Well, it's still going but thank gawd it's moving further away from us.
North Queensland copped up to 300 mm of rain yesterday (12 inches in 24 hours is fairly heavy but that could easily have been double that).
Present guesses are that it will hit Darwin which copped one, "Tracey" on christmas 1974 that totally destroyed the entire city and caused a lot of deaths, worse than a bombing; bombs blow things up, this blew them away!!
Worst case scenario is that there's another cyclone off Western Australia heading towards the Terrirtory also and if these two were to meet up, which has happened before, that would be something of catastrophic proportions and size.
Who says that weather bureaus don't have a sense of humour though? The West Aussie one has been named "Willy" so you don'thave to be a genius to figure out what they reckon they may get hit with!![:0][:0] (and a big one at that).
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050312/21/th2s.html
If it tunnels in between the mainland and the islands...look out.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDD65011.shtml
Alan S
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I posted this originally on the 8th March and it had been around for a couple of days by then, well guess what??
The big bugger is still going and getting stronger.
Once again they think it might hit the coast tonight, but who knows.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050315/21/ti7d.html
It's a pity you guys don't get the TV reports we do to see the laid back attitude of these characters up there are priceless. Things like "Residents will be seeking shelter in the bottom story of the local school, although it's no longer a two story building as the upper floor was blown away last night."
Another resident calmly telling how two big gum trees slowly fell onto his house and just laid there "which was kinda good, because it made it so much safer inside when the cyclone hit; they acted like a shield."
It hopefully will blow itself out within 48 hours but I think this one's got them all guessing and still is capable of causing a massive catastrophe. A TV news reporter reckoned across the Cape it was eerie as it completely flattened a 60 klms section the full width of the Cape (approx 200 klms long).
Alan S
The big bugger is still going and getting stronger.
Once again they think it might hit the coast tonight, but who knows.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050315/21/ti7d.html
It's a pity you guys don't get the TV reports we do to see the laid back attitude of these characters up there are priceless. Things like "Residents will be seeking shelter in the bottom story of the local school, although it's no longer a two story building as the upper floor was blown away last night."
Another resident calmly telling how two big gum trees slowly fell onto his house and just laid there "which was kinda good, because it made it so much safer inside when the cyclone hit; they acted like a shield."
It hopefully will blow itself out within 48 hours but I think this one's got them all guessing and still is capable of causing a massive catastrophe. A TV news reporter reckoned across the Cape it was eerie as it completely flattened a 60 klms section the full width of the Cape (approx 200 klms long).
Alan S
Well nearly gone.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDW60281.shtml
Only reports have been 3 tourists who were at a resort are unaccounted for at this stage so it appears death toll is between 0 & 3 depending on whether they turn up or not although as there hasn't been too much excitement about them being missing, I'd presume they hold little fears for their sasfety.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDW60281.shtml
Now the rains have hit; best was 198mm in 24 hours at Wyndham Airport weather station. A lot of the other places wouldn't have the reading facilities so I expect this to be much heavier in places judging on the flooding.
Incidentally, it began on March 3rd; how's that for one big storm??
Looksa s though it's finished but they're still keeping an eye on it as they have a habit of reforming.
Latest report from the papers:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12570769-2,00.html
Hope those who followed this thread appreciated a bit of an inside look from"down under."
Alan S
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDW60281.shtml
Only reports have been 3 tourists who were at a resort are unaccounted for at this stage so it appears death toll is between 0 & 3 depending on whether they turn up or not although as there hasn't been too much excitement about them being missing, I'd presume they hold little fears for their sasfety.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDW60281.shtml
Now the rains have hit; best was 198mm in 24 hours at Wyndham Airport weather station. A lot of the other places wouldn't have the reading facilities so I expect this to be much heavier in places judging on the flooding.
Incidentally, it began on March 3rd; how's that for one big storm??
Looksa s though it's finished but they're still keeping an eye on it as they have a habit of reforming.
Latest report from the papers:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12570769-2,00.html
Hope those who followed this thread appreciated a bit of an inside look from"down under."
Alan S
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Well we are in the "Cyclone season" at present.
We get the "Storm season" from August to November, that can get hairy with electrical storms like you see in Horror Movies on occasions. This year we had hail stones the size of oranges; they kinda sting if they hit you. Seriously, they can (and do) kill cows.[:0]
We then get the heatwave that we're just coming out of where you can leave a car parked and come back to a thermometer reading 45 - 50 degrees. That's hot.
Then we get the Cyclone season that goes from about December to April. Short of anything unusual, it's usually good from April to August.
I personally think it's almost criminal the way they keep these almost predictable seasons quiet to you guys whilst at the same time trying to encourage tourism.
We get a bit used to them, but for a tourist to walk blindly into one of these things would be terrifying which in part is my motive for posting this here.
If these things turn into a rain depression as is most likely to occur, then the widespread flooding will follow.
They're not out of danger with this thing yet believe it or not as it can cause floods and then reform as a cyclone and either carry on southwards or retrace its steps and put us back in the firing line in a week or two as you can see.
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDD20510.txt
Alan S
We get the "Storm season" from August to November, that can get hairy with electrical storms like you see in Horror Movies on occasions. This year we had hail stones the size of oranges; they kinda sting if they hit you. Seriously, they can (and do) kill cows.[:0]
We then get the heatwave that we're just coming out of where you can leave a car parked and come back to a thermometer reading 45 - 50 degrees. That's hot.
Then we get the Cyclone season that goes from about December to April. Short of anything unusual, it's usually good from April to August.
I personally think it's almost criminal the way they keep these almost predictable seasons quiet to you guys whilst at the same time trying to encourage tourism.
We get a bit used to them, but for a tourist to walk blindly into one of these things would be terrifying which in part is my motive for posting this here.
If these things turn into a rain depression as is most likely to occur, then the widespread flooding will follow.
They're not out of danger with this thing yet believe it or not as it can cause floods and then reform as a cyclone and either carry on southwards or retrace its steps and put us back in the firing line in a week or two as you can see.
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDD20510.txt
Alan S