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| Horror at mass underwater grave |
| 2011-01-12 |
| From Herald Sun - now the waters are peaking in Brisbane and have started to recede in Toowoomba, Grantham and other northern areas, the grisly task of retrieving bodies will begin... Here people have set up a billet system to house victims and teir pets too: even if in another state, can still offer. Phone DOCS (in Aus) on 1800 018 444 in office hours. Horror at mass underwater grave in Grantham, Lockyer Valley (Queensland, north of Brisbane) IT was once a railway bridge used daily by freight trains, and now it is a mass underwater grave, bearing little hope for rescuers. Bobbing in the muddy water beneath the Grantham bridge are up to 30 crumpled cars, washed down stream when the flood hit. "You'd have to think with 30-odd cars here, we're about to find some pretty unpleasant things," a police officer said. know a reporter there on the ground he said it really does look like it was hit by a Tsunami, just unimaginable devastation. No hope for survival for some whose houses just imploded on them Within the once 300-strong community, some 43 people are missing. Another three have been confirmed dead. The once vibrant Grantham has become a ghost town, the ground zero of Queensland's crisis. Just one street of houses remains intact - everything else has been flattened. Communication is a struggle, with no power or phone lines, but the consensus among survivors and rescuers alike is: "If you haven't been found by now, you simply couldn't have survived." Very sad, but on a positive note the death toll is far far less than it could have been. We are a developed, well-organised bunch down here so it's not like say Pakistan where it would have been 60,000 dead. The deathtoll hopefully will be less than 50 people. Here it is the despair after as people's lives are ruined and they might not rebuild that you've got to watch. Post traumatic stress for emergency workers, survivor's guilt, suicide: all to be battled |
| Posted by:anon1 |
| #7 Time moves on, the World of Today + Future will NOT the same world of our Elders + Ancestors, + we as Humans must adapt, change with it. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-12 23:22 |
| #6 I've had OLD DREAMS/VISIONS of this Australia flood disaster, but after all these years I'm still not certain/sure as per any SYMBOLIC = PROPHETIC RELATIONSHIP TO GUAM-WESTPAC. CLOSEST EQUIVALENT > "GLOBAL COOLING" = NEW/MINI-ICE AGE > Guam + Region in future time will experience MORE-N-MORE "COLD/ICY RAINS" [downpours] + POWERFUL, WIDE-AREA STORMS INCLUD TORNADO-STYLE MINI-STORMS [multiple = Local, Regional batches]. NOT-YET-A-SOLID-GLACIER SLEET + "WET" SLUSHY SLUSH on tropical Guam + Pacific Isles. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-12 23:20 |
| #5 Interesting comments. My sympathies to those, and the families of those they find. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2011-01-12 21:50 |
| #4 It is wise if you live in a flood plain, even if it is very intermittent, to channelize any river basin. It is not terribly expensive, just needing some earth moving equipment, but a little goes a long way. They even did it to the dry Salt River through Phoenix after a minor flood, and just a few years later did it pay off big time, when they got three times as much water, and it didn't come anywhere close to being a problem. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-01-12 16:36 |
| #3 In what I call rapid localised disaster, such as tornado or flash flood, the pets, livestock, and wildlife take a heavy toll; not just sad but creates a health issue as the days pass. Responded to a tornado brushing a town - the people were ok, but every animal I saw was injured or dead...looking down the street it looked like a pan of cooking popcorn with the living birds. Let us hope the cars are empty. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-01-12 13:08 |
| #2 Amazing video here showing huge things like boats on top of pontoons, a floating restaurant etc speeding down the Brisbane river and smashing into the bridge. Also heartbreaking video of swimming horses trying to get up on a roof. Poor livestock. |
| Posted by: anon1 2011-01-12 11:06 |
| #1 special hello to Swamp Blondie: LOL a Victoria AND a Melbourne in your family? You'll all have to come on down and take a tour :) maybe in a few months... |
| Posted by: anon1 2011-01-12 10:52 |