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Who’s been in a flood?
I’m in Queensland Australia & again we are flooded in already with the worse yet to come but we are far better off than some. The thing is with panic buying, some people buy up what they can but end up throwing a lot of it away that someone else who did without could have used, very annoying & unethical to say the least.
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Kate Blake 50+
Kinda glad I don't have a TV because it would be mesmerising. Am very busy answering texts and emails from dear ones concerned about my safety - I fortunately am on the dry side of town.
But must admit I was shocked Saturday, my usual weekly grocery day, to see so many people and so little stock. You are so right they were panic buying yet with the hundreds evacuated that food will rot in their home - assume meals must be provided at the evacuation centres.
It's kinda weird because I have skills that could be used but nobody knows me here (not long arrived back from years overseas) so I'm not a member of any team. Hence my appearance would only cause further confusion because disaster plans are fairly well inforced - maybe I can help in the clean up. Had my interview booked for such voluntary work on Friday but they had to cancel due to foul weather conditions, ironical really.
Mathew Naismith 10+
The helicopters have been going all day mostly evacuating one whole suburb of Maryborough& the sirens have barely stopped all day. So I gather you’re OK still? Our river has just peaked at 11m supposedly. The problem with us is that the river curves around the town, we are in that pocket were it curves around but it looks like we are OK.
With the panic buying from the last flood you could only buy two loafs of bread max but one lass had eight in her basket & when she got up to the counter the checkout lass said to her that you could only buy a max of two loafs so she threw the loafs of bread on the floor & stomped all over them. Floods can bring the worse out in some people but the best out in most.
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Mathew
Kate Blake 50+
Since that first post I recalled that where I grew up, where Mum lives we used to get flooded in most Easters. As kids we loved it, meant we were a few days late getting back to school and we practiced the sport of mud-skiing - what fun! But not the huge scale of what's happening here now.
Mum always had the cupboards stocked, tinned stuff, flour and essentals to cook. The nearest shop in those days was 26km away and we were definitely cut off from there. Plus people used to often drop in unexpectedly so she was always well stocked up just in case.
Notice I've picked up this habit so I can go a month without shopping but two weeks is better. Fresh bread and vegies are always nice but certainly were not always available where I lived in india for years. All good training.
But how childish to stamp on the bread ... very sad.
Mary M. 100+