I'm here at my local café with friends and it's like a real survivors club. The atmosphere is intense, try to imagine - everyone's telling their stories.
Like trying to navigate the Main Street in a flat bottom boat when you've got doors and toilets seats and furniture sailing down and hitting you.
The water was five meters above river level. A metre in the street. It forced in all the shop fronts and demolished walls.
The power and water has only just come back on. The pumps weren't working, so a metre of water came into your house and turned your tables and chairs and fridges upside down, saturated your mattresses, your bedding, what would you do?
So everyone's exhausted from cleaning up and especially dealing with the trauma of the last two weeks, it's been very emotional for some.
Certain have worked nonstop, leading relief efforts, setting the example; others are grateful to have someone to figure out the next steps.
I was very lucky. The property manager organised the resistance and the cleanup fterwards. The staff have been magnificent and the residents who stayed made a close community.
I was lucky to escape the worst by going to my hotel in the mountains, but now we’re back and all sticking together to get through this.
Hope nothing like this ever hits you!
Post script
Why it's not a good idea to walk home in a flooded street on the pavement....it's better to walk in the middle of the road.
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