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Just a short note to let our customers know that we
 escaped the floods of Brisbane January 2011.

As the flood water was rising the power company
 turned off the power to our area as the local substation
 was about to go under water.

We were watching the news and decided to come in
 at midnight to remove our computers and files as a
 precaution for the pending flood threat. Everything
 that was easily moved, was removed by 6am that morning
 as the flood water was rising rapidly and the top drive to
 the property was about to go under and block our escape.

After that time access to the workshop was blocked
 by the flood water for the next couple of days and the
 water peaked at 200mm less than our floor level.

After the water receded it was full steam ahead to
 have the engineering and machinery companies
 operating as soon as possible. We have a large
 generator that is capable of running the both
 companies and this was used untill the power was
 restored after about a week.

We were lucky to have missed the flood water and
 there was no damage to any machines at our shop.
 Other people and companies in our area were not
 as lucky and were flooded and have a huge task
 to rebuild.

At the time a major problem was the phone systems
 in the area, as a lot of Telstra's equipment went under
 water and had to be replaced.

We are now back to full production and would like to
 thank our customers for your understanding and
 patience in the time of the flood.

Following are photos of the flood water at our building.
The water was about 600mm higher at the height of the flood


This is a side view



This is the main Ipswich road in front of our shop