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02/02/2011 01:40:11 AM · #1 |
| Reading the news cyclone Yasi looks very, very bad, worse than Tracey and Katrina. I was on an island in Whitsundays years ago when a cyclone struck. It was a very horrifying experience. And it was just a small one. This looks so much worse. After all the floods one just can't believe that a monster cyclone could be next! I hope you will be all OK. Don't take any unnecessary risks. Your lives are the most important. That was the lesson I learned from Victorian Black Saturday fires when 173 people died - houses can be rebuilt, lost lives cannot. Go to the best shelters! |
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02/02/2011 01:49:07 AM · #2 |
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02/02/2011 02:16:32 AM · #3 |
I have been in a Cat 4 and it's no picnic. If things around you hold together, it is just noisy and wet, but if the place you are in starts to come apart, then things go very bad very quickly, not to mention the possibility of a huge wall of water coming ashore from the storm surge.
I'm wishing all of our Southern friends the best with getting through this new disaster. It's awful that you are not even over the last one with the flooding yet.
It's also being discussed in this thread.
The "Anyone heard from Judi thread"
Here are a lot of links that may be useful to those in the affected area.
Google, Crisis Response, Au
Message edited by author 2011-02-02 02:24:48.
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02/02/2011 02:28:37 AM · #4 |
This is well above me but have heard that it could mean floods for Emerald where Judi comes from, but she would need to confirm that.
If this cyclone was crossing where I live my house would go under water from the surge (which is expected to be 7 meters above the normal high tide). Seriously scary thought.
Thinking of all you guys up there. Keep safe. |
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02/02/2011 03:14:40 AM · #5 |
I have a brother who is staying in his home, don't think that is a good idea as he is close to Holloway's Beach, but the home is made of cement blocks. Am watching a live feed in another area of Cairns which is near the airport.
//www.news.com.au/breaking-news/floodrelief/how-cyclone-yasi-compares-around-the-world/story-fn7ik2te-1225998762870
//www.justin.tv/cycloneyasi# live feed |
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02/02/2011 03:17:16 AM · #6 |
| I don't want to sound to alarmist but I would urge him to leave |
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02/02/2011 03:18:45 AM · #7 |
| I tried to tell him to leave but...the SES knows he is there. All I could do was tell him I love him and hoped he is ok. :-( |
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02/02/2011 03:46:46 AM · #8 |
Just looked at that live feed, and there is a guy walking around outside!!! Can someone tell him this might be a little bit foolish.
Message edited by author 2011-02-02 03:47:10. |
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02/02/2011 03:58:17 AM · #9 |
| I have seen him too. I think it is OK at the moment. It is getting dark in Cairns, I think the cyclone is few hours away. |
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02/02/2011 10:13:41 AM · #10 |
You got me curious what a cyclone was so I looked it up. Sorry to hear that you guys on top of all the flooding that has been happening are being hit by a hurricane too.
We have ice and snow, single digit weather and I'm a whiny wimp about it. I have NO room to complain with all that you guys are going though.
Stay safe and dry if possible.
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02/02/2011 10:45:41 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by cowtownmom:
You got me curious what a cyclone was so I looked it up. |
Cyclone in the Pacific = Hurricane in the Atlantic |
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02/02/2011 12:22:07 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by larryslights:
Cyclone in the Pacific = Hurricane in the Atlantic |
Thanks for that clarification.
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02/02/2011 12:58:53 PM · #13 |
| Just got word, seems Tully has had a bad time of it. Those in Cairns are fine, for now (it passed a little South of Cairns). The winds are still quite strong and will be for the next few hours. |
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02/02/2011 01:52:22 PM · #14 |
Any spiraling wind is a cyclone -- hurricanes, tornados, dust-devils, typhoons, and twisters are all forms of cyclones.
The coverage of this storm provides a good opportunity to observe how cyclonic winds in Northern and Southern Hemispheres spin in opposite directions, due to what is known as the Coriolis Effect.
Hurricane Katrina -- photo and info 
Katrina close-up -- photo and info 
Tropical Cyclone Yasi -- photo and info  |
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02/02/2011 03:06:17 PM · #15 |
We do everything backwards here in the US. Ask any Aussie.
Seriously, I hope that the storm surge is much less than expected and that deaths and injuries are minimum. Take care to avoid any downed power lines or anything in contact with them.
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02/04/2011 12:16:38 AM · #16 |
Bump. Any Aussie DPC'ers have any news and able to get on line?
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