When a keg of beer means more to you than your own life
There are certain things in life people are willing to go the extra mile for, but would alcohol be part of that list for you? Well, it surely was for this one Queensland woman who jumped into the ocean to rescue beer in the midst of a very dramatic flood.
Recently, parts of Queensland and northern New South Wales have been hit with very heavy rainfall, huge swells, and damaging winds that have caused dramatic flooding in the area.
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Because the rain fall has been hectic, the Gold Coast suburb of Currumbin was given an Emergency Warning on Sunday evening (December 13) that "heavy predicted rainfall in the hinterland area could impact properties".
The water apparently poured in non stop, so much so that the residents were fighting the wild weather to ensure their properties and businesses weren't gravely affected.
But this heroin of a woman could not sit with the thought of losing her alcohol because of this weather, she was so determine that she even risked her life to rescue some beer kegs.
This facinating moment was captured by 7News Queensland. The woman dived into the sea to grab the beer kegs that had been swept away from a local surf club.
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Meanwhile, all beaches were closed along the Gold Coast after the decision was made the weather was too severe and water was too choppy. Surf Life Saving Queensland even issued a warning that people "should consider staying out of the water and avoid walking near surf-exposed areas" and also urged rock fishers and boaters to avoid their activities.
This was so bad that eight-metre high waves battered the shoreline and destroyed parts of the idyllic foreshore, wrecking the coastal walk.
Not a great day in Byron Bay. Erosion impacting heavily. High tide about to hit. pic.twitter.com/my8pzh3SL9
— Ben Grubb 🐛 (@bengrubb) December 13, 2020
Anything to get the shot, right? pic.twitter.com/VbaUxdHiED
— Ben Grubb 🐛 (@bengrubb) December 13, 2020
Tom Murray, a research fellow at the Griffith University Centre for Coastal Management, said the damage has been magnified due to erosion over the last few years not being fixed.
Because of that there's no sand there to protect the beach when you get a storm like this. There's no buffer there and you've got big high tides, a relatively large storm surge and these big waves coinciding. It looks pretty bad and the community is saying it's the worst [erosion] in a generation.
Emergency services have been shocked at the devastation. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services commissioner, Greg Leach, said they are trying to get on top of everything.
Only last week we were dealing with bushfire situations and now the big wet has arrived ... and so we need to be prepared not only for the weather we are dealing with now but we're likely to see over the coming month
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