I was lucky. Our house was above the floodline. The neighbour had water through their lower level but luckily for us our land rises sharply above their property. I've been busy helping neighbours dump their lives on the footpath, moving tons of mud from my local sailing club and helping pump out a lake of water from under a nearby apartment building. More stories to come over the next few days.
Steve Capelin is a writer, based in Brisbane Australia. His most recent publication, Paradiso A Novel, a work of historical fiction, tells the story of his Italian ancestors who arrived in Australia in 1881 after an ill-fated attempt to build a utopian colony in the jungles of New Guinea. This blog also contains stories about family, travel, quirky moments in life and refections on the world and its absurdities.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Muddy Waters - Brisbane
I was lucky. Our house was above the floodline. The neighbour had water through their lower level but luckily for us our land rises sharply above their property. I've been busy helping neighbours dump their lives on the footpath, moving tons of mud from my local sailing club and helping pump out a lake of water from under a nearby apartment building. More stories to come over the next few days.
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I thought of you and the flooding. Glad to hear your house was spared! My thoughts are with you and your dear neighbors. x
Gawd!
It is mind-boggling, to imagine the destruction this kind of flooding can cause. And to lose the entire contents of one's home is unimagineable.
I'm so glad to hear your home was spared. Thought about you and family and neighbours lots during this time.
So glad you are ok. Have been missing in action here and life too actually. But have been thinking of you and hoping your home had escaped the terrible deluge. X
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