Queensland Floods Spread to NSW

Back-to-Back Disasters Could Hit Australia

Australia: Rainfall Forecast

BOM Forecast: Total Rainfall [07 to 14 Jan 2011]

B.O.M. Product Code: IDYPME04

Queensland Flood Map

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NSW Flood Map

Australia Flood Map

Source: BOM

Click images to enlarge. Download large image (5 MB, JPEG) — captured January 6, 2011

Download large image (5 MB, JPEG) — captured December 12, 2010

Queensland floodwaters move south of the state border affecting the village of Goodooga in New South Wales, Australia, in early January 2011.  The two false-color images were taken by MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite before and after the flood waters crossed the state border. The top image was captured on January 6, 2011, and the bottom on December 12, 2010.  “Both images use a combination of infrared and visible light to increase the contrast between water and land. Water ranges in color from light blue to navy. Clouds appear light blue-green and cast shadows onto the land surface below. Vegetation is bright green. Bare ground appears in shades of pink-brown. The rectangular areas of fluorescent green and light blue south of the river belong to an irrigation station.” Source: NASA-EO.

Source: Image from Japan Meteorological Agency satellite MTSAT-1R via Bureau of Meteorology. Posted on 7 January 2011 14:08 UTC

• Latest Satellite Image.
• IR Color Animation

TOP PRIORITY  – FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
Heavy rainfall leading to localised flash flooding and potentially worsening the existing river flood situation
For people in the Southeast Coast and Wide Bay and Burnett districts. — Issued at 10:50 pm on Friday 7 January 2011

Synoptic Situation: At 10pm EST, an upper level low was located offshore fromthe Capricornia district while a low level trough was located near the Wide Baycoast.

Heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms are currently occurring about the southern Wide Bay and Burnett district and are forecast to develop about the Sunshine Coast during Saturday morning, and remaining parts of the Southeast Coast district on Saturday afternoon. Heavy rain may lead to localised flash floodingand/or worsen existing river flooding.

Flood warnings are current for various rivers and streams in these districts;refer to these products [www.bom.gov.au/qld] for further information.

The State Emergency Service advises that people in the affected area should:
· avoid driving, walking or riding through flood waters
· take care on the roads, especially in heavy downpours
· avoid swimming in swollen rivers and creeks

Contact the SES on 132 500 for emergency assistance if required.

The next warning is due to be issued by 5am Saturday

This warning is also available through TV and Radio broadcasts; the Bureau’s website at http://www.bom.gov.au or call 1300 659 219. The Bureau and State Emergency Service would appreciate this warning being broadcast regularly.

Queensland Warnings Summary

• Coastal Wind Warning 1,
• Severe Weather Warning 1,
• Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Queensland 1,
• Flood Warning – Fitzroy River,
• Flood Warning – Burnett River,
• Flood Warning – Mary River,
• Flood Warning – Stanley & Brisbane above Wivenhoe Dam,
• Flood Warning – Lockyer, Bremer, Warrill & Brisbane below Wivenhoe.,
• Flood Warning – Condamine-Balonne Rivers,
• Flood Warning – Macintyre/Weir,
• Flood Warning – Moonie River,
• Flood Warning – Thomson/Barcoo/Cooper Ck,
• Queensland flood warning summary.

• Tropical Cyclone Warnings and Information

New South Wales Warnings Summary

• Flood Watch 1,
• Flood Warning – Richmond/Wilsons,
• Flood Warning – MacIntyre River,
• Flood Warning – Peel and Namoi Rivers,
• Flood Warning – Castlereagh River,
• Flood Warning – MacQuarie River,
• Flood Warning – Bogan River,
• Flood Warning – Lachlan River,
• Flood Warning – Murrumbidgee River,
• Flood Warning – Murray River,
• Flood Warning – Culgoa, Bokhara, Narran,
• Flood Warning – Warrego River,
• Flood Warning – Barwon-Darling US Bourke.

Related Links:

• Australian Disasters
  

• Queensland Flooding – Satellite Images Posted by feww on January 6, 2011
• Australia: More Severe Weather Looms
• Mosquitoes Plague Flooded Rockhampton
• Queensland Flood Update – 3 Jan 2011

• Nature’s DoS Attack on Australia
• Queensland Flooding: Disaster of “Biblical Proportions”
• Australia Flood Update
• Thousands of Australians Evacuate Flood-hit Queensland

Real Terrorism!

Main Difference Between Real Terrorism and Officially-Concocted Stories is the Number of Potential Victims

Up to 5,000 German farms have been closed after large quantities of dioxin- contaminated animal feed were discovered.

Facts:

• Up to 5,000 German farms have been closed.
• The full extent of the dioxin contamination has not been revealed.
• About 150,000 potentially contaminated eggs were exported to the Netherlands for reprocessing.
• At least 1,000 chicken farms across Germany are banned from selling eggs and poultry.
• Up to 10,000 chickens have already been culled.
• A reported 55 tons of suspect feed has already been fed to chickens.
• A total of about 530 tons of feed may be contaminated.
• Dioxin is highly toxic, and even in minute quantities can cause cancer in humans.
• Most Dioxin chemicals are persistent in the environment and accumulate in humans and animals. They affect the nervous, reproductive and immune systems.
• The contamination is more widespread than originally thought

German authorities have reveled that about 3,000 tons of animal feed contaminated with dioxin, a highly toxic carcinogen, was sent to poultry and hog farms across the country. Eggs from some of the farms were then exported to the Netherlands for processing, and have since entered Britain in various food products destined for human consumption, a report quoted the EU executive as saying.

“These eggs were mixed with other non-contaminated eggs to make pasteurised liquid egg. This pasteurised liquid egg has been distributed to the UK,” according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Dioxin levels ‘far exceeded’ limits

“Authorities in the eastern states of Brandenburg and Saxony Anhalt said that at least 55 tons of suspect feed out of a total of 527 tons had already been fed to chickens and that more than 100,000 contaminated eggs had gone to market.” Said another report.

The dioxin-contaminated animal feed was sold by Harles & Jentzsch, a German feed manufacturer in Schleswig-Holstein, which in turn received toxic products from a dealer in the Netherlands.

Harles & Jentzsch told Deutsche Welle that “for years it had been mixing waste from biodiesel production into animal feed.”

The company said they had “assumed that the fatty acid waste from palm, soy and rapeseed oil used to make biofuels and supplied by the Dutch company was suitable for animal feed.”

“The German biodiesel company, Petrotec, which supplied the fatty acids to the Dutch feed dealer, said its products were for industrial lubricants only and not intended for animal feed.”

Related News Links:

• Contamination eggs from German farms enter UK
• Fact Sheet on dioxin in feed and food
• EU wants answers over German animal feed dioxin scandal

FIURE-EARTH Links:

• Food Recall