Overnight Queensland Australia was hit by what is being called a once in 25-year storm.

The dangerous winds of up to cyclonic force ripping their way from the Hinterland through to the coast.

This storm has left more than 145,000 homes and businesses without power, one man aged 20 has died, his mate lucky to be alive after being rescued, another couple saved from their car when live power lines fell on their vehicle.

Even the channel 7 studios were not immune to the damage as their studio and offices becomes a flood zone as their roof buckled under the strain of rain and wind.

In some areas 70 mm of rain fell in 20 minutes that’s 7 cm or over 2.5 inches in less than half an hour…

Queensland often bears the brunt of cyclone and storms, its the price of living in such a beautiful climate, but these storms have been growing in intensity over the years, From Drought to Deluge, it is so erratic even the Bureau of Meteorology is stunned.

My question remains the same, Is this Climate Change and just the start of what is to become or is the norm, just erratic weather?  After all if this is a once in 25 years storm, does it happen every 25 years which would put it as a regular event, even a once in century storm simply repeating its might 100 years on.

Given Queensland and Brisbane (as the capital) have been in drought for so many years, could this simply be nature’s way of correcting the situation.  Thousands of people praying for rain all having their prays answered at once?

Or is this a sign of things to come, time to get used to it or will be looking back on storms like these and dreaming of the good old days of mild storms and minor damage as they intensify?

Either way I do think it’s going to be bumpy ride for quite a while to come. Regardless of if this is a natural cycle in Earth history, Global Warming, or Drought breaking I don’t think we have seen the worse of it.

Forever the Optimistic Cynic… you know hope for the best expect the worse and find comfort somewhere in between, It isn’t even summer yet, there is still the Cyclones, more thunder storms, huge sea swells, flash flooding, dumping rain yet to come to Queensland as the temperature climb for what is being tipped as a record breaking summer heat.

What will you do?

Time to move, ride it out, evacuate or pretend it isn’t happening

A thankyou to my friend for sending me the lastest Darwin award update.

The image  gives you an idea of what to expect…

THE 2008 DARWIN AWARDS

You’ve been waiting for them with bated breath, so without further ado here are the 2008 Darwin awards.

Eighth Place
In Detroit , a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18-inch-wide sewer grate to retrieve his car keys.

Seventh Place
A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who ‘totally zoned when he ran,’ accidentally, jogged off a 100-foot high cliff on his daily run.

Sixth Place
While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8 foot hole for protection from the wind and had been sitting in a beach chair at the bottom when it t collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their hands and shovels trying to get him out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment almost an hour to free him. Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Fifth Place
Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of a bicycle shop he was burgling. Death was caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free rammed into the base of his skull as he hit the floor.

Fourth Place
Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver loaded with four bullets into his mouth and pull the trigger.

Third Place
After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door, a man walked into H&J Leather & Firearms intent on robbing the store. The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the counter. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, and several customers also drew their guns and fired. The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different weapons. No one else was hurt.

HONOURABLE MENTION
Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around at 2 A.M. so they lit a quarter stick of dynamite to toss out the window to see what would happen. Apparently they failed to notice the window was closed.

RUNNER UP
Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more heated and at least 10 men trooped along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge they discovered that no one had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of lineman’s cable, lay near by. They secured one end around Bingham’s leg and then tied the other to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle.. He miraculously survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. Bingham’s foot was never located.

AND THE WINNER IS…
Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt ( Paderborn , Germany ) fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief.
Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded.
The sheer force of the elephant’s unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him.
It seems to be just one of those freak accidents that proves… ‘Sh*t happens’

IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPORTANT TO THANK THESE PEOPLE FOR

REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM THE GENE POOL

YES! Ladies, Gentlemen and everyone in between, just when you have come to terms with your impending death from old age, the boys are back, the day you have been waiting nearly a decade for is almost upon us.

October 20 will see the official release of the latest single Rock ‘n’ Roll Train by

the

WORLDS GREATEST AUSSIE ROCK N ROLL

ACDC

YES!

ACCA DACCA have returned…..

The crowd goes wild….

Girls are fainting in the streets..(from old age and cardio vascular disease)

Men are incontent in the streets

The chosen ones have returned…

Oh My god has it been 10 years well almost… HOW DID WE SURVIVE…but not for much longer

SEE IT HERE THE OFFICIAL VIDEO CLIP

ENJOY

For those who want to go back to the beginning, check out the next clip and see where it all started…..

 

 Rock 'n' Roll Train-ACDC Latest release: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Jailbreak-ACDC 1974: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download