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Tens of Thousands of Australians Evacuated, Hundreds Missing as ‘Unprecedented’ Flooding Hits East Coast
Epoch Times ^
| 2-28-22
| Rebecca Zhu
Posted on 03/01/2022 3:46:03 PM PST by dynachrome
New South Wales (NSW) residents are bracing for unprecedented floods across the east coast, with thousands of residents under evacuation orders and entire suburbs underwater.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; floods
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Full article behind paywall. Pics show the rescuers aren't wearing masks. The horror!/s
To: dynachrome
State Premier Dominic Perrottet has told residents the worst may be yet to come, with 26 evacuation orders affecting 40,000 people, as well as over 300,000 more people under evacuation warnings are in place.
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posted on
03/01/2022 3:47:47 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
To: dynachrome
Didn’t a government years ago say Australia would dry up and blow away because of Global Warming ,LOL
To: dynachrome
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posted on
03/01/2022 3:49:43 PM PST
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
To: Roman_War_Criminal
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posted on
03/01/2022 3:50:51 PM PST
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
To: dynachrome
I assume they didn’t evacuate the un-vaccinated and just left them in their homes to drown. Those evil people aren’t allowed to leave their homes for ANY reason.
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posted on
03/01/2022 3:51:14 PM PST
by
CFW
To: dynachrome
“Full article behind paywall.”
Pass.
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posted on
03/01/2022 3:51:19 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Roman_War_Criminal
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posted on
03/01/2022 3:52:15 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
To: dynachrome
I guess the ridiculous Covid pandemic wasn’t the only thing to be worried about!
Go to hell Australian Nazis.
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posted on
03/01/2022 3:56:51 PM PST
by
wildcard_redneck
(Welcome to leftist Planet Lab Cage where are YOU are the rat)
To: dynachrome
I love Epoch Times but the paywall stinks.
Thanks for your post BTW.
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posted on
03/01/2022 3:59:21 PM PST
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
To: dynachrome
I hope they all had masks on.
I know the government is fist and foremost concerned about that.
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posted on
03/01/2022 4:00:00 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
Tim Flannery said something about all the reservoirs drying up in Australia right before the floods like 10 or 20 years ago
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posted on
03/01/2022 4:00:26 PM PST
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
To: CFW
Those evil people aren’t allowed to leave their homes for ANY reason. This is simply not true.
I am getting really really sick of the utter lies people are spreading about Australia.
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posted on
03/01/2022 4:01:16 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: dynachrome
Where are the MASKS!?!?!?! No wonder their P.M. got Covid!
To: dynachrome
This can’t be! The Aussies were told this wouldn’t happened if they went full tilt on solar! LOL
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posted on
03/01/2022 4:12:23 PM PST
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: carriage_hill
I clicked the “or read this article without an account” link. Evidently the “paywall” is about as secure as Hillary’s email server. LOL
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posted on
03/01/2022 4:13:46 PM PST
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: wildcard_redneck
Yup. Sounds like the Antarctic ice cap has melted ahead of schedule.
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posted on
03/01/2022 4:13:54 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: Tell It Right
I missed that; many thanks, I’ll try it.
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posted on
03/01/2022 4:15:40 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: dynachrome
It's summer Down Under...droughts and floods are a dime a dozen.
To: butlerweave
And on the strength of those beliefs, flood-mitigating dam projects were defunded. Oops.
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posted on
03/01/2022 4:27:51 PM PST
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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