When our house was flooded we did have some help from many total strangers. On the days after the flood I had some people from down the street, who had noticed that I was on my own and struggling to get any our wrecked furniture out on the street to be picked up. The next thing I knew I had a house full of people all wanting to help, and we had a lot of the furniture out that day. (See picture on previous blog posting).
The next day we had a team of young guys (from the Gold Coast) who went through the house and pulled up all the carpet. That was a really big help and something that was way beyond my resources to do on my own. The following day we had the SES (State Emergency Services) come in and cleaned the house of mud and disinfect the floors. (SES in Australia are all volunteers, and do a great job for any emergency in Australia).
Some other people just showed up and helped, we had two older couples come in and help clean up, washing lots of our effected kitchen items and packed them in boxes. The president of the Ipswich Arts Society (Helen) came to help on another day. A total stranger from Sydney (Grant), who had come up to help was assigned to me through contact with the Ipswich Council. He was a great help in the last week, as now we are no longer the latest news.
We do not have a family network here in Ipswich and Brisbane, so outside help was the only way we could even start to get the job done of trying to get our home and lives back to normal. We still have a long way to go, many people have been praying for us and that has been a source of great comfort and blessing!
MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED AND ARE HELPING US COPE WITH THIS FLOOD.
There were and are many people who are in a lot worse situation than we are, and our thoughts are with them. Many people are uninsured or are having problems getting any sort of claim accepted. The Ipswich Council is taking any case that they can to the Insurance Council trying to make sure everyone gets a fair go!
I will post some more pictures in near future!
The next day we had a team of young guys (from the Gold Coast) who went through the house and pulled up all the carpet. That was a really big help and something that was way beyond my resources to do on my own. The following day we had the SES (State Emergency Services) come in and cleaned the house of mud and disinfect the floors. (SES in Australia are all volunteers, and do a great job for any emergency in Australia).
Some other people just showed up and helped, we had two older couples come in and help clean up, washing lots of our effected kitchen items and packed them in boxes. The president of the Ipswich Arts Society (Helen) came to help on another day. A total stranger from Sydney (Grant), who had come up to help was assigned to me through contact with the Ipswich Council. He was a great help in the last week, as now we are no longer the latest news.
We do not have a family network here in Ipswich and Brisbane, so outside help was the only way we could even start to get the job done of trying to get our home and lives back to normal. We still have a long way to go, many people have been praying for us and that has been a source of great comfort and blessing!
MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED AND ARE HELPING US COPE WITH THIS FLOOD.
There were and are many people who are in a lot worse situation than we are, and our thoughts are with them. Many people are uninsured or are having problems getting any sort of claim accepted. The Ipswich Council is taking any case that they can to the Insurance Council trying to make sure everyone gets a fair go!
I will post some more pictures in near future!
Tragedy can bring out the best in people. I would like to thank all the people that have prayed for and supported my Aussie family in their time of need. Warm regards, Shane
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