[AusNOG] Brisbane?

Karl Kloppenborg karl at karltec.net
Tue Jan 11 14:33:50 EST 2011


Thanks Matt!

I think people in the area (well at least people I am talking to) might be hyping the situation up a bit.



Cheers!
Karl Kloppenborg


On 11/01/2011, at 14:32, Matt Carter wrote:

> Sure..
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> http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=159542524093768
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>  Police advise there have been no forced evacuations in Brisbane, as the flooding situation rapidly worsens.
> by Queensland Police Service on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 1:26pm
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> ...Says it pretty concisely.
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> From: Karl Kloppenborg [mailto:karl at karltec.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday 11 January 2011 1:29 PM
> To: Matt Carter
> Cc: Greg Macsok; AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net; David Hughes
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Brisbane?
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> Well that goes against what I have heard from my friends up there, link?
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> I have been trying to call them back on mobile but can't get through, I think they are on the phone and its not congestion...
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> Will post anything substantial that I hear.
> 
> Cheers!
> Karl Kloppenborg
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> On 11/01/2011, at 14:24, Matt Carter wrote:
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> Re forced evac’s.
> 2 minutes ago.
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> January 11, 2011
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> Issued at: 1.20pm
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> Brisbane flood situation
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> Police advise there have been no forced evacuations in Brisbane, as the flooding situation rapidly worsens.
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> We urge people to plan their journey home carefully, and to leave plenty of time to get home before water cuts off a number roads in low-lying areas.
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> Traffic is building as people do attempt to get home and ongoing rain is slowing journeys. All motorists are urged to drive to the conditions, take care on the road and avoid driving into floodwater. 
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> The community is advised to listen to radio and news updates for further information and call 13 19 40 for more information on road closures. The 131940.qld.gov.au website is also posting information as it comes to hand.
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> Issued by Police Media
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> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Karl Kloppenborg
> Sent: Tuesday 11 January 2011 1:18 PM
> To: Greg Macsok
> Cc: AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net; David Hughes
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Brisbane?
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> Yes, I have been talking to family friends who work in the CBD,
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> They have been advised / escorted to leave the CBD and that the power grid is being shut down for their area.
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> Cheers!
> Karl Kloppenborg
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> Please consider the environment before printing this email. Think before you print. 
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> On 11/01/2011, at 14:08, Greg Macsok wrote:
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> We have just been advised that the local power utility will be shutting off an entire grid section of Brisbane CBD's power and have been told to turn off all equipment.
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> Luckily for us, we aren't a datacentre and are only having to shut down two servers in our local office.
> 
> After speaking with others locally, it appears it isn't an isolated issue - large sections of the CBD are being forcibly evacuated - no chances are being taken.
> 
> Greg
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Shaun Deans :: Kadeo
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 10:54 AM
> To: David Hughes; Matthew Moyle-Croft
> Cc: AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Brisbane?
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> A lot of the Brisbane sites are showing low bandwidth versions due to the amount of visitors.
> For updates on actual "flood damage" people can check:
>           http://www.facebook.com/QueenslandPolice
>           http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of David Hughes
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 12:53 PM
> To: Matthew Moyle-Croft
> Cc: AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Brisbane?
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> 
> I was about to suggest checking out www.ourbrisbane.com for updates and access to web cams but it's off the air.  That can't be a good sign.
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> 
> David
> ...
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> On 11/01/2011, at 12:38 PM, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:
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> 
> Hi,
> Interested in any on the ground info about what's happening - anyone left in the CBD or especially Fortitude Valley and around the river who can comment?  (I claim that this is very relevant to operations).
>  
> So far we've seen no significant loss of broadband sessions in Queensland.
>  
> MMC
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