User blog comment:Callumthered/Queensland (Australia) Floods/@comment-4727448-20130128234752/@comment-4727448-20130129234459

Not too shocked to see that Brits and Canadians would lend some coverage to the events down under.

Also, the schools-closing-thing is not common in the State--we have a very low requirement for the amount of days of attendence required--even with hurricane days and snow days, my school year still overtops the requirements.