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Flood photos

catsnknots — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:41:44 GMT

This guy has some amazing photos of the Bundaberg floods..

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151263767601819.460169.72053576818&type=3

We are still in great trouble here... the riverbank has been undermined and today a business has fallen in... the RSL and the Hotel nearby have been inspected and are ok but there is a concern they are at risk...

Peoples homes have collapsed into the ground after the river had broken it's bank and washed through areas thought safe. Complete retirement villages were engulfed by water and homes were just washed completely off their stumps....

Apparently Wayne Swan does not think the situation is really serious... he said the damage was not that bad.... 😞

Re: Flood photos

purple_haize — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:48:06 GMT

Cat........amazing pics, I have a friend that lives in Bundaberg, she says it is terrible.

So much heartbreak for so many families.....it really is sad.

For Wayne Swan not to think the damage is too bad, is absolutely discusting.X-(

Ofcourse if he lived there, he would think differently.

Re: Flood photos

purple_haize — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:48:57 GMT

discusting = disgusting.

Re: Flood photos

latina4621 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:52:12 GMT

we have firends who live in bundy

those pics are amazing

and ditto to what purple said about wayne

Re: Flood photos

catsnknots — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:52:37 GMT

So many people are living in limbo...

I spoke with a lady several days ago that told me how she had lost everything.... but the worst loss was the ashes of her teenage son that died three years ago... I could not help but have a little cry with her and give her a hug... I offered her a place to stay because she is staying with her sister one hour out of town and it is such a long drive to and from work... she said no as she just wants to be with family...

she was seething at that comment of Swannies....

Re: Flood photos

purple_haize — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:24:54 GMT

So many people are living in limbo...

I spoke with a lady several days ago that told me how she had lost everything.... but the worst loss was the ashes of her teenage son that died three years ago... I could not help but have a little cry with her and give her a hug... I offered her a place to stay because she is staying with her sister one hour out of town and it is such a long drive to and from work... she said no as she just wants to be with family...

she was seething at that comment of Swannies....

How very sad for this poor lady, having lost my own son, I know how heartbreaking it is for her to lose her sons ashes........it would be like losing her son twice........

Re: Flood photos

not_an_eloi — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:02:22 GMT

wot comment is that, think somebody's tellin' somebody porkies

this sound to readers, like somebody who thinks the damage is 'not too bad'

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1733361/Swan-denies-withholding-disaster-funds

B-)

Re: Flood photos

catsnknots — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:27:43 GMT

get with the program Eloi...

"Although this is a significant and severe disaster, it was not on the same scale as the disasters of 2011"

that is the comment the I am talking about...

as people homes were sinking into the mud and being washed away people were not donating to the Premiers Fund... it turns out that people were hit twice last time as they were slugged with a flood levey.. so they sat back and didn't donate much expecting another levy.

Then Wayne Swan says that this disaster was not as bad and that he was not going to do the same thing.. that we didn't need a levy...

By the time this was said the main part of the flooding was over and Swannie has told everyone that the disaster was not that bad and the donations pretty much stopped.

Re: Flood photos

freakiness — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:54:34 GMT

Well ta

get with the program Eloi...

"Although this is a significant and severe disaster, it was not on the same scale as the disasters of 2011"

that is the comment the I am talking about...

as people homes were sinking into the mud and being washed away people were not donating to the Premiers Fund... it turns out that people were hit twice last time as they were slugged with a flood levey.. so they sat back and didn't donate much expecting another levy.

Then Wayne Swan says that this disaster was not as bad and that he was not going to do the same thing.. that we didn't need a levy...

By the time this was said the main part of the flooding was over and Swannie has told everyone that the disaster was not that bad and the donations pretty much stopped.

Well that puts it in a different context.

Answering a question about a flood levy is not just coming out saying it's not serious.

Re: Flood photos

freakiness — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:55:41 GMT

PS. there was nothing reportable in my post expressing sympathy for the people.

Re: Flood photos

catsnknots — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:07:01 GMT

PS. there was nothing reportable in my post expressing sympathy for the people.

is this for me???

I have had you on ignore up until 2 seconds ago... I only removed you to see if you made a post I want to read considering this is a thread I made... and nope.. nothing of interest so i am putting you back on ignore...

so it was not me reporting you..

Re: Flood photos

azureline** — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:43:09 GMT

Those pics are hard to look at, I can't imagine how the people affected feel.

Re: Flood photos

not_an_eloi — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:13:21 GMT

remember newman makin' same sort o' remark, selective blindness for opportunistic political reasons, per'aps

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soul_art — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:05:10 GMT

Most people I know here in bundy have decided to donate money straight to a family they know. I did the same, no chance of some of the money going in admin costs etc or left sitting or going to people who are scamming.

but...to say this isn't as bad as 2011 ????? got to be kidding, it's much, much worse and it's going to take a very long time to get over, if ever for some people and business's.

Re: Flood photos

freakiness — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:11:00 GMT

is this for me???

I have had you on ignore up until 2 seconds ago... I only removed you to see if you made a post I want to read considering this is a thread I made... and nope.. nothing of interest so i am putting you back on ignore...

so it was not me reporting you..

No, it's just a comment because my post expressing sympathy was removed.

I love the way you like telling me you've got me on ignore :^O

It reminds me of little kids telling one little kids they're not welcome at the lunch table.

Re: Flood photos

catsnknots — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:38:50 GMT

Most people I know here in bundy have decided to donate money straight to a family they know. I did the same, no chance of some of the money going in admin costs etc or left sitting or going to people who are scamming.

but...to say this isn't as bad as 2011 ????? got to be kidding, it's much, much worse and it's going to take a very long time to get over, if ever for some people and business's.

One good thing about the Premiers Appeal is that the donations are collected by the Red Cross but the State pays for all the admin costs so every single cents should be handed over to the people in need...

i don't know what happened last time... I do know that there was money left over and the public wanted the cash to be put aside for a "next time" situation but Bligh said that could not be done and the money was given to a charity

I think that there needs to be a permanent emergency levy... I do not think that many would argue having to pay it. The money should be collected and put aside into a safe account and only used to fund emergencies like the cyclone, floods and fires that we experience.

Re: Flood photos

azureline** — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:17:48 GMT

Miss 6 asked me for some coins to donate at her school tomorrow..... "teacher is collecting money for the poor people in Bundaberg."

I explained they were not poor people but their homes were flooded or destroyed.

"well, they are poor people then" she said.

Re: Flood photos

catsnknots — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:01:02 GMT

oh how sweet... that is so cute...

I guess lots of people that had lots are now poor...

poor in material goods but rich in spirit.. :-x