18th July 2018, 2:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 18th July 2018, 4:06 AM by gemj. Edited 2 times in total.
Edit Reason: got my own freakin' AGE wrong, frick
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In 2011, when I lived in Brisbane, Australia, we were hit hard with some of the worst floods the state (Queensland) had ever seen. It mainly impacted towns north of the city, such as Emerald, Rosalie and Rockhampton (I think). My area was hit significantly, cause we were also north of the city. We were trapped in our house for a good couple of days and survived purely off of my mother's rice plov and water considering the pipes weren't cut. We had water halfway up our door (two-storey house) and on the final day it reached the second storey. Eventually the ordeal was over but it was pretty scary for 12-year-old me, my mother and my baba (grandmother). I think 11 people died.
It wasn't over though.
Later that month we had a category 5, later 4, cyclone/hurricane hit way north of our shelter (we were moved from our home) and it was predicted to chuck a uey and veer down to us in the south. Luckily, it didn't, but a lot of food growers were affected by the cyclone so food was low and waters were still rising in some areas.
That's the only real weather event I've been in, to my memory. No tornadoes or snowstorms in Australia so can't really relate too well to you guys, but I grew up in the most weather-event prone city in the country.
Edit: Ever since the floods the Brisbane river has been brown lmao
It wasn't over though.
Later that month we had a category 5, later 4, cyclone/hurricane hit way north of our shelter (we were moved from our home) and it was predicted to chuck a uey and veer down to us in the south. Luckily, it didn't, but a lot of food growers were affected by the cyclone so food was low and waters were still rising in some areas.
That's the only real weather event I've been in, to my memory. No tornadoes or snowstorms in Australia so can't really relate too well to you guys, but I grew up in the most weather-event prone city in the country.
Edit: Ever since the floods the Brisbane river has been brown lmao
