Political cheap shots and the Brisbane and SEQ floods
One of the weird things about Brisbane the last few days has been how some large areas of the city are pretty much untouched, though people’s lives are disrupted in all sorts of ways, with the CBD closed down, many [...]
The paranormal and the scientific method
There’s a fascinating story in the New York Times about a controversial paper about to appear in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The paper’s author is Daryl Bem, a respectable social psychologist famous enough to have made my [...]
Brisbane floods in retreat
The flood clean-up begins as the river retreats. The swollen Brisbane River has dropped to 2.7 metres and emotions are running high as residents start returning home to survey the damage caused by yesterday’s flood peak. About 26,000 homes had [...]
Climate clippings 11
These posts include a brief mention of a number of news items relating to climate change. They don’t preclude treating any of these topics at more length in a separate post. They can also serve as an open thread so [...]
What is our legacy on climate change? Where should our grandchildren live?
The image is a satellite photo of the US superstorm taken on October 26, 2010. At the time, Bigfork, Minnesota reported the lowest pressure ever recorded in a U.S. non-coastal storm, 955 mb. It was just one of the many [...]
Quick link: Scientific whaling cattle grazing
The Age: CATTLE grazing has controversially returned to the Alpine National Park, under the banner of scientific research, after a five-year ban. Cattle yesterday began to trickle back into the park as part of a six-year study to assess the [...]
Toowoomba flood pics
The main purpose of this post is to share some photos sent to me taken by my cousin’s brother-in-law in Toowoomba. But first some context. Paul Norton described the topography of Toowoomba thus: Just to give people some idea of [...]
Scotland Yard requires budget cuts
What else can you say in response to the shocking but not all that surprising story in The Guardian of an undercover cop spying on environmental activists. Undercover policeman Mark Kennedy posed as “Mark Stone”, a professional climber and environmental [...]
Wednesday Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by the now-classic aid to internet procrastination, the Cake Wrecks blog.
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Brisbane flood maps and up to date flood information
Latest updates for the flood situation around Brisbane.
Queensland floods get worse
ABC News: The death toll looks set to rise while a desperate search for survivors begins in the wake of devastating flash floods across southern Queensland yesterday. Eight people are dead and 72 missing after flash floods hit the Darling [...]
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