Next i want to look at how woeful the response has been from an array of institutions whose job it was/is to respond.

• Govt arms of disaster mitigation/warning/response agencies - in one of the highest taxed countries in the known universe, Telstra (private internet provider) (The electricity guys did a good job - in my area at least - 2 days was good going) considering)
  
• Why did these systemic failures in leadership happen?
  
• Why a drawn out investigation held by the people/organizations who caused the failures is not the way forward.

The floods are an example of how fucked-up the modern system of expertism has become.

Australia is way too top-heavy with experts.

They're great at having meetings, training retreats, producing endless reams of media about listening to the experts to justify their own highly-paid (from the people's purse) existences.

But when it comes to the crunch: MIA (Missing in Inaction is more like it)

Useless.

Worse than useless, as we'll see later ...

We're currently experiencing an unusually high volume of calls right now due to a severe weather event. Good luck - please stay safe - and remember to practice social distancing whilst on the roof.