the rain in Queensland is getting worse by the day. So far over 5 towns have been completely evacuated, down to the last cat and dog. The area covered is now about the size of middle Europe.
Poor folks have lost everything again.Trouble is the towns are built on the flood plains and it will happen again next year. There have been plans to build and divert the waters inland to form the largest man made lake in the world, but the politicians have historicly diverted the funds needed to suit their own agendas and nothing has ever been done to date. The event this year has already cost the federal gov over 10 billion dollars and rising by the day. I hope that this snaps them into action and the diversions begin this year. They also want to build a fast rail link the entire length of the eastern seaboard (300 kmph) but it will go no-ware if it has to stop at the Queensland border. Trains dont float as do Morgans with plimsol lines to prove it!
