[GSBN] photos of Toowoomba yesterday ....

Tue Jan 11 06:54:28 UTC 2011

FW: a few photos of Toowoomba yesterday ....Thanks Bohdan

Those pictures captures what words barely can. Toowoomba is 100 km west of us. These pictures are unbelievable because the city is on top of a range, so its own catchment is little more then what comes from the heavens. For the last decade it has struggled with water supply due to droughts and dam levels around 8%. There are still 66 people missing from this event. 

Floods come and go, but nothing can describe the the vast area of Australia that has been impacted by this disaster.

Queensland is completely saturated and every day there are new towns going under water. It seems that there is not a major river system involved.  An upper Brisbane river town has just told everyone to get on their roof now due to risk of further flash floods. The Wivenhoe Dam above was full with all flood gates open yesterday. In a couple of hours this morning the dam received a further 200mm (8 inches) + catchment area input. 

We have just been told that Brisbane River has broken its banks in the city and prepare for floods in Brisbane (Qld capital) that should peak on Thursday. These will be record flood levels. Our evacuation centres have now been open. Col and I are high and dry.

Not much we can do at present till the floods reside but I will get in and help clean homes as I did as a child in Brisbane 1974 floods.

Chris and Col

From: Bohdan Dorniak 
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 1:05 PM
To: '(private, with public archives) Global Straw Building Network' 
Subject: [GSBN] photos of Toowoomba yesterday ....

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From: Matiasz, Sophia2 (DFEEST) [mailto:Sophia2.Matiasz at sa.gov.au] 
Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 12:21 PM
To: 'bdco at adam.com.au'
Subject: FW: a few photos of Toowoomba yesterday ....

Hi all
These are some photos of what is currently happening in Australia.This is a flash flood in Toowoomba, Queensland.
I know that Chris Newton is looking at the re construction of the Visitor's Centre at Emarald - I wish her and her helpers all the best.
Bohdan Dorniak
Treasurer, AUSBALE

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