need gumboots?

the problem with being away from home and busy is that your real life is also busy and goes on without you.

Real life for us is a little bit worrying just now

because

Pippapotamus and the Compassionate Lord of Darkness

live in Brisbane,

Central Brisbane,

not too far from the river

but on a hill

in house now filled with refugees from the flooding.

But Pippapotamus,

the responsible egg that she is,

is still going to work

which requires her to cross the river*

that is now in flood,

biggest (deepest?) since 1974.

Pippapotamus, be sensible eh?

The only reason I went to work during our civil defense emergency

was because it was outside of the Quake Zone and peacefully un-shaken

(since the Boxing Day earthquake three buildings have had to be torn down in Methven

so keep the un-shaken in perspective).

Stay dry Pippatotamus et al and boil your water.

Believe me the aftermath of a disaster is worse than the disaster!

Welcome to Post Traumatic Stress land.

* There are bridges and they're quite high over the river to be fair.