Thread: Floods - Stupid things journos say

pando, dont go picking on the other country size quotes, its not for us its a sound bite for the international news shows and viewers.

if I told you an area the size of london was on fire in england it wouldnt mean as much to you as if I said an area in england the size of the ACT is on fire.

I like that one of the reps had the balls to go back to the old bloke who told ruddy that hed have a schnapps and beer waiting for him, was interviewed again after and poked fun to not say "I told you so" was then taken up on his offer of the schnapps and just for a change they actually drunk it on air....

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Actually, the south west corner of WA has about the most consistent rainfall in OZ. They may not get as much as brisbane on average, but it turns up without fail every winter.

However, Perth doesn't even have stormwater drains worth mentioning that shocked me when I first got here. The gutters just run into soakwells (small holes in the ground) - if that! The rain just soaks into the sand - even that day a couple of years back when we got 100mm in 2 hrs - about the same as toowoomba got a couple of days ago.

What about the rain that came with the hailstorm in March??? IIRC that was the biggest single dump ever recorded in Perth. I sat at my office watching Kewdale Rd slowly flood in both directions. Our yard went underwater inside 10 minutes and we had the pits half full in 30 and they are both about 15m x 1 x 1 in size. The concrete humps into the workshop couldn't hold back the influx.
Meanwhile out the front, the verge and median strip were filling up with drowned cars!


Sent from my mobile tellingbone using rock carvings.

I was fascinated to watch the report that showed a woman who was documenting all her losses for insurance purposes as she threw them out and the footage showed a wheelbarrow full of DVDs.
Does the water get into the movie somehow?
A lot of panic and Hoo Har about no milk on the shelves! Has everyone forgotten about powdered milk that does not require refrigeration?
One good story I heard though involves a friend of ours with an apartment in a block in Brisbane that went under. He went to the local hardware, bought a couple of boxes of silicon stuff, sealed his doors and windows with it then vacated the premises.
Came back yesterday, cut the silicon and walked into a pristine unit!! All others on the same level were ruined.
Refreshing to hear that common sense and a bit of "outside the square" thinking still exists amongst one or two of our general public.
Regards
Glen

What ever sells papers and gets the viewers.

The false ceiling in the movie cinemas her collapsed on the 3rd of January. In cinema 4 and 5 the whole ceiling collapes on movie goers and came down like a plunger.

There was this one clown who wasnt even in there but was hanging around outside trying to get in by using his Rural Fire Service ID who managed to some how get interviewed by one of the local news channels and he said something to the effect of "Yeah, it was crazy, it was like afghanistan".

I found it amazing that the channel actually allowed this to get to air. Firstly how does he even know what its like in afghanistan and secondly how would he know what it was like in the cinema he wasnt in there.

I was fascinated to watch the report that showed a woman who was documenting all her losses for insurance purposes as she threw them out and the footage showed a wheelbarrow full of DVDs.

Yes I noticed a couple chucking out an impressive queen size bed head and base made of wood and cast steel, in the SMH photo gallery
A good time to refurnish the house ( on insurance) I guess.
Regards Philip A

Not journalists but victims I am afraid.
Couple at Goodna who were at their house after the water had been OVER THE GUTTERING and this was a Queenslander on stumps.
They said to the interviewer that they were devastated because they had bought the Queenslander because they were told it was floodproof.
Now remember this flood was lower than 1974.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Not journalists but victims I am afraid.
Couple at Goodna who were at their house after the water had been OVER THE GUTTERING and this was a Queenslander on stumps.
They said to the interviewer that they were devastated because they had bought the Queenslander because they were told it was floodproof.
Now remember this flood was lower than 1974.
Regards Philip A

Obfuscation of the truth is the biggest growth industry in Oz. It does come back to bite practitioners on the **** , unfortunately after too much needless damage has happened to innocent believers in basic human values.

cheers, David L

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Not journalists but victims I am afraid.
Couple at Goodna who were at their house after the water had been OVER THE GUTTERING and this was a Queenslander on stumps.
They said to the interviewer that they were devastated because they had bought the Queenslander because they were told it was floodproof.
Now remember this flood was lower than 1974.
Regards Philip A

Never believe a realestate agent of a used car salesman.