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Stuartt,
You are correct, mother nature acts in strange ways sometimes. We in Townsville have had our entire years rainfall in January. I and my family consider ourselves lucky in that we haven't had too much damage from the water. The town of Ingham (north of us) has really coped it badly. 60% of Qld has been declared a disaster area due to flooding (the biggest in history)
All this pales into insignificance compared to the Victorian Fires. Although this mornings news story was about a five year old who went to the aid of his dog in the Daintree river and was taken by a 4-5 metre croc. The Ingham pub (in the main street) has a photo of a very large croc swimming through its car park.
My heartfelt sympathies go out to the people of Victoria and NSW who have lost a loved one or their properties (although property can be built again).
Every day that I watch the news I wish I could just pick up all the water we have here and send it down south.
Sorry about being a bit mushy, but these fires are a disaster beyond anyone's comprehension, we may have some water damage, but at least we are still alive. I for one will be donating whatever we can afford to the fire appeal.
I urge all fellow Cobrafiles to maybe put off buying that new set of mags or set of tyres and help out our mates down south.
Colin
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