Toowoomba Floods

Cyclone Yasi just got upgraded to cat. 5, unheard of in recent years. Landfall within 24 hours. Here’s hoping for the best for everybody there. And – less important perhaps – for the significant Sid Beck collection and Warbirds Adventures Museum both at Mareeba and the RAAF Museum annex at Townsville, all right in its path…

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/floodrelief/north-queensland-braces-for-cyclone-anthony-as-cyclone-yasi-brews-behind-it/story-fn7ik2te-1225997552623

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/floodrelief/north-queensland-braces-for-cyclone-anthony-as-cyclone-yasi-brews-behind-it/story-fn7ik2te-1225997552623

Things are not exactly getting better weatherwise in the Sunshine State… Good luck to all the upcoming days…

http://australianews.com.au/australia/queensland/darlingdowns/toowoomba/story?cityid=9901bdf5-f527-4b68-852d-149172949fd4&storyid=40f1bc65-a44d-4dd5-8d42-dca9ecc35089

Tiger Moth apparently in an accident in the area. Pilots recovering in hospital.

Glad to hear Caboolture appears to have escaped. Visited the Museum and Ralph Cusack and his Beafort Restoration back in October when things were a bit dryer.

I have moderated the thread a little to remove a slightly tactless comment, and the fallout from it.

To our Australian contingent – we know that the fate of aeroplanes is of much less concern than the ongoing humanitarian disaster, but do please keep us updated as, and when you can.

Bruce (Moderator)

Thanks Bruce.

Thoughts are with all who are suffering in QLD

To all Austrailian forum members,

We grumbled & practically shut down over a couple of feet of snow in the UK, which was nothing compared to this lot.

Many of us have Friends and rellies in Oz including myself & cannot even begin to imagine the impact. Our thoughts go out to all of you, esspecially those who have lost something dear.

Rad

My place is ok, with only minor seepage into my shed. I have heard that Archerfield is partially flooded and from the look of the map, may have affected the former Flying Fighters collection.

I have moderated the thread a little to remove a slightly tactless comment, and the fallout from it.

To our Australian contingent – we know that the fate of aeroplanes is of much less concern than the ongoing humanitarian disaster, but do please keep us updated as, and when you can.

Bruce (Moderator)

Best wishes from everyone at NAM to our friends at Caloundra and to everybody in Queensland – stay safe!

I posted in haste this morning, before heading out – I should add I’m no expert on the issues, and obviously seriously underestimated the actual area affected.

Just checking in to advise that the Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra is safe although the ground is very soggy. I’m reading that Caboolture is also safe although the town was cut off for a while.

Thanks for the update, Ron, good news in a lot worse events. Trust you and yours are OK. Any word on the Challenors DH dedicated workshop at Murwillumbah?

More worthwhile would be to mention the donation line details – you can do something.

http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

Regards,

Just checking in to advise that the Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra is safe although the ground is very soggy. I’m reading that Caboolture is also safe although the town was cut off for a while.

Having had my own home severely damaged, and lost many personal possessions as well as having been dispossessed for a period because of an unforeseen flood I know how awful this must be to the people effected in Australia.
The scale of this is huge, thoughts with you all and hope no further loss of life and homes is experienced, though it seems unlikely:(

My only lament is we could really use some Caribou right about now.

Amen to that…And some Chinooks…

Hmm bit of an echo here..Well just went shopping to get supplies.There is no milk of any kind or bread,the stores in Toowoomba and Brisbane are the same.One thing we don,t have to worry about is water…err as long as we boil it..or got a water tank.

Blimey
haven`t the aussies stopped crying over the cricket yet:diablo:

To put this into perspective these floods cover an area the size of France and Germany combined .

I read last week (before the latest rises) that the area of land under water was larger than France and Germany combined.

Paul

Thanks for that James.For us in the UK it is so difficult to comprehend the size and scale of things over there,unbelievable.
Keep safe all of you.

There’s a flood relief appeal fund running for our QLD brothers and sisters.

You can donate here: http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

The area has had heavy rain and flooding since xmas day.It turned nasty on Monday as between 100 to 150mm rain fell in an hour on the city of Toowoomba,which sits atop the great dividing range in an extinct volcano crater.The flash floods caused by this biblical deluge swept through the low lying centre of town and down the range,sweeping a 7 metre wall of water to wipe out the towns of Withcott,Murphies Creek,Helidon,Grantham and down the Lockyere Valley.This water is now feeding into the Brisbane river causing heavy record breaking flooding.The flooded area of Queensland now stands roughly the same landmass of France and Germany combined.
Wivenhoe dam was recieving the intake of two Sydney Harbours worth of water per day and it,s level was at 170% capacity.

Glad to hear you are OK Spits, bad show in Toowoomba though.

trumper, fair question, but it’s a much bigger problem than that – bear in mind Brisbane’s about to be turned into Venice without choice. I don’t know what comparative UK city would be, but imagine your local city (not town) being hit with water enough to do that. (The overall area affected it larger, I suspect, than the whole of England, not just, say fenlands.) There are currently 90 missing 10 dead in Queensland.

Aus news updates will be here:

http://www.theage.com.au/

http://www.abc.net.au/news/