Storm Season

Grösster Sturm in Jahren... Und es ist erst der Beginn der Sturmsaison... Aber macht Euch keine Sorgen - uns geht es bestens! Das Haus steht auch noch. Alles paletti. Einer unsere Unikollegen hatte weniger Glück - ihm flog das Dach in sein Schwimmbad...

Brisbane City gestern gegen 17 Uhr...

... und der Regen kurz danach.

Hier nun also das Neuste von den lokalen Medien:


Brisbane declared natural disaster area

BRISBANE has been officially declared a natural disaster area, as soldiers help to repair damage caused by one of the biggest storms to hit the city in 20 years.

More than 32,000 properties across Brisbane, Redcliffe and the Gold Coast were without power this afternoon after yesterday's storm brought hail and wind gusts of up to 130km/h, ripped roofs from houses and toppled power lines and trees, The Courier-Mail reported.

A 20-year-old man was killed when he was swept away by quickly rising water while photographing the storm in a drain with a 23-year-old friend at Chermside, in Brisbane's northern suburbs.

Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard activated natural disaster relief and recovery arrangements, including the deployment of 40 soldiers, and pledged to cover half of the State Government's clean-up costs. "The Government's thoughts are with the thousands of families that have been caught up in this disaster and most particularly with the family of the young man who tragically lost his life," Ms Gillard said.

Premier Anna Bligh compared the disaster to Cyclone Larry, which devastated north Queensland in 2006.

Earlier today residents living in Brisbane's storm-battered western suburbs were warned that their tap water was not safe to drink after the roof of a reservoir collapsed. Lord Mayor Campbell Newman told all residents and visitors to The Gap not to drink tap water without boiling it first.

© Trent Dalton, Robyn Ironside and Patrick Lion
The Courier-Mail
November 17, 2008 06:48pm


Update:

Ein Photo vom Dach von Werkstoffingenieur Matt Dargusch das von Haus abgehoben wurde und nun im Swimming Pool liegt (die Familie hatte erst vor kurzem das Haus fertig renoviert...) :

Die ganze Familie ist ok, die Kinder sind aber noch unter Schock und viele Besitztümer sind verloren.