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danny_galaga:

Floods are making their way over to Victoria and New South Wales now. Geez it would be nice to just average out all that water across the whole of Australia. Even the Simpson desert would be lush forest!

Latest bits for me to share are of an economic nature. Queensland produces a large chunk of coal for the world market. Many mines are closed now because of the floods, and their rail infrastructure damaged. World coal prices are being driven up, and steel and electricity will follow. QLD also produces a lot of fresh produce, which I thought was primarily for the domestic market. Whether it is or not, these floods will effect world food prices too. The cost of the QLD floods alone will be roughly 1 per cent of GDP.

Samstag:

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--- Quote from: saint on January 16, 2011, 11:26:56 am ---Holy crap when you Aussies do something you do it up right. Most country's would be satisfied with epic floods. You guys have to add man eating sharks!?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/aggressive-sharks-pose-new-danger-for-australian-flood-victims/



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It should be fine.  The highly poisonous snakes will keep the sharks' numbers down.

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Snakes in the water would be the thing that scares me. Bull sharks aren't that large. they certainly aren't man-eating...

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Should we take up a collection to get you guys some bigger sharks to take care of the snakes?

AtomSmasher:
Heres a photo gallery of some of the tragic losses caused by the floods.  Warning, be prepared to shed a few tears:
http://nfgphoto.com/grafx/index.php?path=Events%2FGameFlood

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