[AusNOG] Brisbane?

Jason Sinclair Jason.Sinclair at staff.pipenetworks.com
Tue Jan 11 19:59:20 EST 2011 

Hi Noggers,

As one of the sorry souls who couldn't get back from Sydney in time to get home tonight in Brisbane I can give a pretty good update of the Brisbane CBD (as at 18:40 BNE time).

Most roads in the CBD are ok - the bottom end of town along the Eagle St Pier is slightly underwater as are the back parts of Milton and behind Suncorp Stadium.

DC3/4 in Brunswick St and 100 Wickham appear to be ok at this stage, however tomorrow will be more telling as peak levels are meant to hit between 11pm and 3am overnight tonight.

I am camping out in the city tonight (thanks to all those who offered a bed to stay in tonight!) but wanted to be near work and keep an eye on things. There's an awful lot of water about and I haven't ever seen anything like this, however I think there a whole lot more people who are suffering pretty badly at the moment in parts of Qld - so a forced night out I can't really complain about!

If I see anything worrying tonight or hear anything will keep you all updated.

Jas

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From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Edington
Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 2:29 PM
To: Matt Carter; Karl Kloppenborg; Greg Macsok
Cc: AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net; David Hughes
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Brisbane?

Hi all,

At this stage we are not aware of any forced evacuations in the Brisbane CBD, or any news that Energex will be turning off the power grid. As it's already been posted, the QLD Police have advised that there are no forced evacuations taking place at this time.

We have reviewed information available, both from current flood maps and previous flood information from 1974, and have concluded that the PIPE datacentres in Brisbane CBD (DC1/DC2) and Fortitude Valley (DC3/DC4) are unlikely to be affected by current events.

At this stage our NOC is still manned, and will continue to be until it's unsafe to do so or staff need to return home.

If the situation changes we'll be notifying customers as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Andrew.
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From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Matt Carter
Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 1:25 PM
To: 'Karl Kloppenborg'; Greg Macsok
Cc: AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net; David Hughes
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Brisbane?

Re forced evac's.
2 minutes ago.


January 11, 2011

Issued at: 1.20pm 

Brisbane flood situation

Police advise there have been no forced evacuations in Brisbane, as the flooding situation rapidly worsens.

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. 

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. 

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.

Issued by Police Media 


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?

Yes, I have been talking to family friends who work in the CBD,

They have been advised / escorted to leave the CBD and that the power grid is being shut down for their area.



Cheers!
Karl Kloppenborg

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On 11/01/2011, at 14:08, Greg Macsok wrote:

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.

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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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?

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/



-----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?


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.


David
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On 11/01/2011, at 12:38 PM, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:

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.

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