Down Under is Going Under

[speckled_writer]

So the whole eastern side of Australia is being hideously drenched.  The rural areas have been getting flooded for about a week now but it's finally hit the capital city.  I thought it would die out.  How much rain can there be?  It's already covered most of the state which is saying something when the state is (yes, I googled it) 4.9 times bigger

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[carmine_pink]

Sorry to hear about this. One of my co-workers from Australia has just been calling his relatives today asking how they are.

We have our share of floods in Jakarta too -- which should happen in the next few months or so. Eeek.

Hope you and yours stay safe &hearts

[speckled_writer]

Yeah, people at work were all making lists of who they needed to call today.

Thanks. You stay safe too ♥

[trivialaffair]

Oh god, I've been following this because one of my friends is in Australia (but she's in Davenport which I believe is still unaffected?), but this whole thing is just so scary. I hope your family will be safe and hopefully experience no damage.

AND GUM BOOTS IS THE BEST NAME EVER FOR RAINBOOTS. AMERICANS ARE SO LAME, WE DO NOT EVEN CALL THEM GALOSHES OR WELLINGTONS. WE ARE SO BORING D:

[speckled_writer]

Don't worry about your friend; Davenport is on the other side of the country, well away from the rains. So far everyone I know is fine and despite huge storms having been predicted for today and tomorrow, so far it's blue skies so maybe it won't be quite as bad as expected.

I love gumboots but for some reason I tend to call them wellies instead. British terminology is always more fun to say. I feel like I need to exagerate my accent when I say gumboots. *impersonates Crocodile Dundee* :P

[trivialaffair]

yeah, that's what i thought, but it never hurts to have clarification. phew. and i'm glad so far everyone you know is fine. that's great. and hahahahahah now i want to hear you say gumboots. that has GOT to be cooler than me saying it D: MY ACCENT IS SO BORING.

[speckled_writer]

I'd rather have a boring accent than an embarrasing one. It's not so bad when I'm thinking about what I'm saying but every now and then I catch myself saying things that sound horribly 'Occa' :/

[ai_no_himitsu]

Stay dry and safe!

Thinking of you over here in Singapore *hugs*
I heard that some people are getting days off work.. sounds good to me, haha XDDDD

[speckled_writer]

I'm safe. I live in a hilly place decently far from any main creeks.
The rains seem to have stopped but the water is still raging through the areas around creeks and rivers. The rivers are supposed to peak tomorrow. I just heard reports of bull sharks in Goodna 0_o

But I'm fine and everyone I know is fine (though one has the lower half of her house flooded and at least one other is without power.)
Sadly no time off work for me :( but at least the amount of kids is really low since most of the parents work places are under water and they get time off.

[zheinpathos]

UGH More floods. I can only imagine how that kind of flood will affect this country. (Probably like Ketsana all over again D: )

Seriously, I hope you stay safe! Floodwater is nasty. >_>

[speckled_writer]

Thanks. Floodwater sucks. There are mosquitoes EVERYWHERE now and they're telling not to overuse our water because there's only a couple of days worth of clean water in supply. It really sucks D:

[zheinpathos]

...Bathe only after 3 days and don't wash your dishes for as long as you can!. O_O;;

[speckled_writer]

Ewww... We're fairly good at water conservation around here. After all these floods are the aftermath of breaking a decade long drought. Everyone in the state has a little four minute egg timer that sticks to the shower wall so that we don't waste water.

We'll survive. We always do.

But yeah, I think it's turning out to not be as bad as originally expected and things are very organised. Even the supermarkets got re-stocked pretty quickly. I think it's more the rural people that we need to worry about.