Queensland floods

Queensland has been flooding for the past week. Quotes like ‘floods the size of Texas’ have been thrown around. The floods have been roughly equivalent to those that occurred in 1974 but are not as bad as those that occurred in the 1890s and 1840s. My suburb has not been affected, but my workplace has. We are closed until next week. It’s not really been a huge interruption for us because last week was the last week of holidays for us so not many people were in the office to be sent home anyway.

A lot of peoples homes have been inundated quite comprehensively, but due to the Wivenhoe Dam upgrade that occurred from 2003 – 2005 this flood has not been as bad as it could have been. However I await the inevitable shitstorm that will follow the cleanup efforts because no doubt a lot of stupid people along with Anna Bligh’s political enemies will come out of the wood works blaming her and everyone else in order to further their own agendas.