Isn’t it important to give people in Lismore some straightforward advice on what to do when the next floods come?
How much warning and how high? Will I be safe on my roof and how long before I can climb down again to use the toilet, etc?
I have been to a few get-togethers. Well organised, but no real handy hints! Back in 1953 there was one big flood, but never another one since in Zeeland (The Netherlands).
Strange to get such complicated names for action groups. I hear cries from locals who get nowhere and wait and wait. One here and there gets a buyback, like next door, but still the home is empty, whilst people still sleep in caravans…. I could find 200 more words to describe the AI (another word for bureaucrats!) and the lack of true response and useful info.
Hope for a down-to-earth action group or better still the Republic of Lismore and we’ll fix it all ourselves.
Now, I’ll get on with scraping the mud from under the floorboards… Hope all councillors will LIStenMORE. Scary a bit to give my full name.
God bless, Bob.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
