On 2011/01/13, at 06:50 , Bill Hooper wrote: > Pat, > > We are all concerned with the terrible flooding in Brisbane and all of > Queensland. We were shocked to see the rampaging rivers that were washing > parking lots full of cars down stream. We are saddened by the loss of life as > well. > > We wish Australia well and success in saving life and property, and in the > inevitable task of reconstruction. > > Sincerely, > Bill Hooper
Dear Bill, Thanks for your kind thoughts. It is indeed a disaster that will take months, even years, for the good folk in Queensland to get over. But they are a robust lot who know how to work together with the support of their neighbours. The other states send specialist rescue teams, the New Zealanders send a highly trained disaster recovery team, the Indonesians and the Papua-Niu Ginians send money for the Queensland Premiers Relief Fund, and our good friends in Sri Lanka send enough tea for everyone in the rescue teams to enjoy a "nice hot cuppa" between their shifts. Fortunately, for us in Geelong, we are only on the tail end of this rain system. We will probably get about 150 millimetres of rain today and this will produce some minor flooding and some flash floods but not in the same order as Queensland. Interestingly, these floods have arrived at the end of 12 years of drought. We live in interesting times. To add a metrication note; all predictions of flood water levels are given in metres to a single decimal place. For instance the Brisbane peak was predicted to be 8.5 metres. Later this was downgraded to 8.4 metres and the final figure is measured and reported with two decimal places as in this case 8.26 metres. As one of the Bureau of Meteorology experts said, "Don't forget that with floods every millimetre counts!" Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
