Yesterday saw a humdinger of a storm pass over Brisbane. Reports of 40mm of rain in 15 minutes. We got a knock on the door of a friend who was chatting away to his daughter when he noticed toys and books floating down a stream in the middle of living room. Drains in our area couldn't cope and backed right up into houses - some of whom that had just cleaned up after the floods. Being one story up, our place survived unscathed but my friend's place around the corner took on water again. This time it came up so suddenly, her and her husband ran downstairs, wading in the water to hold up their brand new washing machine while the waters rose around them. (I think they managed to save it) The chances are the drain was still full of mud after the cleanup which would have contributed to the surge.
Talk about kicking someone when they're down!
4 comments:
Oh no! I hope that this was just a one off...
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Oh no! I'm so sorry this happened. I was with dear friends near Warwick when the floods came this year and the devastation was just ghastly. I hope this is the last of it for you guys!!
Not again. That's horrible. Hope you were OK.
Had a pretty good storm here too. Lots of rain, but it usually drains away quickly. I must admit it reminded me of the very large storms we used to get in Darwin and the NT when I lived there for a bit. They used to call them opening storms, and closing storms, so here is hoping...it might have been a closing storm, signaling the approaching end of the wet season. Here is hoping.
*shaking her head in dismay*
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