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A few people have asked with concern about my situation, and I want everyone to know that I am not at risk.

Deception Bay is about half an hour north of Brisbane and well away from Wivenhoe Dam's run-off zone. We are far enough back for tomorrow's king tide not to effect us, and as of today we only have one road closure (mainly because that road is low-lying) even though it has been pelting down here since last week.

Areas around me are being effected, with Caboolture to the immediate north now completely cut off, and Burpengary, Strathpine and its surrounds experiencing flooding and/or isolation.

I am a veteran of the '74 floods and my thoughts are with Brisbane over the next couple of days, and my heart goes out to everyone in Toowomba, its surrounds and everyone who has already been effected by the flooding. Donations can be made here.

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Date: 2011-01-11 10:29 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] munchkinofdoom.livejournal.com
Yeah. *sigh* We thought it was under control, with Wivenhoe holding back the bulk of the water, then all that changed today when we had a number of storm cells move through. As I said, I'm half an hour north of Brisbane and we had a series of thunder storms from before dawn to about 3pm. They just never stopped!

Mind you, this is only Brisbane's situation. Toowoomba, the Lockyer Valley and the stretch of the coast all the way up to Rockhampton have all been copping it. We just thought that Brisbane would be spared this time.

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