The time my town flooded, the fragility of the food supply and lessons learned (Original photos)
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Wow that is one hell of a flood. Were homes rebuilt in the same spots? This happens too often in flood zones in the US. The land near a snaking river isn't called a flood plain for nothing!
Yeah pretty much rebuilt straight over the top again except this time with far higher insurance costs lol. The floods covered a huge amount of land from way inland at Toowoomba all the way up north to Bundaberg..
This was the Brisbane CBD, that we've built right around the river
Nothings really changed, this will happen again sooner or later imo
Edit: And thanks for submitting this post in chat, just noticed :)
It happens again and again on the border of North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_floods
You'd think after seeing that they'd learn to just move away and not rebuild on the same land. It's such a waste of tax money too! Good for you for moving to high ground, but you still have to live near people who don't learn the lesson. I don't think I could live nearby people who expect the rest of the world to help sandbag around their houses and such because they've chosen to live somewhere that is vulnerable to regular flooding.
This is a common theme around here - everyone just wants the short term quick fix, screw the consequences :o/
TBH I've been having occasional (once or twice a year) wierd nightmares about massive flooding coming through this area since I was a kid, and the creepy part was that when it happened this still didn't feel like "it". Like this is a small scale preview of things to come :o/
If we weren't reliant on so many services for the kids (special school, therapists etc) I would love to move inland somewhere like Mt Tamborine , much nicer environment and it'd take some serious end-of-days shit to drown me there :P
Wow, simply amazing that flood waters can do so much damage, destroying lives in the process. Glad to see you all make it out alive. Ice age comes after the floods.. :D Namaste
Feel for you !!!!
Wow, I remember reading about this all over the news when it happened. It's interesting to get an inside look from the perspective of someone who experienced it. Thanks for sharing mate. It must have been pretty scary at the time.
Thanks mate - yeah it was pretty amazing to see just how far these floods spread ..
The scariest part was how fast the mood turned when food ran low - from "aussie mateship" helping everyone out and way over-the-top friendly to survival mode and hostility in no time..
Ho-lee shit. That must have been goddamn terrifying, especially with a child!
People might crack jokes about doomsday preppers, but it's situations like this that makes me want to stockpile non-perishable food. Thankfully I don't have to contend with massive, apocalyptic floss like that in our area, but we're all really just one or two steps away from living in a Lord of the Flies nightmare, despite the thin veneer of civilization. So glad you and your family were safe!
Whoa thankyou so much for the support guys, its always such a rush seeing a vote swarm like that come in :)
I just wanted to leave a note in case anybody accuses me of plagiarism or stealing the photos. All of the photos in the grid section ARE taken by myself, but I just discovered one in particular has been turning up in media reports attributed to a journalist..
This is straight up false, I have the 6.5MP original shots with exif data matching my other photos to prove it if needed ;)
Kinda flattering though that my shots were deemed worthy of stealing, just wish I'd noticed before it had circulated mislabeled for years.. ah well
I'm pretty much speechless wow.
I was sorry to see, but that good photography has captured
This is horrific! The food wastage is something I simply cannot understand. Thank you for sharing ways to help.
Wow, that must have been intense.