On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Jean Hollis Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Several people have emailed me to ask if I've been affected by the great > Queensland floods. I'm happy to say that no, the floods are well south > of here. We've been having a lot of rain here (though not this week) and > do have a drainage problem around our 2-year-old house, but no flooding > into the house.
Jean and all, I am glad to know that Cairns and Townsville have avoided the floods and that you are not affected. There are hundreds of thousands of people who have been forced from their homes in the Gladstone and Rockhampton regions and lost all of their possessions. Farming and the minerals industry, which I am a part of, has been affected in a big way, which has many many people unable to work until the clean up is complete. Knowing many people who have lost a lot, I am contributing towards the support appeal to assist the people who have lost everything. If people feel the same way as I do, the Salvation Army, an amazing Australian social support organisation, is collecting funds to ensure those hardest hit have a chance to recover. Please consider donating a few dollars towards this tragedy. http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/ I thank all those who have and will donate, as well as everyone who sends their thoughts and prayers to those in crisis at this time in Gladstone and Rockhampton. Michael Wheatland -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
