The year was 2011 and the city was Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia, which is located in the south-east of the state was experiencing a rare weather event, the second largest deluge since rainfall records had been kept all thanks to an intense tropical low which had settled over south-east Queensland and the Brisbane River was in flood. Through out the day (11th January 2011) torrential rain was falling and the river level continued to rise and had begun to flood adjacent low-lying properties. At the height of the downpour, just before midnight they were listening to the...