NFR - This is devastating

[CorkedHat]

To answer your question OBS the reason I am late in responding is that last night we had a tremendous storm which has resulted in widespread flooding in our town.
I escaped with just minor flooding and loss of power but many in the town have not been so fortunate. Our main street became impassable this afternoon and we are effectively cut off from any other town.
We only have four shops in town and three of them went under.
Tonight I helped with sandbagging the pub. We can't have that going under can we?
Our problem is that it has rained incessantly for four days and the Wimmera River has burst its banks. Although we are not on the Wimmera River it empties into Dunmunkle Creek which runs through our town. Thus a wall of water is on the way.
Snakes are everywhere but the good thing nobody has died and in truth nobody is likely to die unless they accidentally encounter a snake in the floods. The locals have set up pumps to divert water into a disused reservoir which hopefully will save the town
We have made the local news but it is hardly likely to make news outside of Victoria.
To think I was looking forward to Summer.

[WhiteJC]

CorkedHat sent me a photo of the Main Street in Rupanyup

[epsomraver]

Sorry to hear your plight John," never rains but when it pours", my old mum used to say, very apt at present, keep safe mate.

[OldBrownShoe]

Keep safe CH. Email to you is probably splashing around somewhere in cyberspace.

[The Equalizer]

A revisit to this topic briefly. Here's a link that shows before and after overhead pictures of some of the areas in Queensland. Quite sobering:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/qld-floods/beforeafter.htm