"TWO bull sharks have been spotted swimming past the McDonald’s restaurant in Goodna."
Yet another reason to be scared of Australia. :eek:
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2011/01/14/ipswich-bull-sharks-spotted-flood-affected-streets/Two all shark patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onion on a sesame seed bun.
Candygram.
But this:
State Member for Bundamba Jo-Ann Miller also backed Mr Bateman’s bull shark sighting.
“Steve wouldn’t lie about something like that. He’s very well known in the community.”
:lol2:
"TWO bull sharks have been spotted swimming past the McDonald’s restaurant in Goodna."
In Australia, they have a name for that. Tourists.
They must have been dolphins.
Sharks in the street? Just another reason NOT to play in flood waters
Sharks in the street? Just another reason NOT to play in flood waters
Hey Ali. Glad to see the sharks haven't got you. :D
Thanks Pete. :) I actually don't live near that area, but some of my friends do. Another friend lives in an inner city area and her high set house was flooded to the floor boards. Lucky for her they were able to put most things up so they really only lost their washing machine.
It's been terrible what's happened, and on such a huge scale.
I actually don't live near that area, but some of my friends do.
How much warning did various towns get before the flood arrived? Were flood crest estimates accurate?
Some areas knew what was coming and others didn't. It's so hard to explain what's happened, but basically it was due to the almost constant rain we had for the last couple of months. Some areas have just been watching their creeks and rivers rise, others were beset by a huge wall of water which almost washed away whole towns, but no matter which way your house floods, it's devastating, particularly if you're not covered by insurance. There have also been many lives lost which is heartbreaking.
All this is just in the small area where I live. This flooding is affecting the whole eastern half of the country. The personal burden is terrible, but on top of that, the financial burden for individuals, and industry (including tourism) will put a thousands people into bankruptcy.
Ali! Good to have you back.
My Uncle and cousin volunteered for cleanup duty and were posted to St Lucia. She said there were entire places wrecked there - the flood had gone through 40 people's homes.
In fact she posted some pics - I'll have to find them.
Glad you and yours are safe.
Sharks in da street
Sharks in da street
lookin' like a fool with you sharks in the street
With the fangs in their mouth
Their fins turned sideways
Call himself a cool fish
Lookin' like a fool
Swimmin' downbeat with your sharks in da street
One joke wasn't enough for you Shawnee? I guess it's ok to be all 'oh I'm so funny look at me' when others have lost everything.
Nice show of compassion there.
It's a parody of a song.
Levity isn't always evil. I had thought about posting about what little I know about flooding devastation except that my ex had a family reunion out of state that led us to stop at the St Louis Arch, pretty much right after it was open to the public again, after the great flood of 1993. I got to the top of the arch and looked around and saw how devastating it was, how it must be. It was quite a sight, like seeing the remnants of a house burnt down, only mega-multiplied, what little I know I know that it isn't funny. But I had hoped to inject some levity.
My sincerest apologies.
maybe someone can change the cities to appropriate Oz cities
There's sharks in the streets, it's up to my ankles
She came
Sharks in the streets, it's up to my knee
She came
Sharks in the streets in the town of Chicago
She came
Sharks on the rise, it's following me
Think about the bite of day
She came and then she swam away
Sunlight in her fin
She came
Sharks in the streets runs a river of sadness
She came
Sharks in the streets it's up to my thigh
She came
Yeah the river runs red down the legs of a city
She came
The women are crying red rivers of weepin'
She came into town and then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair
Aborignes scattered on dawn's highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind
Sharks in the streets in the town of New Haven
Sharks stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice
Sharks in my love in the terrible summer
Sharky red sun of Phantastic L.A.
Sharks screams her brain as they bite off her fingers
Sharks will be born in the birth of a nation
Sharks is the rose of mysterious union
There's sharks in the streets, it's up to my ankles
Sharks in the streets, it's up to my knee
Sharks in the streets in the town of Chicago
Sharks on the rise, it's following me
As if OZ has not had enough excitement since the wicked witch of the east was killed.
If I have it right, that is a category 4 hurricane planning to strike Queensland.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml