And this rain does not stop......

This rain is well & truly here and things are getting a little scary.  I have never seen anything like this the whole 14 years I have lived in Brisbane.  We are in Paddington and are in a Queenslander style house on a big hill, the water just runs down the street or under the house and I think there is no danger of us being flooded.

I just went down to the local shops at Milton to grab a few things and the few shops on the trip down there are taped up & have sandbags.  My local park is now a thigh deep swimming pool and unbelievably people are down there running around in it.  The rain has not cooled things down at all, it is so humid and sticky. 

Leigh works in Cenral Plazza 2 in the CBD and was evacuated at about 11am this morning.  Unfortunately he did not get to come home, he was sent to his companies disaster recovery site to man things from there.  Several of our friends have been evacuated from their homes and have had to go to shelters but you can not take your pets.

They are predicting this could be worse then the 74 floods & that D day will be Thursday.   Hoping things get better than worse.  I feel very lucky that we are all together and safe in our home tonight, I feel terrible for those who are not.

This is the river walk at New farm where we go for walks often - it has been closed off

This is Coronation Drive about a 5 min drive from home