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As if the Gold Coast City Council actually cares
Of course they care. Dead ratepayers don't pay rates.
That looks legit?
Assuming this is an SMS (where links are based off the text itself): both URLs are government run.
http://www.bom.gov.au/
https://dashboard.goldcoast.qld.gov.au
Yeah it's legit, posted as a joke
Didn't see your text below, sorry :)
I think you missed the joke mate.
I'll ave you know I'm a Sov Cit. This so called "government" is probably causing these SMS messages to damage property and cause flooding.
That's not a scam, it's the new nationwide severe weather warning system that launched this year. I think these Gold Coast storms might be the second time it's been used. The first was Tropical Cyclone Jasper.
I think they're making a joke
Sorry wasn't clear this was a joke see post content
Just had a look at it (lacked the bandwidth to bother attempting to load it previously) looks pretty cool