Troy? Noones? other Aussies?

You guys have your heads and gear above water?

What's going on?


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"Alan Browne" wrote:

You guys have your heads and gear above water?

Not if they're in Queensland.

What's going on?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2...ensland_floods

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On 2011.01.12 9:12 , David J. Littleboy wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote:

You guys have your heads and gear above water?

Not if they're in Queensland.

Duh.

Let them reply.

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On 13/01/2011, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2011.01.12 9:12 , David J. Littleboy wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote:

You guys have your heads and gear above water?

Not if they're in Queensland.

Duh.

Let them reply.

I'm in Sydney, so in Noones. Take a look at this and don't
underestimate the size of Australia.
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse...loods.html#map

On 2011.01.12 14:55 , N wrote:
On 13/01/2011, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2011.01.12 9:12 , David J. Littleboy wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote:

You guys have your heads and gear above water?

Not if they're in Queensland.

Duh.

Let them reply.

I'm in Sydney, so in Noones. Take a look at this and don't underestimate
the size of Australia.
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse...loods.html#map

What makes you think I underestimated it?

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On 13/01/2011 7:12 AM, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2011.01.12 14:55 , N wrote:
On 13/01/2011, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2011.01.12 9:12 , David J. Littleboy wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote:

You guys have your heads and gear above water?

Not if they're in Queensland.

Duh.

Let them reply.

I'm in Sydney, so in Noones. Take a look at this and don't underestimate
the size of Australia.
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse...loods.html#map

What makes you think I underestimated it?


I know Troy is a Queenslander, as is Mark Thomas & old Douggie! Hope they are all ok!

On 2011.01.12 15:54 , M J Wyllie wrote:
On 13/01/2011 7:12 AM, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2011.01.12 14:55 , N wrote:
On 13/01/2011, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2011.01.12 9:12 , David J. Littleboy wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote:

You guys have your heads and gear above water?

Not if they're in Queensland.

Duh.

Let them reply.

I'm in Sydney, so in Noones. Take a look at this and don't underestimate
the size of Australia.
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse...loods.html#map

What makes you think I underestimated it?


I know Troy is a Queenslander, as is Mark Thomas & old Douggie! Hope
they are all ok!

Indeed! I'd forgotten Mark Thomas as being an Aussie, actually

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On 2011-01-12 12:54:50 -0800, M J Wyllie said:

On 13/01/2011 7:12 AM, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2011.01.12 14:55 , N wrote:
On 13/01/2011, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2011.01.12 9:12 , David J. Littleboy wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote:

You guys have your heads and gear above water?

Not if they're in Queensland.

Duh.

Let them reply.

I'm in Sydney, so in Noones. Take a look at this and don't underestimate
the size of Australia.
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse...loods.html#map

What makes you think I underestimated it?


I know Troy is a Queenslander, as is Mark Thomas & old Douggie! Hope
they are all ok!

Yup! IIRC DMac ran his wedding photo operation in Brisbane. We haven't
heard from him in well over a year now, and I understand he had some
health issues, so there is no telling what might have happened to him.
Troy has posted recently, as has Noons, neither had anything to say
regarding the floods.

"Maroochy" an Aussie who contributes to a.b.p.o. has posted some images
there, and she has made a few comments such as this:
"The big wet continues, now getting closer to where I live. Took this photo
just on high tide this morning, the water is never usually that high, a
couple of hours later the water had broken the river banks and still the
rain keeps tumbling down (we had 90mm in our rain gauge between 6.00 am and
5.00 pm today). Still, we will never have the flooding problems like those
poor people to the north of us...thank goodness."

We can only wish them all the best.

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Savageduck

On 13/01/2011, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2011.01.12 14:55 , N wrote:
On 13/01/2011, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2011.01.12 9:12 , David J. Littleboy wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote:

You guys have your heads and gear above water?

Not if they're in Queensland.

Duh.

Let them reply.

I'm in Sydney, so in Noones. Take a look at this and don't underestimate
the size of Australia.
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse...loods.html#map

What makes you think I underestimated it?

It wasn't aimed at you in particular, but I know a lot of people in
other countries have no perception of how large this country is. A
friend had a visitor from somewhere else who wanted to see Melbourne,
Sydney and the Barrier Reef in a week - BY CAR!

On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:07:36 +1100, N wrote:
: On 13/01/2011, Alan Browne wrote:
: On 2011.01.12 14:55 , N wrote:
: On 13/01/2011, Alan Browne wrote:
: On 2011.01.12 9:12 , David J. Littleboy wrote:
: "Alan Browne" wrote:
:
: You guys have your heads and gear above water?
:
: Not if they're in Queensland.
:
: Duh.
:
: Let them reply.
:
: I'm in Sydney, so in Noones. Take a look at this and don't underestimate
: the size of Australia.
: http://www.google.com/crisisresponse...loods.html#map
:
: What makes you think I underestimated it?
:
: It wasn't aimed at you in particular, but I know a lot of people in
: other countries have no perception of how large this country is. A
: friend had a visitor from somewhere else who wanted to see Melbourne,
: Sydney and the Barrier Reef in a week - BY CAR!

It's a hard perception to maintain. Every American school child who pays
attention in geography class knows that the U.S. could comfortably fit within
the borders of Australia, with a good bit of Europe left over. But since a lot
of Australia is portrayed (to us, at least) as empty space, we tend not to
grasp the implications. Few of us will ever actually tour Australia by car
(damn good thing too, since sooner or later we'd forget to drive on the left),
so the vastness of your country is largely hypothetical. Frankly, I thought
Brisbane was much farther around to the north than it is. And only in the last
day or two did it dawn on me that the Great Barrier Reef probably makes it
impractical to have large cities on your north coast. But all of us have seen
serious flooding - or have relatives or friends who have. So even if the
flooded area is a relatively tiny part of your country, we empathize with
those who are suffering, and hope that that suffering will end soon.

Bob