Flood Sweat and Tears

There's a fair bit of panic buying here. The supermarkets are almost out of some basics, and because Queensland is so flooded, many of the markets and warehouses that distribute our food are under water. Paradoxically, we are being told to conserve water, because some of the water processing plants are also unable to access clean water right now. To whit, Molly and I have been filling up our camping water containers, and I managed to purloin the last 10 litre container of mineral water at the local supermarket after work today. We were already stocked up on nosh, because Daile had set us up before she went to NZ. I got a few more soups and what have you. There was no bread to be had, but luckily, I've got yeast and flour for maybe 10 or 12 loaves, so we're fine.

The city has pretty much ground to a halt. Most of the lads at work are not at work. Many of them have houses in high risk areas, or are unable to get to work because the bridges are all closed.



It's all a bit of a mess really. Some of the clips and stories that are coming onto the TV are very upsetting. Cars have been seen going past with people in them, even houses have been seen going past with people in them and there's nothing that can be done! Many many people are missing.

However it looks like the worst events are over, the tide peaked at 4am last night, and it was less severe than they'd predicted. Everyone in Brisbane had got out of the way having had the benefit of the early warning that the people further inland didn't have. There has been a pulling together of people to help each other and now there will need to be some solid work to recover the city from the mud.



We feel very fortunate to have been missed in this little handout....