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 Jan 13 2011, 05:49 AM
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 Bloggette par Excellence  Group: Admin Posts: 3959 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454  |
That's good to hear -- I'd been wondering if the deluge had affected any UMSFers. Keep your head above water and best of luck to you and your neighbors
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Jan 13 2011, 05:57 AM
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QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jan 12 2011, 10:47 PM)  I'm alive and well here in Brislantis. Great to hear you are okay, and that you are keeping a good sense of humor about it. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Jan 13 2011, 06:46 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6474 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Been wondering how you guys were doing down there, SFJ, admit that I was a bit afraid to ask. Hope that you & our other Australian friends are okay & stay that way!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jan 13 2011, 07:07 AM
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The flood water is just a short walk from where I live.
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Jan 13 2011, 09:52 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 2418 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Hey SFJ, stay dry up there in Brislantis!
I'm sure another drought is just around the corner mate   No seriously, you know what they say "Queensland. Beautiful one day, Venice the next." Oh and New South Wales challenges you to a game of water polo at Suncorp Stadium  It's cool everyone, Australians cope with disaster using humour and self-deprication all the time. It's just the way we are. OK serious mode - everyone in Australia is thinking of all of you up there in Queensland. We're ready to do whatever is needed to get you back on your feet. Stay safe. |
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Jan 14 2011, 03:11 PM
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It is good to hear that everyone is ok downunder, I guess the 2 feet of snow here is not so much to have to deal with.
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Jan 16 2011, 08:48 AM
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Just got back from volunteering. Am tired, bruised and coated in foul smelling mud.
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Jan 16 2011, 12:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 2418 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
One of the new Aussie heroes in our midst folks.
The reaction by the public to the flood crisis has been amazing. People in their tens of thousands have been volunteering, helping complete strangers, working through the mud and mess trying to bring whole communities back to life. Thanks you SFJCody!
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Jan 17 2011, 11:21 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 12 |
It just feels like the right thing to do. I escaped essentially unscathed so it seems fair that I should put in a few hours every weekend to help others who were less fortunate.
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Jan 17 2011, 10:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6474 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Admirable.
You're good people, SFJ.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Feb 2 2011, 02:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 2418 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Spare a thought for our friends in Queensland tonight who will be in the path of Cyclone Yasi (Category 5 at the moment) bearing down on them tonight.
This is the largest storm to ever hit Queensland and comes only weeks after the devasting floods. There's an ocean storm surge coinciding with a high tide as well as 250kph winds, so damage from this 500km wide storm has the potenital to be significant. You can follow the storms path here: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemiloops/shirgmscol.html Stay safe Queenslanders. |
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Feb 2 2011, 03:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6474 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Well said, Astro0. Been thinking about the Queenslanders all day, actually; sure hope that they catch a good break here somehow.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Feb 2 2011, 05:01 PM
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If any of our members are under or near this monster... all of you, take care down there...
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Feb 3 2011, 04:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6474 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
If this report from Reuters is accurate, it seems that Queensland was indeed spared the worst possible. I sincerely hope so.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 11 2011, 03:31 PM
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Thoughts go out to our friends in Japan. Pandaneko has been helping out here with translation of Jaxa documents lately and he and Subaru have participated in the Hayabusa threads in the past. Any other UMSF members in Japan?
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