Parra Fans and the QLD Flood Crisis

[Tony Bongo]

There is a good chance that many people on this website and many Eels fans in general, or their family and friends, have been affected by the ongoing flood crisis up here. I was caught in the 74 floods, as I was staying with my grandparents at the time and remember well the devastation that followed. Let's hope this event is not as devastating.
I was thinking that it would be fantastic once this current disaster has passed to organise something as a community of supporters and a club to at least send a message to encourage and support our fellow Eels fans in particular who have been affected. The purpose of this blog is to firstly identify those Eels fans that have suffered through this and then ways we can perhaps engage fellow fans, players and the club to show our support.
One idea I had was for the Gold Coast and North Queensland games this year. I'm thinking of contacting the club to see if there is anything special they can offer these fans when our team plays in these areas. It may at least give some of them something to look forward to when this all passes. I appreciate that there are relief funds under way but in all honesty the real cost of the damage is in the Billions and although the 10 million raised so far is fantastic it won't fix things but it most certainly helps.
If anyone else has anything they wish to share, messages of support, people they are aware of who are affected or suggestions that may help, then post them here.

 

[Snoochies]

I was working at West End and was the first suburb to start flooding. We were evacuated nice and early but seems the rest of Brisbane has been lagging and finding it hard to get out of the city at the moment. Be an interesting 24 hours coming up.

 

[Tony Bongo]

I was working at West End and was the first suburb to start flooding. We were evacuated nice and early but seems the rest of Brisbane has been lagging and finding it hard to get out of the city at the moment. Be an interesting 24 hours coming up.

I think your in for a king tide tomorrow. Good Luck. Hopefully the rain eases.

 

[Nikki]

I think the wheels are already rolling at the club. Going by comments on Twitter Hayden Knowles and Chris Walker are already looking for/at ideas.

 

[Tony Bongo]

I think the wheels are already rolling at the club. Going by comments on Twitter Hayden Knowles and Chris Walker are already looking for/at ideas.

That's great. We can still put forward suggestions as well. I think it would be good for instance for the club to identify members in affected areas and offer them a free ticket to either the North Qld or Gold Coast game. It's not much but at least it would give them something to look forward to. Even just a personal message particularly sent to those members or fans could at least lift their spirits a little.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

I hope Noosa Eel is ok in Gympie.

 

[Avenger]

Does anyone know of a website with account details so that I can donate some money to the victims of the floods ?

 

[Maroubra Eel]

Does anyone know of a website with account details so that I can donate some money to the victims of the floods ?

Good idea. Not sure.

 

[Avenger]

I found it.

http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

 

[fish eel]

Does anyone know of a website with account details so that I can donate some money to the victims of the floods ?

Anna Bligh set this up last week:
http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

 

[Hellsy]

This is absolutely mental!! We have about 20 stores closed, several underwater - 2 on the main street of Toowoomba!
Plus they evacuated Port Brisbane on Fisherman's Island this arvo which is where our DC is.
http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Toowoomba-Darling-Downs-Flood-Photos-Info/121413644594262

 

[Avenger]

Anna Bligh set this up last week:
http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

I found it. I just donated.

 

[dazeely]

This is truely unbelievable. Absolutely devastating. Scary stuff guys. Going to get worse before it gets better too. At the moment my house is ok but some family and friends not so lucky. So much damage so much heartache. Disaster zone.

Thanks for your kind thoughts by the way.

 

[hineyrulz]

The scary thing is it will only get worse in Brisbane and Ipswich, my place should be ok but some family and friends will be in trouble. Not sure how i will be getting to work if i can :crazy:

 

[Snoochies]

The worst is to come on Thursday, so what we are seeing at the moment isn't much compared to what will be.

 

[Tony Bongo]

The worst is to come on Thursday, so what we are seeing at the moment isn't much compared to what will be.

Yeah that's the saddest thing mate. Other than the sudden and tragic loss of lives, the worst for many is yet to come. I was in the floods of 74 and I can't begin to describe accurately the extent of the devastation I saw. The smell, dead animals floating in the street, people homeless with no where to go and yes the biggest thing was the desperation to get basics like milk and bread. The next thing people are told it is all over and that becomes the point where it all begins.

 

[Twizzle]

I think the wheels are already rolling at the club. Going by comments on Twitter Hayden Knowles and Chris Walker are already looking for/at ideas.

So are we (LU)

I'm open for suggestions.

 

[Twizzle]

This is pretty scary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUpkPTcqPY&feature=player_embedded#

This is in real time, takes about 6 minutes for this creek to rise to wash most of these cars away.

 

[yy_cheng]

Just an aside,

if that type of rain hits sydney, which areas would be affected most?

San Souci, etc.

What about near the rivers, e.g Parra river

 

[Hellsy]

Windsor, the Nepean river rises quickly all the time with the run off from the Blue Mtns. My store out there flooded a few weeks ago and rain was nothing like Qld!!