Queensland Flood crisis

[braex27]

I'm watching the reports on the news now, just heard that a 4 year old boy was swept away....



Breaks my heart.

Heartbreaking indeed. Of the nine people who are confirmed dead, four (I believe) were children. Sixty six people remain missing, and of these, some are entire families. Sad and scary.

 

[Emergency000]

I live in Western Australia, but have several friends and family in Brisbane. Even without that, it's hard to see your country go through something like this. I've been watching Channel 9 news for most of the day and it really is such a horrific event. I couldn't imagine having your whole life, just being swept away in front of you.

Flooding in five states and bush fires burning in others...

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

folk know fa long time but many country so busy their fantasy world of politics ans stuff

china russia brazil usa australia canada sudan libiya Pakistian India south africa ans many many more

nature ans moon ans sun ans etc so on da boss

da countrys get bright thinks on it da human race be da koolest eons ago

ans no just make 7000 million folk adore their Retorics ans spoon feed their fancys

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

ans country largeeeeeeeeeeeeee so much land ans as da evens smalls

poorrrrrrrr or super rich all got folk KNOW ans do nothin ans let millions dieeeeee fa longggggggggg time

ya disgust of life ans spit on ya

day pyramid upside down

if folks of a countrys like australia no figure da future they is stoooooopiddddd beyonds a reason as many of rich countrys folks be whens alls so fuckin obvious

thankyou

 

[Lostlover]

When will the United Nations intervene?

 

[Shepherd 2]

Thanks Ozguy for keeping us informed. We have had a few reports in the press here, but as you may guess the horrid tragedy in Arizona here has seized most of the attention of the press to keep us informed.

We who are Anglicans here are already putting together our response. As one who has lived near rivers most of my life, I have experienced more than my share of floods and know it can be just a dreadful time. One can contact Episcopal Relief through ecusa.org.

BTW, that new avatar of yours Ozguy is hot. Love the rear view. If I could come by I would enjoy the visit.

Shep+

 

[Telstra]

further bad news for Brisbane:

"At least 100,000 homes and businesses could be without power from Wednesday morning and thousands of people face evacuation as Queensland's flood disaster hits Brisbane and Ipswich."

http://au.news.yahoo.com/qld-floods/a/-/article/8630959/power-out-as-brisbane-braces-for-flood/

 

[Telstra]

75% of Queensland is affected. That is huge.

 

[Callum]

When will the United Nations intervene?

Aiding a fully-industrialized country? I highly doubt it's high on their agenda.

 

[Telstra]

Aiding a fully-industrialized country? I highly doubt it's high on their agenda.

I just have to laugh at his question about the UN getting involved.
If they are sending money, why not i would say, but they can't do anything else.

 

[Callum]

Pretty much...and I don't think they care, either.

It's fine for them to leech money off rich countries but giving back to them is another story...

 

[Geeman 86]

When will the United Nations intervene?

What exactly would you have the UN do that isn't already being done by the appropriate local organizations?

Also, let me say it again, Australia is NOT cash-strapped, it's actually in a much better economic situation than both the United States and the United Kingdom.

 

[Callum]

It's not about money, wealthy or not. By willfully not assisting wealthy countries (that ironically fund the UN), they're turning a blind eye to fellow people.

The UN is just a horribly disillusioned organization and irrelevant to modern interests and people need to stop funding it.

 

[BostonPirate]

UN relief is not an entitlement program. Its there for nations that cannot fund their own disaster relief.

It is NEEDS BASED.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

It's not about money, wealthy or not. By willfully not assisting wealthy countries (that ironically fund the UN), they're turning a blind eye to fellow people.

The UN is just a horribly disillusioned organization and irrelevant to modern interests and people need to stop funding it.

Haiti just offs two massive land mass calls da upper bit and lower bit think calls da Americas what no do much da health of theor own populations anyway

as say repeat many professions ans cultures da pants run um round world ans largeeeee countrys

let it happen cause

world not in pants it outside but centurys no imporoves human male ISSUES

 

[resonance]

I might make a donation. The videos I saw today showed a third world country. Australia is in my thoughts. The government has let the people down. All they can afford is a pathetic $1 million for the victims?

Australia's a small, wealthy country with plenty of precious metals and minerals.

The world doesn't come together for first world disasters such as Katrina. -.-

(And as others have pointed out, Australia is in a much better economic condition that the United States given the rising value of commodities.)

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

Australia's a small, wealthy country with plenty of precious metals and minerals.

The world doesn't come together for first world disasters such as Katrina. -.-

country only as wealth da time it take save population

why cultures chronics stoopid cause

ans doubblees stoopid cause planet chopchopchopchop

australia what farmers etc fa ooh how many years it sad

australia head in da deep of nowhere

da populations wanna wake up ans all large countrys

in place australia fa eons plans fa has guess

ans repeat faeva countrys FOLKYS<super educate ans old money fa eons no give shit

ans populations what got everythin wanna like hey!!!!! pop head out their pop ans figure YEAH folk is takin notice

India hows ya doooooooooooINS!!!!!!!!!



in meantime help

ans next bit leave fa alllllllllsssss da super over stuffed toons educate up ta their stoooopid brian figure rest out whens they no sitin on all da pile of crap they study world ova

 

[asadoyayunta]

I fully sympathise with the people caught up in these dreadful events. But there is a reason why the indigenous peoples of Australia (and come to that, North America) were nomadic. They had the sense not to establish permanent settlements in such areas and moved the hell out of nature's way.

 

[Ninja108]

In the battle between Mother Nature and people...Mother Nature will always win

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

I fully sympathise with the people caught up in these dreadful events. But there is a reason why the indigenous peoples of Australia (and come to that, North America) were nomadic. They had the sense not to establish permanent settlements in such areas and moved out of the hell out of nature's way.

arrogants of human cultures is polite way say fa past 500 years explain lot what no change

Nice ONE!

nows it possible but > so sadddddddddddddddddddddd is human condtion



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