The Lismore Floods I come from a small town in northern New South Wales, Australia—just outside of Lismore. When the historic floods hit a few years ago during COVID, it was like nothing anyone had ever seen before. Entire neighborhoods disappeared overnight. The town wasn’t just flooded—it was swallowed. As soon as I saw what was happening, I jumped in my van and drove straight up there. I slept in that van for a week while helping locals clean out their homes, salvage what they could, and try