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Completed projects' post
By request/vote, we bring you ::drum roll::
The Completed Projects' PostIt seems I'm not the only one who's interested in what people have created. So, by majority rules, the offerer (so long as the recipient doesn't mind) can post here what they've created and we can all go "ooh, ahh, wow, you're amazing ( Read more... ) -
Short feedback in poll form please.
Good heavens, my feet hurt. You'd never EVER believe I started a desk job this week. And if you knew me, you'd never believe it was a sort of Help Desk job ( Read more... ) -
Up-date on Queensland
I realize you all are probably tired of hearing about our natural disasters, but here is the latest. There are still floods in VIC, bushfires along the east, and now our latest:
TC Yasi hit last night. Latest on the monster storm
High points:- There is flooding in Cairns, Townsville (stjra up-dated us until it got too dangerous) and the northeastern ( Read more... )
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TC Yasi
To give you an idea of what North QLDers are facing right now:
How Yasi compares around the world
Notice how it takes up most of the continental US, except the coasts... -
Up-dates news-wise
As many of you know, Queensland is bracing for a possible category 5 cyclone, set to make landfall tomorrow night. If you're attracted to pretty colours, check out this site
Yasi could become a category 5 by landfallEvacuations - mandatory in some cases - have begun. Some of the areas in her path have already been flooded since December; spare a ( Read more... ) -
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Queensland is waiting for Cyclone Anthony to hit (up north, by Townsville), and meanwhile another low is forming off Fiji and may turn into a cycloneI am warning QLDers right now -- this one off Fiji is going to be one to watch. Due to its name (I'll tell you in a bit), it will either roar and then fizzle out completely due to exhaustion or be full ( Read more... ) -
Another animal group
I just received an email about another group that has put up an emergency donation website.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare has a site for donations specifically for the wildlife affected by the Queensland disasters. Their appeal/donation site is hereThis is different than their general, international "donate now" link ( Read more... ) -
Floods v. fires
I spent a couple of days this week in north-west Victoria, in the area around Boort and Pyramid Hill. In both cases most of the town was saved - in Pyramid Hill through the amazing, absolutely heroic efforts of locals and emergency services people. But outside the towns the water is everywhere.
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First, we want to thank everyone who participated. If everyone pays what they pledged, we raised over $500.
To paraphrase one of the other mods: not bad for the underdog appeal! Go us!
Here’s the info on donations and confirmations.
Donations:- The winning bidder can donate to any of the organisations by following the links to the right or on ( Read more... )
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Bidding has closed
We have all eaten our requisite Australian meals, sweltered in the heat, and sung the anthem to the wrong tune (YouTube it: Advance Australia Fair + Working Class Man ( Read more... )