Hello
My Goodness, we have had an eventful time here...
Record-breaking rain for days, and now floods all over Brisbane and South East Queensland...
The park where I go walking, now a boiling torrent of water...
A shipping container was washed into the park last night, having crossed the flooded road!
A local Garden Centre, under water today..
Our normal route to the City: we are now cut off by floods for some days..
It is heartbreaking for so many people, who have lost homes and businesses in just a few hours..
We are fine here at home, and pleased we live up on a hill.
Yesterday was not without drama, when the weeks of rain made our ground so waterlogged that we had a continuous seeping of water into our basement area.
Lovely neighbours came to help, and makeshift pumps and siphons were established, while some of us filled buckets continuously and emptied them outside. This prevented a build up of water which would have ruined walls and floors of several rooms, not to mention furniture etc.
We kept up the bucketing all day, and by night the rain lessened, and with it the creeping water. Mr. Red Cardinal bravely spent the night down there, checking every thirty minutes and emptying out more water. At last after midnight the rain stopped, and the water flow ceased.
It was worth the effort as we would have had a big repair and possible difficult insurance claim if the water was not removed. This has never happened in 18 years of living here, and shows the impact of what the Government has called a 'Rain Bomb'. We will now purchase a pump in case of future events, but of course could not go out to do that yesterday as all the roads were flooded.
Our Lady of Kiev, pray for the people of the Ukraine as they defend their beautiful country. This war is unjust and unwarranted, horrific and very frightening. What has the world come to?
I have never been to Ukraine, but their Capital, Kiev, has always had a romantic pull, such a beautiful place. Here are a few pictures I found..
Independence Square, Kiev.
