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"At first, the levee bank held firm as the flood waters came.
Locals had tirelessly constructed the dirt wall, building on areas where the
last major flood had approached the south-west Queensland town.
“We had a flood in 2010. They were building around where it came through back
then,” Thargomindah resident Jackie Dare said.
“Everything looked good and it was holding up.”
Then the levee broke.
“It didn’t roll over the top. The water came through gaps. All of a sudden it
just gave,” Dare said.
“We had just worked tirelessly making new levee banks, dumping dirt.
“But you can’t fight Mother Nature when she is on a roll like that.”
Few places in Thargomindah were spared, with more than 90% of homes affected by
the flooding.
Every business has been inundated, including the local Foodworks.
The grocery store appeared to be safe after it was rebuilt years ago, above the
1974 flood record level.
Water almost one metre high still swept through the shop when the flood waters
came this week.
“This is totally unprecedented,” Dare said."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
