Posted on 01/12/2011 7:50:46 AM PST by dynachrome
Authorities are urging people to remain calm amid panicked scenes of shoppers stripping the shelves of Brisbane supermarkets as they face record flood levels.
Large parts of Brisbane and Ipswich are to be inundated, with flood peaks expected to surpass the 1974 floods.
There have been reports of panic buying at grocery stores across south-east Queensland, and some retail outlets are running low on essential items such as bread and milk.
Scott Driscoll from the United Retail Federation says many shop owners are reporting busier than usual trade.
"Trade today has been akin to holiday levels ... very, very high and retailers are doing all they can, as usual, to make sure their shelves remain stocked and that demand is met," he said.
"Consumers need to remain calm. They need to do what they would naturally do at this time to ensure they have the essentials to get them through the next 48 hours.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...
Has Obama offered any American assistance at all yet to our friends and allies in Australia? I haven’t heard a word from him.
Perhaps he can send Napolitano there to help them secure their borders with their neighbors.
Now this...
Cyclone brewing off Australia’s top iron ore region
http://www.fxmemo.com/forum/thread/3266374/
This is why “price gouging” is a good thing.
The US offered assistance nearly three weeks ago
They sure have a mess on their hands.
“Hurricane Katrina” expanded magnified and attenuated to an entire region!
Looks like Int’l Red Cross may be one way to donate
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/01/12/3110953.htm
hasn’t australia been gripped by a nasty drought for the past few years? This is one nasty way to break it.
I had to do a double-take at the headline because the first time I read it I thought it said
“Panicked residents strip themselves bare.”
Is my mind in the gutter or what?
Good.
So have they arrived yet or was it just empty promises from our empty suited American potentate?
It sounds like Asheville, North Carolina when we get two inches of snow.
It sounds like Asheville, North Carolina when we get two inches of snow.
It sounds like Asheville, North Carolina when we get two inches of snow.
Has Obama offered any American assistance at all yet to our friends and allies in Australia? I haven’t heard a word from him.
These be white folk.
I think his lack of concern is more because Australia is a traditional ally to the US....part of the ‘imperialist capitalists’. Obama is stuck in ‘Ayers,Chomsky,Alinsky’ thinking.
The Aussies were not expected to request assistance following the offer and haven’t. They aren’t a third world country and don’t need basic items. But in the end I expect there will be some cooperative endeavors to recover from this, in the economic and transportation areas. I myself have ridden the train from Brisbane to Cairns; nearly that whole segment is damaged with washed out tracks and trestles.
The scope of destruction looks staggering though. Prayers all around for our Aussie friends.
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