Mackay Flood 2008 Part 1

[MrTazprodutions]

mcc got flooded big time

[shelza33]

What's the music, does anyone know?

[shezzaree]

omg! i lived here when this happened had to get a friend with his ute to get us out of our house!!!! it was completely flooded, we had to make our escape thru mt pleasant! very scary

[2sianna]

oh my it was up to my knees coz i live in mackay

[spidermanvscorpion]

1:11 thats northview gardens

[mackayshuffler]

this was when dordy died ):

[JackRabbitUnlimited]

@mackayshuffler I miss Dordy =[

[mackayshuffler]

@JackRabbitUnlimited same i didnt know him very well but my best mates sister was like his best friend i talked to him a few times

[mangoportions]

lets not forget the croc swiming around the i think its the soccore or footy field in andergrove... but smallfryzz its fuckheads like u that made it worse.... the wake from ur car coming into houses.

[Leonii101]

I think the croc was at the gooseponds

[bourky93]

The floods were awsome :D! Epic skim boarding sessions for days ^.^

[csgrambauer]

Our house in East Mackay was pretty flooded as well. Water rose in our laundry halfway to three quarters up our washing machine (up to our waist). Make matters worst is that under our low block house, previous tenants had left rubbish, old baby nappies, a dead cat or two and other various chemicals and fuel. It all went through our house eventually. Now; we're sick from it! :(

[2sianna]

did u say east mackay tats where i live goldsmith street near scissor snip its.

[valetdabess]

oh i remember this... i was at south mackay at the city gates... people were boogie boarding in the streets. i parked the car on an island. was soooooooooooo fun. i shoulda got out

[amilldevil107]

2:21 is right near my mum and step dads house but i live in melbourne, i heard stories how bad it was but wow...

[Ausgirlxo]

i live in glenella on a hill and if ya went outside ont he road u would of got washed away

[fuckinghellcunt]

yeah we had jet skis up and down our st, fuckheads caused more damage. damage bill was over $100 million actually

[uhOHxGheyz]

i remember seeing a boy in a canoe down goldsmith xD

[Benno719]

total damage bill reached i think around 30-40 million.

[RebeccaTheStrange]

Scary

[AussieAdrenalin]

24 Hour Rainfall Figures to 9am on Feb 15:

625mm East Mackay, 615mm Gooseponds Willets Rd, 610mm Mackay River St, 604mm Hospital Bridge, 532mm Pleystowe Sugar Mill, 532mm Te Kowai, 499mm Dumbleton Weir, 494mm Greenmount, 389mm Bakers Ck, 356mm Mirani, 356mm Mackay Mt Bassett, 300mm Brampton Island, 270mm Eton, 267mm Gargett, 165mm Finch Hatton, 126mm Eungella, 108mm Sarina, 83mm Mt Jukes, 23mm Calen

[ladiesmanforlife]

The floods were pretty bad in Mackay. I mean I live in Calen, which is 50 minutes north of Mackay, and we absouloutly got battered with rain. The school was closed, but no where near flooding like that. Just tremendous!!

[dixyguy12]

i live in Canberra street 2 mtres through ours

[Benno719]

if 2 metres of water went through ur house u would be sitting on the roof if that wasnt under, no way u had 2m through urs

[BloomBabyBloom]

2 metres of water is possible. A couple of suburbs were full of flooded water. Some people went on roofs.

[pbsmick]

My family lives in Mackay and yes people did have 2m or more through some sections. Were you there?

[Reefari]

Amazing footage, we got flooded in East Mackay, we weren't going anywhere.

[AdelaideFlex]

were blacks beach, dolphin heads and eimeo also flooded?

[st2fairmont397]

hey there i was at emerald floods are these the floods from emerald i was there with the SES it was a mess up there but i didn't have my video camera cheers

[scottypower86]

i know you said you where driving slow. but i have to strongly agree with the comments from others there was no need to drive around making waves going into ppls houses. you guys should of stopped and woke up to urselfs!

[titseye]

that is our house at 1:40 it onli got the the drive way but hel i fel bad for the other houses that got wreack...Good movie small frizz better then what the news showed...You must of done something like this before..Good work!

[Magoo303]

i live down there at 1:52 and my house was flooded like a btich everything was wet but addleast we got to skim board lmao

[dezza8787]

good i hope it brought the housing prices there down

[MIXTAPEmedicals]

i live in east mackay, and my driveway was up to my knees. i went down goldsmith and it was up to my waist at lynch.

people were going around in boats around goldsmith man, it was like a circus

[lustyddbusty]

Mackay is my home town.. :( All I can say is WOW... I cant believe how bad it really was. The footage on the news shows nothing! Im showing this to my parents..

[sexysazza81]

We live in Symons Street, East Mackay & it was over ankle deep in kitchen & half way between ankle & knee in lounge, 2 bedroom's & bathroom, we've lost everything, lived in this Unit for 6 yrs never seen water let alone flood that high in our street, saw flooding back when I was a teen in O'Keefe St where my parents still live & got washed away too, still waiting for help as we never got any at all, understand other's needed it but so did we

[xkunax]

nice vid. i live in eimeo so i didn't get affected. but i helped out people who did i spent my weekend down at MCC

[xkunax]

nice vid. i live in eimeo so i didn't get affected. but i helped out people who did i spent my weekend down at MCC

[Saron122]

i live in planlands, and my street was about 1.5m under water, couple of houses got flooded.

[roxzey3]

i like like 4 blocks away from the park at 1.13, and our street was not accessible by car, only boat, thanks for posting

[motties]

my house was near harvey norman and i wasnt home i was over seas so my house got screwed. we came bak and nuthing was there :(

[dunmirfio]

Thanks so much for posting this. As an ex-Mackay resident, I do appreciate the opportunity to view this and think, "It could have been me!". Although I used to live in Melaleuca Street, in Slade Point, and I'm sure my house would have been high and dry, athough I do wonder how my neighbours across the street (on the low side) might have fared.

[katzstevens]

Excellent footage SmallFryzz, better capture of the events than the news. Definitely somehing the kids will look back on in amazement in years to come. I live in Walkerston and we had 15 inches of water through our place, it's amazing how widespread the floods where.

[danceeverywhere88]

nice.. it was crazy my house was ova my head

[peatey100]

im sitting here watching this with my 4 year old (we are locals - not currently living in mackay - although most of our family is!) and you wouldnt beleive what she just said to me!

mummy when we go to mackay i will need my floaties!! lol, out of the mouths of babes!

oh and im getting married in mackay in less than 2 weeks!! (at the windmill motel??? - fingers crossed its a tad bit dryer!)

[wetlipsjett]

I apreciated the video. The best one l have seen yet. The news shows nothing. For those that know mackay and dont live there Brilliant footage. Sorry for those that do.

[greyhawk1987]

anyway good vids keep em' coming!!!

[greyhawk1987]

It was inevitable:)

[ThaSilverSurfer]

smallfryzz, i read one sugar cane farmer found railway tracks in his field, any idea how bad the rail is up there? i work down in brissy at QR freight terminal

[scottypower86]

yeah it was pritty bad about 2.4 million damage just on mackay sugars tram lines. yeah there where 800m section of track that had just gone?

[Emmzeepwnzor]

God: 1

Australia: 0

[sammyliveshere]

I'd be interested to see the same trip as the water's subside so show the comparison of depth - what a terrible time for everyone up there. Especially those whose homes were built in low areas. I've been flooded from storm water, but nothing like this!

[SmallFryzz]

we drove slow, others were much faster, plus by the time we were driving the water had already dropped a foot or so. Sorry you had water in your house, but we certainly didnt drive fast or inconsiderate. Plus in 15 - 20 years this footage can help show your family/children what happend in this record flood.

[skando2007]

So you are one of the tools who drove around and help put another foot of water through my house.Wish you would have stayed at home like you were instructed instead of getting in your extension of your small penis(4WD) and doing this foolish video.Thanks alot you knob

[swiki71]

Another idiot who drove around town ignoring the police warnings for people to STAY OFF THE ROADS! You know what you are and the word ends in "head"!!!

[kaylacunt]

Just so you know, it was OKAY to drive around after a certain time. So don't be a loser.

[n00b1n8R]

no it's fucking not. if not for your own saftey, think of other people. they don't want your massive bow waves washing into their houses/businesses

[acgre0]

mackay was basically turned into a ton of rivers

[Lee71England]

Incredible. I'm hearing all sorts of statistics over here, like nearly a year's worth of rain has fallen in your area in the last three days!

Hope things improve soon, I really do.