Deadly wave heads for Brisbane

[Old Rocks]

Brisbane had a 50 year flood in Oct, 2010. They had a 100 year flood in 1974. Now they are having a one thousand year flood.

Brisbane suburbs most at risk of flooding as Campbell Newman warns of repeat of 1974 | Courier Mail

 

[Old Rocks]

1000 year floods?

Okay admittedly they're happening every decade or so, now, but hey, since we cannot prove to the satisfaction of people who openly acknowldge that no proof will every convince them of anything...

Why bother trying?

Let's just agree that this is a really BIG flood, the likes of which we have never seen before.

Look...if global climate change is indeed happening...it doesn't matter if people believe it's happening.

They'll believe it when it comes to their house.

Until then?

Let them continue to be blissfully ignorant.

You're trying to teach pigs to sing, OR.

It's annoying the pigs!

You too need an education editec. 100 year floods and 50 year floods are well known.

Here was one close to your residence.

History of the Johnstown Flood

They surely are. And when they start happening several times in a score of years, the very titles of them tell you that something has changed.

 

[skookerasbil]

Brisbane had a 50 year flood in Oct, 2010. They had a 100 year flood in 1974. Now they are having a one thousand year flood.

Brisbane suburbs most at risk of flooding as Campbell Newman warns of repeat of 1974 | Courier Mail

And guess what asshole?

Next year, LaPalma off the African coast may fall into the sea and cause a tidal wave 1,000 feet high to hit the east coast and destroy everything within 100miles of the coast!!! It is only a matter of time..........just like all this other shit.

The FAITHERS would be riding their boogie boards with the giant wave screaming, "I told you global warming would kill us all!!!"

 

[skookerasbil]

 

[westwall]

Here's a report that goes into great detail about Brisbanes flood problems. The report goes into great detail about how the city fathers allowed almost unlimited building in the flood plain and then the report itself was suppressed.
The study was leaked to this reporter in June 2003 by a high-level public servant, who revealed that the local and state government at the time were less concerned with flood risks and more interested in seeing property development in low-lying areas.

"The flood immunity of properties is less than previously assessed. The average flood damages associated with flooding will be significantly higher. There are potential legal implications for council by allowing development to occur in higher-risk areas. As a minimum, developers and residents may need to be advised of the actual flood risk on their property," the study says. "All elements of the study have been subjected to independent peer review because the key findings have significant implications for council.

"The major finding of this study is that the calculated one-in-100-year design flood flow . . . is about 1m to 2m higher than the current development control in the Brisbane River corridor. The simple option of saying that the current development control level represents the one-in-100-year flood level is not valid."
But after receiving the study in 1999 the council adopted a "no change, maintain status quo" strategy -- despite its expert review advising that such a strategy was "poor" because it would reduce flood immunity, increase council's liability and cause the loss of Natural Disaster Relief funds. In the debate that followed its leaking it emerged that misplaced faith by governments and residents in the flood mitigation potential of Wivenhoe Dam played into the hands of property developers, who were profitably turning low-lying swaths of Brisbane into expensive housing.

Alarming report on Brisbane River risks covered up | The Australian

 

[Old Rocks]

Dumb ass. The floods in Queensland have covered an area the size of Texas. No matter what the building codes are, that will not address the loss of agricultural and industrial production. Many of the coal mines are flooded, and those that are not, cannot get their coal delivered because of the railways being shut down by the floods.

And, in answer to your comments about Brisbanes lack of preperation for the floods, isn't this exactly your attitude concerning global warming and energy production. Very typical Conservative attitude. You see, codes represent business regulation, and enforcing them requires people that are paid out of tax money.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Montauk Point at the tip of Long Island was itself an island in 1938. Were SUV's to blame?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The Australia Flood might have been due to fluctuation in Earth's magnetic field, surely that means we must outlaw magnets or have a "Magnet Tax"

 

[Old Rocks]

The usual mindless derision from the mindless.

 

[Old Rocks]

Now, for the second time since Sept., 2010, we are seeing major flooding in Victoria, Australia. Nothing unusual folks, just a couple of 50 to 100 year floods in the space of six months.

 

[Old Rocks]

BBC News - Australia floods: Victoria town residents told to flee

At least 58 towns across Victoria have now been hit by floods and 22 relief centres are in operation. Power cuts are in force as electricity stations have been submerged.

Floodwaters split the Victorian town of Horsham in two on Tuesday, as the body of a young boy was found in another flood-hit town, Shepparton.

The flooding in Victoria follows weeks of massive flooding in Queensland, which has swamped two-thirds of the state, crippling its lucrative mining industry.

 

[westwall]

Dumb ass. The floods in Queensland have covered an area the size of Texas. No matter what the building codes are, that will not address the loss of agricultural and industrial production. Many of the coal mines are flooded, and those that are not, cannot get their coal delivered because of the railways being shut down by the floods.

And, in answer to your comments about Brisbanes lack of preperation for the floods, isn't this exactly your attitude concerning global warming and energy production. Very typical Conservative attitude. You see, codes represent business regulation, and enforcing them requires people that are paid out of tax money.

The point, dumber asser, is that the floods happen frequently. The vast majority of the losses are in Brisbane so I wanted to point out their particular problems, which they have chosen to ignore.

Finally when have I ever claimed that preperations should not be made for ANY potential natural disaster? I am all in favour of not allowing people to build in flood plains. I am all in favour of strong building codes no matter where you live because you never know when the Earth is going to move beneath you.

However, what you advocate, returning to a pre industrial state in an effort to control GW which we now know will not see any effect from whatever we do for 1000 years is patently absurd. Add in the fact that there is no evidence for man caused GW in the first place and you are left with just another attempt by the wealthy to get richer on the backs of the little guy and you whore yourself out whenever possible because you are so environmentally enlightened that even though you poison your neighbors daily for a few bucks....you still feel their pain.

Fool.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The most likely cause of the Biblical Flood? Global Warming

 

[Old Rocks]

Dumb ass. The floods in Queensland have covered an area the size of Texas. No matter what the building codes are, that will not address the loss of agricultural and industrial production. Many of the coal mines are flooded, and those that are not, cannot get their coal delivered because of the railways being shut down by the floods.

And, in answer to your comments about Brisbanes lack of preperation for the floods, isn't this exactly your attitude concerning global warming and energy production. Very typical Conservative attitude. You see, codes represent business regulation, and enforcing them requires people that are paid out of tax money.

The point, dumber asser, is that the floods happen frequently. The vast majority of the losses are in Brisbane so I wanted to point out their particular problems, which they have chosen to ignore.

Finally when have I ever claimed that preperations should not be made for ANY potential natural disaster? I am all in favour of not allowing people to build in flood plains. I am all in favour of strong building codes no matter where you live because you never know when the Earth is going to move beneath you.

However, what you advocate, returning to a pre industrial state in an effort to control GW which we now know will not see any effect from whatever we do for 1000 years is patently absurd. Add in the fact that there is no evidence for man caused GW in the first place and you are left with just another attempt by the wealthy to get richer on the backs of the little guy and you whore yourself out whenever possible because you are so environmentally enlightened that even though you poison your neighbors daily for a few bucks....you still feel their pain.

Fool.

As usual, your BS is totally offbase.
Huge losses for Qld horticultural sector

Queensland's horticultural sector faces a flood damage bill reaching into the hundreds of millions of dollars, Growcom says.

The industry group is compiling a tally of the damage, with some farmers reporting individual crop losses of $1.5 million to $2 million.

"We have a number of members who've been talking about having $1.5 to $2 million crop losses or more, and when you start to add those up it's a very big number," Growcom chief executive Alex Livingstone told the ABC.

"It's certainly in the hundreds of millions."

Infrastructure damage was also vast, he said.

 

[skookerasbil]

Holy crap.........I took a gandor over to natural disasters of the 20th century..........checked out the causes. Believe it or not.........there were floods in the 20th century too!!! In fact, about 20 of the worst 100 natural disasters in the 20th century were...............FLOODS!!!!

I said to myself, "Holy Fcukk.........who kneeeeeeeew?!!!". They really did have floods before the onset of global warming!!!


The Most Deadly 100 Natural Disasters of the 20TH Century











Stupid moron Old Rocks never heard of the fcukking Potato Famine of the 1800's..............millions starved!!!

History of Irish Potato Famine


Jerkoff wants viewers to believe that agricultural disasters never happened before global warming!!!




Smoked your shit again s0n.............. The self proclaimed "scientist" never heard of the fcukking Potato Famine!!!

 

[skookerasbil]

i love this forum!!!

 

[westwall]

Dumb ass. The floods in Queensland have covered an area the size of Texas. No matter what the building codes are, that will not address the loss of agricultural and industrial production. Many of the coal mines are flooded, and those that are not, cannot get their coal delivered because of the railways being shut down by the floods.

And, in answer to your comments about Brisbanes lack of preperation for the floods, isn't this exactly your attitude concerning global warming and energy production. Very typical Conservative attitude. You see, codes represent business regulation, and enforcing them requires people that are paid out of tax money.

The point, dumber asser, is that the floods happen frequently. The vast majority of the losses are in Brisbane so I wanted to point out their particular problems, which they have chosen to ignore.

Finally when have I ever claimed that preperations should not be made for ANY potential natural disaster? I am all in favour of not allowing people to build in flood plains. I am all in favour of strong building codes no matter where you live because you never know when the Earth is going to move beneath you.

However, what you advocate, returning to a pre industrial state in an effort to control GW which we now know will not see any effect from whatever we do for 1000 years is patently absurd. Add in the fact that there is no evidence for man caused GW in the first place and you are left with just another attempt by the wealthy to get richer on the backs of the little guy and you whore yourself out whenever possible because you are so environmentally enlightened that even though you poison your neighbors daily for a few bucks....you still feel their pain.

Fool.

As usual, your BS is totally offbase.
Huge losses for Qld horticultural sector

Queensland's horticultural sector faces a flood damage bill reaching into the hundreds of millions of dollars, Growcom says.

The industry group is compiling a tally of the damage, with some farmers reporting individual crop losses of $1.5 million to $2 million.

"We have a number of members who've been talking about having $1.5 to $2 million crop losses or more, and when you start to add those up it's a very big number," Growcom chief executive Alex Livingstone told the ABC.

"It's certainly in the hundreds of millions."

Infrastructure damage was also vast, he said.

And how much are the losses in the Brisbane area? Hmmm? The current estimate is 2500 businesses and 11,900 properties completely flooded. Add to that another 14,700 properties affected and the loss will be in the billions...but who's quibbling eh?

Interesting enough however, is the fact that the river peaked at 4.45 meters....ONE METER LESS THAN THE FLOOD IN 1974! Which likewise caused massive damage and loss of life.
Hmmmm, 1974, when the consensus was we were heading for another ice age.




Brisbane faces floods clear-up of post-war proportions | Reuters