I don't know if this was reported on the news anywhere else but on Wednesday the state of Victoria got 120+ mm of rain in 24 hours so much of the region was flooded. The Yarra river broke its banks and almost washed out the casino (which could possibly be construed as an Act of God). All this despite it being the middle of summer - in fact it even snowed on the mountaintops!
I personally was caught in the middle of one of the worst traffic jams in our history as a river overflowed a freeway. Only trucks and 4WDs were allowed through. Everyone else got turned back - only problem is that there was nowhere to turn to.
It took me two hours to get out of the traffic jam and get two thirds of the way to work (that distance normally takes 40 minutes) only to find the detour road washed out also - so I turned around and went home. Only problem was I made an error of judgement about where the freeway flood was located and got on at the wrong place - it took me an hour to travel 1km so I succumbed to the dark side and drove into the emergency lane (which I hated myself for doing but it did save me another hour of waiting to get to the next exit).
So, has anyone else been caught it any sort of natural disaster?
