And I was taken in by Flim Flam Flannery's book The Future Eaters and his dire predictions that Australia was due for an extended severe drought. Until, that is, the drought was broken and the Wivenhoe dam in Qld broke its banks and flooded SE Qld; and the Toowoomba flood that drowned a number of people, and even found its way into old waterways that Toowoomba Council had planted with flowers. Here is a reminder:
Updated 11 Jan 2011, 7:06amTue 11 Jan 2011, 7:06am
Photo: A man is rescued from a tree as floodwaters rage in Toowoomba (Will Ockenden : ABC Rural)
Photo: A car is engulfed by floodwaters in Toowoomba (Tomas Guerin: User submitted)
Photo: A building collapsed after the flash flooding (Will Ockenden : ABC Rural)
Photo: A car floats upside down in flash flooding in Toowoomba (Ann Strutt: User submitted)
Photo: A car lies overturned on a flooded road in Toowoomba (Will Ockenden : ABC Rural)
Photo: Margaret Street in Toowoomba is swallowed by floodwaters (Jane Flanagan: User submitted)
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A desperate situation is unfolding in Queensland's south-east, after flash flooding claimed the lives of at least seven people on Monday.
Heavy rain created a
deadly torrent of water that swept people off their feet, cars down city streets and houses off their foundations in the Darling Downs city of Toowoomba.
Four deaths have been confirmed, while the ABC understands three others have died.
The raging waters are headed towards Lowood, east of Toowoomba and about 65km from Brisbane, and could affect expected flood levels in Brisbane and at Ipswich.
A severe weather warning has been issued for several parts of the state, and people are being evacuated from homes at Condamine, Chinchilla and Dalby, west of Toowoomba.'
Did our sanctimonious BOM predict these disastrous floods, and why didn't the so called experts take action?
