[HOT] Flood alert in Queensland, Australia

[Jean-Guilhem Cailton]

Hi,

OSMers from Australia report a flood alert in Queensland, Australia:

Starting at 2010-03-04 09:23:48 UTC

<drlizau> I've lived through the 74 floods and the 85 floods and this 
lot looks bigger because now 80% of Qld is disaster declared
<drlizau> link coming
<drlizau> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/04/2836003.htm
<drlizau> then there are video links off that page
<shorten> http://tinyurl.com/yg3rfbk [ Southern Qld braces for flood 
peak - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ]


<drlizau> http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/qld/
<shorten> http://tinyurl.com/ygkjxt8 [ BOM - Queensland Flood Warning 
Centre ]
<drlizau> you can click on red triangles and find out how high the water is
<Phurl_> thanks
<drlizau> most of these are completley automatic devices with solar 
panels to provide the power


<drlizau> http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65396/IDQ65396.043104.plt.shtml
<drlizau> this river is 4 metres over major flood height
<shorten> http://tinyurl.com/yaandt7 [ River Height data for Balonne R 
at St George * ]


A server just set-up for social crisis network:
<Phurl_> 
http://xhema.flossk.org:8081/blog/groups/crisiscamp-queensland-flooding/
<shorten> http://tinyurl.com/ydmuv4o [ FLOSS | Groups | crisiscamp 
queensland flooding | Home ]


This is happening on channel #flossk on freenode IRC


Best regards,

Jean-Guilhem