Communication Breakdown

[Nevol]

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:

[purplepennyhunter]

hang in there Nancy

[stevo1962]

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

[Triggersmob]

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.

[enworb]

Does that mean you missed watching the tennis finals?

[trout]

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:

[Nevol]

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:

[keldaw]

:yahoo: power back on at 4.30 am  this morning [ wednesday ]

                       ,, kel ,,  :yahoo:

[Nevol]

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.

[Robster]

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.!

[keldaw]

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 ,,

[Goldseeker]

Is there any way you can get some of that assistance that the government is bragging about to offset your losses?

[keldaw]

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 ,,

[keldaw]

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 ,,

[Steveqld]

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