So I'm kinda surrounded by water right now...

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Okay, not dangerously surrounded, but there's about a 500 metre radius of dry land from where I am until everything just becomes water. You probably saw or read that parts of Australia are getting screwed over by floods; it just so happens I'm kind of stuck in the middle of. The river closest to me that is overflowing is supposed to reach it's peak height this afternoon (which is now I guess), but from the looks of things, there luckily won't be any water damage to the house I live in, or its inhabitants (such as myself!). Anyhoos, decreased activity (there might be power outages at any given time, etc.) will be due to this crappy flooding business which is annoying the hell outta me. Also, I had to eat cereal without milk this morning because we're surrounded by water, with that 500 metre radius, and there aren't any shops in said radius. They advertise over here that "nothing gets in between Coco Pops and milk"... unfortunately, this morning, something did get in between the pair; a huge puddle of water. I was tempted to just pour water over my Coco Pops and pretend it was milk, but I settled for eating 'em dry with a glass of water nearby just in case.

But yeah, don't worry, I'm still intact! And I should be intact for many years to come.
 
Huzzah...? Well you certainly do have a way of wording things.
 
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Bonus points because that was some story there, Dan.
We're technically also being surrounded by water at the moment. Frozen, white water that is.
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Yeah, this is all over the news where I live. Weird that you are having floods over there, considering we just had a dry winter... again...

Question: May we burrow a cup of your flood?
 
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Yeah, this is all over the news where I live. Weird that you are having floods over there, considering we just had a dry winter... again...

Question: May we burrow a cup of your flood?
PWEEZ take a million cups of water, heh. I'm just getting really sick of the news CONSTANTLY repeating the same footage every two minutes. I know people need to stay updated, but not like that. The radio's doing a better job than the television stations anyway.

It is kind of a retarded weather system anyways.
 
I'll save you Dan! Let me just go get on My Shy Guy Coat and put on my Shy Guy boots so I can go to my Shy Guy Boat and go down the Shy Guy river that will lead to you. Unfortunately it seems I have lost my Shy Guy Boat Keys for my Shy Guy Boat. But what's this, I check my Shy Shy Guy Pockets and I find my Shy Guy Boat Keys. I'm coming to save you Dan! Shy Guy!
 
Good to hear you're still intact. Just watch out for giant fish and leeches and you'll be fine.
 
PWEEZ take a million cups of water, heh. I'm just getting really sick of the news CONSTANTLY repeating the same footage every two minutes. I know people need to stay updated, but not like that. The radio's doing a better job than the television stations anyway.

It is kind of a retarded weather system anyways.
It's also on almost EVERY FREAKING CHANNEL!
 
Yesterday, on the news, here in the UK, they had maybe 2 or 3 different storylines, but constanly repeated. Some of this may be too local and you may not be aware of it, or you might, I don't know. Anyway:
Some guy has been jailed for 34 months for dropping a fire extinguisher from a roof during some student protests
The daughter of a well-known Northern Irish sports star was murdered on her honeymoon
Something about a farm (which I've been to) and an E coli outbreak in 2009
Floods in Australia
Some guy has been jailed for 34 months for dropping a fire extinguisher from a roof during some student protests
The daughter of a well-known Northern Irish sports star was murdered on her honeymoon
Something about a farm (which I've been to) and an E coli outbreak in 2009
Floods in Australia
Some guy has been jailed for 34 months for dropping a fire extinguisher from a roof during some student protests
The daughter of a well-known Northern Irish sports star was murdered on her honeymoon
Something about a farm (which I've been to) and an E coli outbreak in 2009
Floods in Australia

Although the news gets VERY annoying when it does this:
*20 minutes on the same subject* -- insert that closing question..... then immediately "A reminder of our top story" .... wow, we need reminding?
 
Wow, I hope that any of our Australian userbase isn't hurt. Nature is cruel in that area of Australia is usually dry where the flooding is going on. Supposedly, there have been many casualties, including death. The footage I've seen is cars being pulled with the flow. It's ironic, because I think before there were water limits on that area.
 
Wow, I hope that any of our Australian userbase isn't hurt. Nature is cruel in that area of Australia is usually dry where the flooding is going on. Supposedly, there have been many casualties, including death. The footage I've seen is cars being pulled with the flow. It's ironic, because I think before there were water limits on that area.
Yeah, there were water restrictions a few years ago, and now it's this. It's basically just the cycle that Australia goes through, there's a season of drought and a season of rain, and it just loops through that basically (that's a simple explanation, mind you).

As I type this, I think there's a death toll of 15, with 50 or so people missing. Pretty bad news, and what's worse is that they estimate it'll take 2 years to fully restore everything. That means I would have finished my 18 month course I'm planning on studying and there will still be things that need to fixed.

But yeah, THE NEWS IS SO FRIGGIN' ANNOYING, ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGH. LOOPED FOOTAGE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
 
My news stations in the US aren't reporting any floods in Australia. I guess Boston, Massachusetts doesn't care about Australia. :'[

If it is any consolidation, we just got hit with a big 'ol winter blizzard... 15" of heavy, wet snow! Mind you, my driveway is practically a 90 degree angle, so shoveling it is not the greatest of times. :s
 
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