What about the rest of Oz?
Sunfish
I live in a flood prone town, electric light poles have flood height markers on them so anyone wanting to buy in the town will see how high floods can go.
The main town centre floods and we have levee banks. Where I work floods, we know the projected height so if it comes close we move our furniture to higher ground.
My BIL has a shop under his house that floods - family and friends help him to move his shop stock and his wife and son pack up stairs and relocate to in laws.
Hubby was a flood boat captain. The Local council runs flood awareness seminars every February with the aim to educate new owners on what to do.
Now I do care - QLD flooded this year and our area in NSW has 2 declared disaster zones Ballina and Kyogle and our local area is suppose to be declared a disaster zone as well, 3 x BIL were cut off by floods for 5 days (this was not a problem as the were prepared for bridge to go under flood waters. Sunfish you forgot to include NSW in your OP.
So I am thankfull that one SS member has offered to check flooded IP's for other SS members.
We all have different things going on with our lives, whether it is was GFC, which hit the financial sector = umemployment, hail & rain damage to crops or cars = lost income, building trade downturn = unemployment. Super Funds decreased in value = affected people will have to work longer etc.
What I actually see from the floods are people who will need to buy or replace (with donations) things like furnture or whitegoods etc. Some people will have insurance or money to buy and hopefully all will have friends and family to support and offer help.
If people do not have support groups then charity groups will help and I for one will donate second hand goods. Aussie defence forces are called into help (may give us a reason to withdraw support in overseas conflict).
Charity starts at home and a shared experience develops a sense of community. Obviously you have family/friends or an interest in Rocky but what about the rest of Australia!
Cheers
Sheryn
Sunfish
I live in a flood prone town, electric light poles have flood height markers on them so anyone wanting to buy in the town will see how high floods can go.
The main town centre floods and we have levee banks. Where I work floods, we know the projected height so if it comes close we move our furniture to higher ground.
My BIL has a shop under his house that floods - family and friends help him to move his shop stock and his wife and son pack up stairs and relocate to in laws.
Hubby was a flood boat captain. The Local council runs flood awareness seminars every February with the aim to educate new owners on what to do.
Now I do care - QLD flooded this year and our area in NSW has 2 declared disaster zones Ballina and Kyogle and our local area is suppose to be declared a disaster zone as well, 3 x BIL were cut off by floods for 5 days (this was not a problem as the were prepared for bridge to go under flood waters. Sunfish you forgot to include NSW in your OP.
So I am thankfull that one SS member has offered to check flooded IP's for other SS members.
We all have different things going on with our lives, whether it is was GFC, which hit the financial sector = umemployment, hail & rain damage to crops or cars = lost income, building trade downturn = unemployment. Super Funds decreased in value = affected people will have to work longer etc.
What I actually see from the floods are people who will need to buy or replace (with donations) things like furnture or whitegoods etc. Some people will have insurance or money to buy and hopefully all will have friends and family to support and offer help.
If people do not have support groups then charity groups will help and I for one will donate second hand goods. Aussie defence forces are called into help (may give us a reason to withdraw support in overseas conflict).
Charity starts at home and a shared experience develops a sense of community. Obviously you have family/friends or an interest in Rocky but what about the rest of Australia!
Cheers
Sheryn
