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Title: Aussie Flash Floods
Post by: Terbs on 27 January 2011, 15:12:04
Am I glad I live on top of the Chilterns :y
Awesome vid of flash floods in Aussie

http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=kYUpkPTcqPY
Title: Re: Aussie Flash Floods
Post by: Banjax on 27 January 2011, 16:07:40
understatement of the week :"i'm so glad i parked at the front today" as various hatchbacks float by  :o :o
Title: Re: Aussie Flash Floods
Post by: PhilRich on 27 January 2011, 20:22:19
My jaw was resting on my chin watching that! :D
Title: Re: Aussie Flash Floods
Post by: russ0205 on 28 January 2011, 09:26:10
Imagine that insurance claim !!!   or even are they covered, act of god and all that,?? :'(
Title: Re: Aussie Flash Floods
Post by: Entwood on 28 January 2011, 09:35:39
If you go here ..

http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/queensland_floods.html

scroll down to the map, then "pull" the map to the Melbourne area .. down the bottom, every little pink circle is a road closed due to flooding !!! The larger circles are reports from official measuring sites on rivers, lakes etc etc.

If you got to the eastern coast around Rockhampton/Brisbane (which you can't see due to the large number of circles) every little "yellow" circle is an aerial photograph of the area.

Don't complain about a little bit of rain in the UK !!!!  :(
Title: Re: Aussie Flash Floods
Post by: Banjax on 28 January 2011, 11:50:12
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Imagine that insurance claim !!!   or even are they covered, act of god and all that,?? :'(

no such thing as an "act of god" - insurance companies would have to pay out on the cars and buildings damaged by the severe flooding - anyone fobbed off by being told its an "act of god" should take the insurance company to court  :y

think about it if there was a god then you could argue that everything, by default was an act of god and as there isnt a god then its meaningless  :o

it is used however, to determine liability not whether or not a claim is valid  ;)