly 400 have died in floods this week. Seriously scary weather at the moment.
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Old 01-15-2011, 07:44 AM   #9
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Glad to see you are ok Aelia Jusa

Hope Dragon Shadow in Rockhampton is ok too.

15 dead so far and I guess a lot more bad news to come. Brazil has been devastated too with about 500 dead. Ziroc is right about the weather being really odd lately all over the world.
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Old 01-17-2011, 11:54 AM   #10
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Wow....scary stuff! I hope the waters have calmed down some...what a terrible mess for those poor people living in it's way!
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