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    Sad Queensland, Australia Flood Disaster

    I'm not sure how much media coverage this is getting outside Australia, but currently an estimated 75% of Queensland in the north-east has been affected by flooding. Flash floods happen around Queensland from time to time, but this has been the worst in 35 years. It has been declared a national disaster zone, and is set to get worse later this week.

    Also, the capital city of Brisbane is currently getting flash floods, and an enormous dam designed to prevent a repeat of the flooding in 1975(?) outside the city is at 160% capacity. It's crazy. Brisbane has a population of about 2 million people, and that's just what's counted in the metropolitan area. I get a horrible feeling we'll be seeing something like what happened in New Orleans. Cross fingers they'll handle anything as sever much better.

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    It would be amazing if SW members could spare a few tips from their next shift for the emergency relief fund.

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    My mother was born there and I told her about this yeasterday as I heard about it on the other site. She knew nothing about it and theres been mimimal coverage on it in the u.s. Sad. I wanted to go visit but it doesnt look like thats going to happen anytime soon.

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    Understandable, I guess - Australia gets more than its share of widespread natural disasters these days. OS news sources probably just see reports of '99% of Australia on fire/under water/overrun by rabid kangaroo hordes' and chuck it amongst the What in the Weird section.

    Crossing my fingers for my uncle and aunty. They're somewhere about an hour from Brisbane, but I'm not that close to them that I remember exactly where. Parents aren't answering my messages. My family was fortunate in the Victorian bushfires - they live in one of the few regions of country Vic that wasn't burnt to a crisp. A dozen or people died in the heavily-wooded region that begins 40 minutes drive east of them though. Hope they'll call me back and remind me my uncle and aunty live on top of a small Everest or something.

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    Update: They're fine. As I vaguely suspected, they live in a very high-up suburb. My uncle works in the CBD on the now-overflowing Brisbane River, but he got home from work okay. Phew!

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    tons of coverage on it here in Canada. the local news outlets are already pleading with the public to donate to relief funds.

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    That was a thanks for both you and the Canadian media. Hehe. Good to hear.

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    Default Re: Queensland, Australia Flood Disaster

    Its been on the news here in the UK alot aswell, they are setting up stuff here too, It looks really bad on the news reports, my heart goes out to people there.
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    There's been some coverage by the US networks, but like all other news this has taken a 'back seat' to the recent Arizona shootings of a US politician and judge.

    In fact, the Australian flood story has gotten more coverage from US financial media than from US mainstream media, because of the flood's effects on the worldwide supply / prices of coal and other commodities that are no longer able to be exported by Australia.

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    FWIW, an investor buddy who is on a business trip to AUS just told me that the Brisbane Mariott is preparing for a mandatory evacuation.

    This is NOT going to be pretty ... especially with the flood control dam above Brisbane already at water levels that are something like 160% over rated capacity.

    My investor buddy also points out that, besides the stoppage of coal and mineral exports raising world prices of those commodities, that literally millions of acres of farmland are also being 'wiped clean' by the flood waters - which will directly lead to higher food commodities prices as well.

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