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Disease is a problem if you go into floodwaters with an open wound. Apart from anything else, you have to realize that sewage pumping stations are on bypass ...
After wading through water to help people move their stuff to safety, our former prime minister had to go to hospital after contracting an infection through an abrasion on his foot. A handful of people have picked up some rare exotic diseases.
But the waters have now mostly receded in Brisbane and countless thousands of volunteers have been cleaning up the muck, so that externally, it's becoming hard to tell that some areas have even been flooded. Doesn't do anything for the destroyed interiors of buildings though.
In the warehouse of the largest computer component supplier in Brisbane, the water reached the ceiling. 100% of stock was destroyed and they had 70 people trying to clean out all the rubbish. One of their buildings had to be demolished. I don't know if they will be able to recover, let alone when they might be able to supply stuff, so looking forward to huge hassles getting quality parts at sane prices.
Here's some detailed aerial photos that show before and after views of some of Brisbane. They're a bit understated because they weren't taken at the flood peak. The sixth and the eighth are interesting for the unexpected things in them.
However, photos really don't do justice to the reality, or rather the surreality. A local industrial estate built on an incline was flooded except for access from the top for about 400 meters (it's about 2 kilometers long). When I checked it 5 days later, businesses about half way down had piles of ruined stock and furniture out the front. I couldn't get further than about 1000 meters because of all the heavy machinery carting away rubble ...
After wading through water to help people move their stuff to safety, our former prime minister had to go to hospital after contracting an infection through an abrasion on his foot. A handful of people have picked up some rare exotic diseases.
But the waters have now mostly receded in Brisbane and countless thousands of volunteers have been cleaning up the muck, so that externally, it's becoming hard to tell that some areas have even been flooded. Doesn't do anything for the destroyed interiors of buildings though.
In the warehouse of the largest computer component supplier in Brisbane, the water reached the ceiling. 100% of stock was destroyed and they had 70 people trying to clean out all the rubbish. One of their buildings had to be demolished. I don't know if they will be able to recover, let alone when they might be able to supply stuff, so looking forward to huge hassles getting quality parts at sane prices.
Here's some detailed aerial photos that show before and after views of some of Brisbane. They're a bit understated because they weren't taken at the flood peak. The sixth and the eighth are interesting for the unexpected things in them.
However, photos really don't do justice to the reality, or rather the surreality. A local industrial estate built on an incline was flooded except for access from the top for about 400 meters (it's about 2 kilometers long). When I checked it 5 days later, businesses about half way down had piles of ruined stock and furniture out the front. I couldn't get further than about 1000 meters because of all the heavy machinery carting away rubble ...
