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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Plawranc on February 01, 2011, 03:14:34 PM
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Yeah, Queensland is about to get whacked by a category 5 cyclone. This is a deal similar to Katrina in New Orleans some time ago. Thousands of people evacuated and more hunkered down in various shelters all over the state. Its going to cover from townsville to cairns with winds up to 280 KMH and enough destructive energy to power the whole world for 2 years.
(http://cyclones.incairns.net.au/files/2011/01/cropped-CycloneUlui01-15-03-2010-0930ESTSatellite.jpg)
We have a few Queensland players here in the AH Community and I recently went up there for Airforce ROTC (AAFC Here) so I have made quite a few friends who live directly in its path.
Asking for well wishing, especially after the floods that devastated the state a month ago.
Pacman :salute
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How close are u to Noosa?
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Noosa should only get some rain if your worried about anyone there
(http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt118/phatzo/Yasi.png)
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board up and hunker down Pac <S>
You guys be safe :D
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Man you Aussies can't seem to catch a break. Good luck to you all.
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"May have to cancel the barbie."
I hope everyone makes it out safe. Katrina was a devastating occurrence and I hope you guys get less of an impact than HK had over here.
Good luck, stay safe.
:salute
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Yeah, Queensland is about to get whacked by a category 5 cyclone. This is a deal similar to Katrina in New Orleans some time ago. Thousands of people evacuated and more hunkered down in various shelters all over the state. Its going to cover from townsville to cairns with winds up to 280 KMH and enough destructive energy to power the whole world for 2 years.
(http://cyclones.incairns.net.au/files/2011/01/cropped-CycloneUlui01-15-03-2010-0930ESTSatellite.jpg)
We have a few Queensland players here in the AH Community and I recently went up there for Airforce ROTC (AAFC Here) so I have made quite a few friends who live directly in its path.
Asking for well wishing, especially after the floods that devastated the state a month ago.
Pacman :salute
It would be kinda-similar to Katrina if most of Queensland was built on ground below sea level. :bolt:
Prayers and best wishes to you folks down under. The rain that this is going to drop is going ot be the real killer, especialy since you guys have been getting soaked already. :pray
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I will do that Dicho!
Im not in that muck myself, but when that dissapates Im gonna be swimming to school when the remenants get down to me. Know lots of the guys up in it though, wish I was still with em filling sand bags. Great lot of guys !
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:pray be safe B6!! squeek on!! <S> :salute
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Good luck fella's, 8m swells with 300km/h winds and 1000mm rainfall doesn't sound like fun.
(http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/sites/all/files/Yasi11.jpg)
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Good luck fella's, 8m swells with 300km/h winds and 1000mm rainfall doesn't sound like fun.
(http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/sites/all/files/Yasi11.jpg)
300 km/h? Isn't that almost 200 mph? You aussies stay safe,
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The 8mtr swell is going to be interesting as it will be coming from the NE rather than its usual direction from the SE. Look for some epic tow in surfing footage next week from Kirra Superbank and D-Bah
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300 km/h? Isn't that almost 200 mph? You aussies stay safe,
186 Miles per Hour
I've been in on the design and learned to design light poles over the last 15 years and I've never EVER seen a specification that called for any structure to be designed to that criteria. Grizz?
You Aussies hunker down big time
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Update: it is now officially larger than Katrina with speeds now estimated to be up to 340 KMH and has a width now of about 600 KM. It is currently threatening most of Suburban QLand (as in coast and towns) and will probably disintegrate the Barrier reef with 1000 MM's of rainfall which is 4 times Katrinas output in Louisiana.
Im safe down south thankfully, but with the winds from the west coming in, Im looking forward to a drenching of incredible porportions when it turns into a normal storm when it dissapates.
Thanks for the thoughts guys. Waiting to hear from all my Airforce buddies, hope they make it out alright. Will hit in about 4 hours time.
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you prepared pac?
stay safe buddy
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Well, Im in Adelaide, Im waaaay off the Cyclone as in several thousand miles off, but have I got my lawn irrigated yeah. Im prepared for the casualty lists, I hope I dont see any names, after recent events especially.
Im in the south tip of Aus, but that Cyclone is gonna swing inland, get caught by the easterly, then swing over the south east of the continent. We are gonna get drenched.
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Pacman has nothing to worry about, he's 3000 miles from it. I'm 2000 miles closer and all I'm expecting is some rain. Its the Far North Queensland farmers and small comunities that are going to bear the brunt of this. There is also a good chance the indigenous population will suffer, I would hate to be living under a piece of corrugated roofing iron propped up with a few sticks on Cape York at the moment.
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Phattys right, we are all gonna get wet. Queensland is gonna get flattened.
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Remember to stay dry
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Know 20-25 students from my school that are studying abroad this semester in Queensland on the Gold Coast. So much for them expecting a nice trip.
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Update: Will hit in 5 hours time. Will remain a Category 5 until several hundered miles in land. BOM says that when this storm dissapates severe thunderstorms will cover all of the eastern seaboard. South Australia's east which encompasses Adelaide (me) and Western Victoria. The Gold Coast (Phatzo) and Melbourne and all rural areas will be hit by strong TStorms in the next few days.
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Know 20-25 students from my school that are studying abroad this semester in Queensland on the Gold Coast. So much for them expecting a nice trip.
They're cool, I'm on the Gold Coast, the worst thing happening to them at the moment is insane humidity. Did I mention I'm going nuts and going to kill the next person who says "Geez, how bloody hot is it"
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(http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt118/phatzo/YasiII-1.jpg)
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and I'm down the bottom right corner looking over the ditch going "farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk aussies farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrked" :D
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LOL Graham Kennedy doing Claude the Crow on Blanketty Blanks.
I was going to post a youtube link but it would be an infringement.
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Wasn't katrina the second biggest storm during that season? It hit as a cat 3 iirc
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Wasn't katrina the second biggest storm during that season? It hit as a cat 3 iirc
Category 4.
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Man this is going to hell reeeealll fast.
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News here says Cat 5 this morning.
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News here says Cat 5 this morning.
biggest one recorded at the moment.
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I had a penpal a few years ago that lived in Queensland. I hope she will be ok.