One minute you're living happily in your home... and the next, there's an "Inland Tsunami" - 20 feet of water rushing down the high street, your car has floated off through the torrents of water, and the only way you can save yourself is by clinging to a tree and waiting for the rescue services.
That was the experience yesterday of the residents of a town called Toowoomba in Queensland Australia. While most of the victims of the floods received advance warning and were able to prepare, for the town of Toowoomba, the flood waters yesterday were a huge shock. The lucky ones made it to the shelters, with just the clothes they were wearing, whilst the less fortunate died in the rising waters.
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Videos and Photos: Deadly Deluge
D'li (pail) is the Hebrew name for Aquarius - the month of Shevat, which began a few days ago. The constellation of D'li appears on the eastern horizon every day during the month of Shevat. This constellation resembles a full bucket from which water is poured. Note the similarity between the word "deluge" and the word "dili". More on Shevat and all the other astrological signs on the Jewish Astrology page.
These days, Hashem speaks to us through current events. We are not on a level to receive prophecy, we have no "leaders" and we need to understand that by watching the world events, we are being shown what can happen to us. We must all be prepared for whatever is coming, wherever we live. From one day to the next, we don't know what will happen.
Everything can change in the blink of an eye.
Everything can change in the blink of an eye.
FEMA (The Federal Emergency Management Agency) of the USA issued a warning to all Americans last year to prepare for disasters in 2011.
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This is for your American readers, just in case they weren't aware.
Devorah, do you have a place to go during an emergency? I pray that Hashem will keep you safe.
ReplyDeleteThe floods are not near Sydney, although anything could happen, we don't have rivers running thru this part of Australia... so we are not subject to flooding. The only thing we would have to worry about is a tsunami chas v'shalom.
ReplyDeleteThis is not the only part of the world to be in trouble with water, although we do have more news outlets than these places:
Sri Lanka - Batticaloa district recorded the highest rainfall of 312 mm during the weekend, according to Meteorological Department.
Thousands of people have been affected by flooding in Thailand’s southern provinces following six days of torrential rains, local media report.
Thousands evacuated because of Malaysian floods; three dead
In Brazil. more than 100 thousand are displaced, 35 deaths, many missing, as 60 cities in 4 states are submerged after nonstop rain since New Year's Day.