Wanted: One Ark

So it's 1am and I can't sleep... nothing unusual there...
Cept that the reason tonight is purely because of the god awful noises outside my bedroom window.
Our infamous hot Aussie summer has turned to shit, so far we've probably had a week or two of intermittent good weather, the rest has just been wet and miserable.

Tonight is no different, all around us roads are being closed off due to rising flood waters. A few people had to leave work early today so they didn't end up stranded in town and away from their loved ones (and their animals). Considering the ammount of rain that's coming down at the moment, I'm thinking they won't be making it back to work tomorrow though.
On top of the rain we have gale force winds, trees are dropping all over the place just to add another inconvenience to the mix.
It's horrible to say, but I kind of hope that one of the local rivers rises enough to cut off the main road to Avoca. That way I'll get a day or two off work... But more importantly it means that I won't have to sit at work wondering if I'll make it back home and I can be of some use to the kitchens in Maryborough (with the floods, we'll be a few vital staff members down). The rising water also means that a number of patients can't be discharged from the hospital as they have no viable means of getting home safely, so we're all just playing it by ear and trying to do the best we can.

Still, none of this compares to the devastation faced by those in Queensland... at least one of the major free to air channels is reporting live pretty much 24/7 and some of the imagery is just horrible.
Houses where you can only see the roofs above the water... dead animals washed up on railway tracks... live ones trying to keep their heads above water... countless people are missing and the last time I heard at least 12 people were dead.

I don't get it, we've had droughts for over a decade and now we get torrential downpours to the point of total annihilation of towns. Come on Mother Nature, pull up your socks and give us a break!

I hope my family up north are all still OK. Last I heard they were looking pretty safe, but hey these things can change in an instant apparently. So fingers crossed they pull through.

Normally, I would crack some kind of joke right about now in an effort to lighten the mood or even try to find some positive to come out of all of this. But I just can't.
It scares me that nature can be this heartless, I mean fuck there's even been a tsunami of flood water hit. Cause it wasn't bad enough to start with...



Certainly puts my life into perspective... sure I've faced some pretty crappy days lately, but at least I still have a roof over my head, a place to sleep, a hot meal and clothes on my back. In comparison to Queensland, I'm doing just peachy!

On that note, my thoughts go out to all of those who lost loved ones in these floods and I hope beyond hope that all this seemingly senseless carnage comes to a screaming halt sometime soon.