This week has been a doozy for wet weather, and they tell us it isn't over yet. It started raining just like any other normal rainy day. That is until the water started rising and I began to wonder if this was 2011 repeating itself... especially when Granthan went under again. I no longer live in Gatton so I wasn't close to that raging river of water this time, but even where I'm living now in Regency Downs we had our own fair share of rising water. This is a pic taken by a resident of the way into our little neck of the woods... I can't stress more ━IF IT'S FLOODED - FORGET IT. The number of people still willing to risk not only their lives but the lives of those who then have to come and rescue them. If you can't see the damn road how the hell do you know it's even still there? Too many times like in Grantham the whole road top gets washed away. Our SES people have better things to do than rescue people who have no regard for their own safety... but instead are out there saving people from rooves of their cars when they get stranded in the floodwater.
This is what lies between my place and where my sister lives. So there is no getting to her until the water goes down. Another thing I really don't understand is all the people playing in the water like it's some great thing. Don't they realise the dangers that could be in there... snakes and other deadly animals for one thing, but there is probably sewage as well, and these━dare I even call them non-thinkers━are frolicking about like they're at a pool party. It annoys the hell out of me, especially when they are adults. what kind of example are they setting for the kids. I know... I know... I sound like some old hypocrite that probably did the exact same thing when I was younger. Well, you would be wrong because my mother would have kicked my arse if I did anything so bloody stupid.
Then to top it all off this happened today. We have our first bit of sunshine and on the FaceBook community noticeboard, they tell us we can get out if we take a roundabout route. So thinking I better get our medication while we can, because we are due to get more rain over the coming days. My daughter came and picked me up. went and got the supplies no worries, (so I'm all good on that front). I said to my daughter it's starting to rain you better get the kids home while you can. That was a big fat NEGATIVE GHOSTRIDER. Poor Emily got bogged. We put a call out on the community noticeboard, and within minutes had a brigade of people around to help free the car so she and the three kids (all under the age of 4) could get home to their animals... BEST COMMUNITY EVER. I won't be getting out any time soon, but I know I can just walk up my drive now and there will be someone waiting at the end if I need a lift anywhere.
The flooding is all over the SE of Queensland and heading into Northern NSW. I hope everyone in the water's path stays safe and looks after each other if you can. Remember, it's not just the human populace who need help, it's all the poor animals who don't have a voice of their own.
It's not bad enough we still have Covid running rampant across the world (thinking of my Kuzmic family in Tasmania who are in isolation now. get better soon. I hope it doesn't get worse.) We also have wars around the world that I'm not even sure why people are fighting? I just know a lot of innocent people are getting hurt so some people can... Yeah, I don't know what they're doing. The world needs a freaking break from all the bullshit it's been/going through.
On that note, I will away, for all those people in affected areas... Take care and stay safe.
