QLD Flood Crisis
This is a post in regards to the current crisis in QLD. All those effected are in my thoughts and heart. The stories coming out of this tragedy are heartbreaking.
One of my mum's friends is one of those isolated up in QLD. Mum asked how everything was up there and her friend wrote back. (I'm paraphrasing) 'The farm damage is more money than I could save in 5 years, but what is more painful is that I saw a foal being washed away earlier in the day. I wish I had planned more so that she would have been safe. The money doesn't hurt, it's when you see the animals you love washed away that your heart truly breaks.'
One family was trapped in a car in the middle of one of the flash floods. Thankfully the mother and child were rescued. Nobody knows anything about the father. People have been seen thrashed about by the torrent of water. There are stories coming in of people who have old escaped with only the clothes on their back and their pets under their arms as they watched their houses go under. Horses are exhausted from swimming against the torrent and attempting to reach higher ground, with people heading out to rope them and pull them to safety.
Parts of these floods are being referred to as inland tsunami's, and rightly so. The below footage was taken by a guy in an office block when he realised what was happening. In an interview on the telly this morning he said that its usually a trickling creek. They had no warning.
That all being said, stories are also coming out of people who have risked their own lives to save others, take in those that have lost homes and volunteering at evacuation centres. It is so heart warming to see, through all this tragedy, people and communities as a whole banding together to help out their fellow man.
A running news story can be found here.
Some scary and absolutely amazing, images of the floods can be found here.
The current death toll is at 12, with grave fears for 9. 51 others are reported missing. The number missing has been revised down to 43.
For those who need to enquire about friends and family members.
Please, everyone, consider donating to the QLD relief fund or the RSPCA.
One of my mum's friends is one of those isolated up in QLD. Mum asked how everything was up there and her friend wrote back. (I'm paraphrasing) 'The farm damage is more money than I could save in 5 years, but what is more painful is that I saw a foal being washed away earlier in the day. I wish I had planned more so that she would have been safe. The money doesn't hurt, it's when you see the animals you love washed away that your heart truly breaks.'
One family was trapped in a car in the middle of one of the flash floods. Thankfully the mother and child were rescued. Nobody knows anything about the father. People have been seen thrashed about by the torrent of water. There are stories coming in of people who have old escaped with only the clothes on their back and their pets under their arms as they watched their houses go under. Horses are exhausted from swimming against the torrent and attempting to reach higher ground, with people heading out to rope them and pull them to safety.
Parts of these floods are being referred to as inland tsunami's, and rightly so. The below footage was taken by a guy in an office block when he realised what was happening. In an interview on the telly this morning he said that its usually a trickling creek. They had no warning.
Click to viewThat all being said, stories are also coming out of people who have risked their own lives to save others, take in those that have lost homes and volunteering at evacuation centres. It is so heart warming to see, through all this tragedy, people and communities as a whole banding together to help out their fellow man.
A running news story can be found here.
Some scary and absolutely amazing, images of the floods can be found here.
The current death toll is at 12, with grave fears for 9. 51 others are reported missing. The number missing has been revised down to 43.
For those who need to enquire about friends and family members.
Please, everyone, consider donating to the QLD relief fund or the RSPCA.