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  1. #61
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    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...

    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    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...
    Semtex fixes all

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    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.

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    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.
    Semtex fixes all

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    Quote Originally Posted by q9 View Post
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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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by funkychicken View Post
    Front page of the newspaper today, my mates parents are among the first identified dead
    So sad to hear Funky!

    Quote Originally Posted by AlexS View Post
    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!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    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
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    we'd better go and measure it.
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    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?
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    we had similar isssues down here after bushfires as marysville was declared crime scene and was weeks before limited access was allowed
    Some people are like slinkies - not really good for anything, but they
    bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs .

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    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

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    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.
    Cheers, Ern

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