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we are surrounded by floods here in Ipswich Queensland, I know a few other places around us have been hit by floods worse than us.... I am worried about kitty I hope the floods arnt too close too her. we are thinking of you kitty and the same to all who is affected by the storms and flooding.... here is the link of the latest news
Yes....nearest flooding to me is about half a mile away.....minor, though.
Buggered if I know what happened to summer....;p
Best to get out your Wellington boots... just in case. 
Hopefully you'll not experience the kind of flooding that Queensland has suffered. That carnage it has caused up here goes into the billions, and that's not counting the cost to individual householders, so it's not something you'd want to see anyone have to go through.
As for Summer, it has been a weird one, below average temps and quite cool evenings on occasion. Not so long ago, it plummeted to 12c overnight, which is quite unusual for Summer here in Qld, so I'm buggered where they get this global warming crap from, given Europe and the US of A has been gripped in well below sub-zero temperatures for several weeks now.
The bloke on the tug that steered the concrete walkway....he deserves a medal....
That would have taken out the bridge.....;)
This is tentative but I may have a connection here. Yesterday I read an article having to deal with Earth's Wobble. This wobble influences that area of the Pacific where El Nino and the present La Nina reside. La Nina is responsible for the cooler than normal temps and heavy rains Australia has been experiencing. Because this wobble, which describes a figure eight over the north pole, not the pole itself but the area surrounding it, affects global weather patterns those patterns have been disrupted. I'm going to dig some more into this and see what I can learn. Perhaps an explanation for all this nonsense with the weather can be obtained. As for global warming, it has been accelerated. What is usually a normal change up is happening much faster than it normally would because of the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Not my words but those of the Meteorologists at NOAA.
Shaunna, sorry about hijacking your thread. I'm looking for the cause of all the suffering going on in OZ and Australia as a whole and I think I may have found it. I also found some updated information. I'm going to start a new thread and post my findings there.
oh goodie I will check it out lol 
this should be fun hehehe
Yeah, he sure does... more than a medal, in fact. The damage would have been more than extreme... catastrophic, even... so I'd give him a knighthood and the keys to the city. That piece of walkway was 600m long, so it was an extraordinary feat in the conditions to have guided it safely away from the bridge pylons. If that doesn't afford him hero status, what does?
the amount of people that are helping is just amazing, a community effort by all, I think they need a medal also.
Here is a link to the latest news, its confirmed 17 deaths I did hear that went to 18, so sad to hear of many life's have been lost. link here
you weren't kidding..... link... 
edit
or maybe it was just Starkers' bank manager.... 
"Waters Recede From Goodna"
Well, certainly good news, but see what was revealed. Clearly, the blighter was after 'is nibbs' Curried Cabbage!
That is a very big shark. starkers better break out his Blaster XLL to get rid of that dude. Used sparingly of course. Australia's got enough to deal with without greenish/brown fogs muckin' things up even more.
Yeah, back in the 70's we used to swim in the Brisbane River at Goodna... until we started spotting sharks, that is. A meat works opened further upstream at Dinmore... the effluent from there attracts the sharks, so we decided we'd bite the bullet and pay the 20c to get into the local public pool.
The only trouble with that, though, cleaner water and everybody knew who peed in the pool. 
My fondest memory of the public pool was throwing in a Poly Waffle bar (looked like a floating turd) and watching everybody urgently clamoring for the edge to get out.
*EDIT* My son informs me that sharks were sighted car park at the St Ives Shopping Centre on the corner of Smiths Rd and Queen St.... about a km from where the river usually runs. (I don't/won't go there myself, but Google Maps would enlighten those not familiar with the area)
I'm sure Shaunna had something to say about it, mate.... 
(ironic title, wot?).
I sure did 
but don't tell everyone, doh poop i just did 
, one day I will learn too keep my trap shut 
How's it going down there Shaunna. I heard something about another storm they were keeping an eye on. Everybody OK?
Not really wanting to be the bearer of more bad news but I'mhoping to give a heads up.
AFP/File – Water from recent flooding is seen submerging a town in Australia. The flood-shattered nation is bracing … SYDNEY (AFP) – Flood-shattered Australia braced for further downpours on Sunday as two tropical cyclones hammered toward the devastated northeast, threatening further misery for already submerged towns.
Tropical Cyclone Anthony was intensifying as it closed in on Queensland state, where it was expected to cross the coast between 10:00 pm Sunday and 4:00 am Monday near the northeastern city of Townsville, the weather bureau said.
Abnormally high tides were forecast along the coast along with intense rain and flooding to catchments already brimming from a deluge that destroyed vast areas of the state earlier this month, swamping tens of thousands of homes and killing 35 people.
"Destructive wind gusts are expected to develop about coastal and island communities close to the cyclone centre as it approaches the coast late tonight," the bureau said.
Currently a category two, Anthony is expected to peak on Sunday evening and weaken as it makes landfall, with winds of up to 165 kilometres an hour (100 mph) and between 200 and 400 millimetres of rain.
A tropical low off Fiji was highly likely to develop into a cyclone in the next 24-48 hours according weather experts, with Australian officials warning it could reach category four strength by the time it hit Queensland on Thursday.
The last category four system to strike northeastern Australia, Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry, wrought almost Aus$1 billion in damage back in March 2006 and unleashed some of that region's heaviest flooding in decades.
"Queensland continues to face the prospect of two very significant weather events in the next five days," said Queensland premier Anna Bligh, urging residents in Anthony's path to "batten down the hatches".
The second system, which is yet to develop into a full-blown cyclone or be named, was a "very large" weather event which was likely to bring destructive winds and heavy rainfall, said Bligh.
"We are looking at not only a potentially damaging cyclone but more very heavy rainfall which ... could fall into river catchments and cause further flooding beyond the cyclone," she said.
It would be unwelcome news for the many thousands of Queensland residents still reeling from December's Tropical Cyclone Tasha which unleashed flooding across an area larger than France and Germany combined.
"Yes, we have come through a very difficult time and our emergency resources have certainly been tested in the past couple of weeks,' said Bligh.
"We are not battle weary we are battle ready."
That is one ******* huge storm. Hope no one we know is in its path. Wish nobody was in its path. Looks big enough to take out half the country. Too bad they couldn't move those giant wind turbines NASA uses. Those suckers can generate winds up to a thousand mph I'm told. Use 'em to blow the damn thing back out to sea.
It's one big cyclone around 260km/hr winds, 500km across. Everyone is about as prepared as they can be. People have been moving out of the area and everything has been locked down tight. Queenslanders are use to this type of thing ... just not this big. It's going to cause a lot of damage.
Another problem is the amount of rain which going to be dumped further south ... just what flood effected land needs.
They are having a hard time up there at the moment. 
I don't doubt it Taz. Over here we're bracing for one hellacious winter storm. Predictions are ominous. Blizzard conditions, whiteouts affecting one third of the country. They're calling it 'deadly'. The northeast, where I'm at might only see rain because the storm is tracking north but that could change. Then another is set for the weekend. Seems no one is catching a break. I'll be so glad, as I'm sure most people here and there, when this weather settles down. Its too damn much already.
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