Anyone heard from the Toowoomba crew???

[q9]

Only joking... I live on the tablelands, we call our council TRC as well.

and don't we know it! Webmaster rues the day he didn't register trc.qld.gov.au as well...

You should update your profile to say where in Oz you really are.

It's been a moving target. Much of last year we were in Teneriffe. Good thing we moved back...

[RufflyRustic]

Hiya q9

Good hear what ever info you can provide. my hubby finally got called out yesterday to cart dirt, rocks and water about the place. He's rapt, tired, but happy

I'm just waiting here to see if I get called out today again myself. My work put out a call for cleanup volunteers and got inundated


So glad to read more reports of forumites checking in and being safe.

[q9]

Today was quieter, but still busy, though I was in the DCC and we were handling all calls. As far as Toowoomba is concerned, we're basically on track for a modified normality. Biggest problem for households seems to be back flow from sewerage, which is due to people plumbing their stormwater run-off (ie their guttering) into the sewerage system. Works OK unless you are the lowest house on the pipe run, and burst water mains due to land movement.

I wont bother with the silly calls tonight, I'd rather pass on a call I got fairly early in my shift. A woman rang offering 50-60 men + heavy earthmoving equipment + their own catering supplies for an extended period, but only if they could help some of the smaller towns. Brisbane and Toowoomba can look after themselves she said, and really, she's right. I was exceedingly pleased to be able to refuse her offer on behalf of Council and give her LVC's DCC number instead.

Maybe the week is wearing on me, but I thought that was pretty awesome.

[RufflyRustic]

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I wont bother with the silly calls tonight, I'd rather pass on a call I got fairly early in my shift. A woman rang offering 50-60 men + heavy earthmoving equipment + their own catering supplies for an extended period, but only if they could help some of the smaller towns. Brisbane and Toowoomba can look after themselves she said, and really, she's right. I was exceedingly pleased to be able to refuse her offer on behalf of Council and give her LVC's DCC number instead.

Maybe the week is wearing on me, but I thought that was pretty awesome.

Oh, yes, that is TOTALLY awesome and another group of people go onto my list of worthy to be mentioned.

[tea lady]

Front page of the newspaper today, my mates parents are among the first identified dead

So sad to hear Funky!

Thanks, Wendy, glad they're OK. They will be busy for a while.
At least the students wont be able to say they haven't got any material for their major project.

I guess being Hydrographers in a drought seems a bit redundant!

My thoughts are with everyone up there!

[AlexS]

I guess being Hydrographers in a drought seems a bit redundant!

In drought we're trying to find & measure any little drop of water.
In floods, we're trying to measure them.
In medium flows, we take it easy.

Water comes in drips and drops
And sometimes in a bucket
But when it's really p!ssing down
Hydrographers say
Aahrgh,
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we'd better go and measure it.

[RufflyRustic]

[Dengue]

One thing I can't understand is that the whole of the Grantham area has been declared a crime scene by the police, and no one is allowed back to their houses. Imagine the stink of the caked mud that should have been washed out a week a go. They will never get that mud out now.

Why couldn't some houses have been declared safe after the police and army searched it, and the occupants allowed back to clean up?

[fubar]

we had similar isssues down here after bushfires as marysville was declared crime scene and was weeks before limited access was allowed

[funkychicken]

A body was found in one of the houses in Grantham on the third search of the building. The authorities have to be completely sure before they start letting people in, they don't want already shocked and hurting survivors finding their relatives dead amongst debris
Amongst other reasons

Whinging and nitpicking won't help the situation

[rsser]

Post and clean up pics about Richard Vaughan is here

Re Grantham and crime scene: it may well be one. Good way to disguise a murder or kidnap.