Since sometime Sun evening, my landline & I'net have been down. Caused by the weather which apparently knocked out the power at an exchange near me. Traffic lights are out, the nearest Woolies is only dealing in cash sales, so they must use Optus for their EFTPOS transactions.
I'm fine, no flood worries, still have power, water etc, just the phone and net are dead. Had one large branch snapped off a bottlebrush tree, but it's down the backyard, so no worries with it. An old dilapidated paling fence came down too, but we were already in the process of replacing it, so again, no loss involved.
I'm presently using a Laptop connected via my son's wifi. I just read 177 posts! Whew!
I hope my landline & I'net gets fixed soon, I'm sure I'm having withdrawal symptoms! :winkextra:
hang in there Nancy
We had the wind and rain in Cairns when the system came across to the East Coast but
nothing like you guys down South.Hope things improve for you soon
Nancy, I hear they are low on fresh water in Brisbane, so no ice in your drinks OK!
Glad to hear that you are safe and well.
Does that mean you missed watching the tennis finals?
I use my laptop and USB wireless prepaid dongle every time I go away because of work ( about 7 months of the year). :dash1:
It takes a bit of getting used to ( the lappies are buggers to type on) but with telstra most of the remote sites I go are covered :good:
Everything now operational for me. :yahoo:
Trout: The laptop was a bit strange, but he hooked up a mouse so I didn't have to use the scratch pad. :grin:
T'mob: Certain suburbs may run out of water, but my suburb should be OK. :whistle2:
enworb: I saw all the Tennis. :winkextra:
:yahoo: power back on at 4.30 am this morning [ wednesday ]
,, kel ,, :yahoo:
That's good news Kel! Sorry to hear about you losing the contents of your freezer.
Did you get any water in the house?
What little inconvenience I had was peanuts compared to what some poor buggers have to deal with. I feel very sorry for the people in Bundy and Grafton, they really are doing it tough!
Grafton have had more than their fair share of floods, I think it was 4 floods in the last 3 years, with this current one being the worst. :cray:
I hope Ausjack is OK and that he's above the high water mark.
I concur.! Always hard being on the other side of the country when natural disasters occur.! Thinking of everyone whose daily life has been affected, hoping things return to normal quickly.!
nancy , no water in the house , but lost everything in the freezer.
about $ 400.00 worth altogether . including the freezer in the laundary , contents in the fridge / freezer in the kitchen , and my bait and pilchards in the F/F in the shed..
i rang the insurance co this morning and they said i have to pay the first $ 500.00 ,. so i could not make a claim for it .so i just wear the lost .. no problems . anyway every thing is ok now , but very hot up here now the wind has stopped ..
,, kel ,,
Is there any way you can get some of that assistance that the government is bragging about to offset your losses?
Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='7648' dateline='1359522948'Is there any way you can get some of that assistance that the government is bragging about to offset your losses?
dont know bruce , never heard anything about it .
we had no tv or radio from sat lunch time till today at 4.30 am this morning ,, kel ,,
i have just asked my neighbour about this and he said no , because we were not blocked in by the flood and could still get to town and buy more food ,and it was only available to people who could not get to the shops to get more food , or people who had no money to buy more food with .. so bad luck for me that way , but still happy no one was hurt out this way and we got no water in our house .. ,, kel ,,
if we gets anymore rain or wind now we are in trouble and maybe i will have to sell my mules .. ha ha , just joking ,.. ,, kel ,,
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='7657' dateline='1359531051'i have just asked my neighbour about this and he said no , because we were not blocked in by the flood and could still get to town and buy more food ,and it was only available to people who could not get to the shops to get more food , or people who had no money to buy more food with .. so bad luck for me that way , but still happy no one was hurt out this way and we got no water in our house .. ,, kel ,,
if we gets anymore rain or wind now we are in trouble and maybe i will have to sell my mules .. ha ha , just joking ,.. ,, kel ,,
Kel, I would suggest you ring Centerlink and have a talk to them. The circumstances your neighbour mentions don't sound like official guidelines to me. Centerlink manages the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP). At the moment the website says it is available for those affected by the floods in the local Govt areas of •Bundaberg,•Gladstone•Gympie and•Fraser Coast. It may have been extended to cover Brisbane and Moreton Bay.
No harm in asking them.
Their website http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/enablers/centrelink/australian-government-disaster-recovery-payment/queensland-floods-january-2013
Steve
Definitively give them a call Kel. Tell them you want to apply for the AGDRP. It will probably take a little while to go through it all and apply but the worst thing that can happen is your claim gets denied.
How long was the power out? You are eligable if: "your principal place of residence was without electricity, water, gas, sewage services or another essential service for a continuous period of 48 hours"
If you are able to leave your property what so ever, even if you were able to walk only 10 metres down the street then youre not eligable. Seems stupid i know but seeing as you were able to get out i doubt you qualify on those terms.
TANKS GUYS , I WILL RING TODAY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS , our power was off from 12.30 lunch time sat till 4.30 am wednesday morning ,. a lot longer then 48 hours ..
also we still have to use the toilet and have showers so our septic tank and grey water tank overflowed , what a stink .. and my gen would only run the p/c , tv and 2 lights .and it soon used up my spare fuel i had for it and my mower , on monday morning we went to town to get more fuel and could not get any because the 2 garages we went to also had no power so we got no fuel and before that we could not leave the house because of the rain and the wind , and the tv and radio kept telling everybody not to get on the roads and stay at home.
because it was so dangerous so i think i have a legal claim ..
anyway i can try , and thanks for the help and info .. ,, kel ,,
Hey Kel, what is the worst that they can say to you, "Sorry, you don't qualify". On the other hand, you might be surprised. Good luck.
You should get it seeing as your power was out for over 48 hours. So will anyone else living in your house.
Good luck, you can only ask. I think it comes down to whether your local Govt area was declared a disaster area.
Yes you would have to be in a suburb declared eligable for the payment. how did you get on Kel?
Quote from: 'enworb' pid='7696' dateline='1359612514'Yes you would have to be in a suburb declared eligable for the payment. how did you get on Kel?
no good matt , we have to be flooded in so we could not get into town to get more food , but this time the road was not flooded deep enough to stop us from getting through .. ,, kel ,,
So you didnt get it even though your power was out for over 48 hours?
Quote from: 'enworb' pid='7724' dateline='1359664818'So you didnt get it even though your power was out for over 48 hours?
out power went out at 12 .30 saturday lunch time and came back on at 4.30 am wednesday morning . sat to sun = 24 h
sun to mon =24 h mon to tue =24 h
tue to midnight +.30 =12 h midnight +.30 tue night to 4.30 am wed morning .. total .. 88 hours without power .
.is this the 21 century or not ?? we are still trying .. ,, kel ,,
During the 2010/2011 floods if power was out for more than 48 hours then someone was eligable for the payment. I would assume the rules are the same now. Hopefully you hve some luck and get it.
Quote from: 'enworb' pid='7726' dateline='1359670173'During the 2010/2011 floods if power was out for more than 48 hours then someone was eligable for the payment. I would assume the rules are the same now. Hopefully you hve some luck and get it.
true matt , but in that flood we were blocked in and the road was flooded and we could not leave town , that is the difference we were told , they call it floodbound relieve payment and it is about $ 180.00 ea , but they told us we can not get it , it has to be what they call an designated disaster area , and we could have gotten out of town if we wanted to , but you could not really understand what the wind and rain was like , why would anybody want to leave home and go driving into town in them conditions i will never know and the radio also advised people to stay indoors and stay off the roads ,, kel ,,
So your suburb hasnt been declared eligible for the agdrp yet then?
Quote from: 'enworb' pid='7774' dateline='1359713236'So your suburb hasnt been declared eligable for the agdrp yet then?
that is right matt , and it is a town on it,s own ,
and not a suburb ,, . ,, kel ,,
Bummer
we are about 23 km,s from the first shopping centre and around 28
to the bigger shopping centre.
we went in to town last monday to get more petrol for the generator and they had no power to pump the petrol so we came back home empty , and had to use petrol out of my boat tank to get us through with the lights and tv . and p/c ..
in the old days , if there was no power because of a blackout then they could use a crank handle to pump the petrol for you.. ,, kel ,,