my god how big is that cyclone hope all our nomads friends and there familys are doing ok up there ... must be very frightening to be in it path .... wish you all well up there nomads and everyone else .. dont think Q.L.D need any more devesteration ..
petengail said
08:05 AM Feb 1, 2011
this link will give you an idea of how big it is.... HUGE
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemiloops/shirgmscol.html
bill12 said
08:11 AM Feb 1, 2011
I am glad that I am on holidays , down south at the moment, but a bit aprehensive about the cyclone. my house is right in the path, at the moment,but these things are very unpredictable.The house and the charter boat are insured, and I did what I could before leaving.Thanks to Pete and Gail at Scarborough for their hospitality.Will be keeping an eye to Yasi.
blaze said
09:02 AM Feb 1, 2011
looks just nasty
cheers
blaze
HeadnHome said
01:10 PM Feb 1, 2011
Went thru cyclone Larry, now looks like will be hit by Yasi, hope to god its not going to
be as bad as everyone is predicting.. I have today off so have been putting last minute
things away as done alot of cleanup over the weekend, getting very nervous now :(
Beth54 said
02:00 PM Feb 1, 2011
I have very dear friends, almost family, in Malanda & Atherton, right in the path too bill12.
'Stuff' doesn't matter, as long as everyone is safe.
dolphinrider said
02:52 PM Feb 1, 2011
Went to that link. It's very frightening. My thoughts and prayers go out to all who live there. Headn home I would just pack and leave before it's too late. Stay safe.
Happywanderer said
03:50 PM Feb 1, 2011
They are evacuating the main hospital totally as well as a rest home. It's frightening to think just what could happen.
bill12 said
06:11 PM Feb 1, 2011
I am lucky, because I am 1200 miles away on Stradbroke is., but I am worried about my house and boat, both insured.I think we will get a lot of wind on Maggie is.,but hopefully it will cross north of Cardwell. Could be Larry all over. Look at the size of this thing! Its 500 klms across!The predicted storm surge is 7m! I am worried , but what could I do if I was there? I put everything away before I went to Rocky for the cleanup.Tommorrow at this time we should have a better idea.Bugga!
-- Edited by bill12 on Tuesday 1st of February 2011 06:13:19 PM
robell said
06:30 PM Feb 1, 2011
bill12 wrote:
I am lucky, because I am 1200 miles away on Stradbroke is., but I am worried about my house and boat, both insured.I think we will get a lot of wind on Maggie is.,but hopefully it will cross north of Cardwell. Could be Larry all over. Look at the size of this thing! Its 500 klms across!The predicted storm surge is 7m! I am worried , but what could I do if I was there? I put everything away before I went to Rocky for the cleanup.Tommorrow at this time we should have a better idea.Bugga!
-- Edited by bill12 on Tuesday 1st of February 2011 06:13:19 PM
hi mate, it's a big bugga alright, don't know how it will affect us here in the bundy district as yet, they are saying down as far as yeppoon will be bad but i reckon it will get windy here to. got a son in mackay and he is battoned down. the met mob are saying it will go a long way inland before becoming a rain depression, god help them up there.
Sheba said
09:36 PM Feb 1, 2011
Looks like I might be lucky. Probably just get some more rain. Just praying it's not "Deadly" for those further North.
Jim and Kathy weren't quite that bad, and not in such populated areas, although Kathy went right across and did a lot of damage to Borroloola.
Cheers, Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Tuesday 1st of February 2011 09:38:23 PM
Gerty Dancer said
09:18 PM Feb 2, 2011
Geez that cyclone is big, still hasnt landed and theres such a lot of heavy rain already!
My very best wishes to anybody who is in NQ, stay safe!
Beth54 said
08:25 AM Feb 3, 2011
My friends on the Tablelands are fine this morning, thank God. A very scary night for them.
-- Edited by Beth54 on Thursday 3rd of February 2011 08:27:07 AM
HeadnHome said
04:20 PM Feb 3, 2011
All good at my place, few trees down but thats it, still no power of course so have the generator luckily.
Gerty Dancer said
04:48 PM Feb 3, 2011
Great relief Headnhome! Glad to hear you are all ok. hope everybody else up that way is ok too.
lilly31 said
06:02 PM Feb 3, 2011
Was good to see not a much trouble as they thought it would be ..but in saying that the people that have lost their homes , crops and their livelyhoods would say YASI was and still is trouble ..let hope Q.L.D can have a break now
Happywanderer said
07:12 PM Feb 3, 2011
So good to hear that everyone is safe, no fatalities nor serious injury at this stage. Hope it stays that way. Have been watching TV all day. Hard to believe the devastation. The whole last month has been unbelievable with the weather right around Aus. Now Vic is to get 3 days of heavy rain and winds, they say the edge of the cyclone but surely it can't spread this far.
We still have the floods from the last one and no where for any more water to go.
Gerty Dancer said
07:44 PM Feb 3, 2011
Sorry to say this HW, I read a prediction of more flooding for the Murray from this next lot. As you say, dunno where it could go!
Happywanderer said
07:57 PM Feb 3, 2011
Just hoping it stays the other side of Swan Hill and doesn't flow back this way. It can back up if too much flow in the Murray then we all suffer all the way back past here.
I wouldn't mind the rain though, hoping it will break this sweltering heat and humidity. I've suffered badly today and would rather not have another one like it. Just had a bowl of steamed veges for tea as really didn't feel like eating anything else.
my god how big is that cyclone hope all our nomads friends and there familys are doing ok up there ... must be very frightening to be in it path .... wish you all well up there nomads and everyone else .. dont think Q.L.D need any more devesteration ..
I have very dear friends, almost family, in Malanda & Atherton, right in the path too bill12.
'Stuff' doesn't matter, as long as everyone is safe.
-- Edited by bill12 on Tuesday 1st of February 2011 06:13:19 PM
hi mate, it's a big bugga alright, don't know how it will affect us here in the bundy district as yet, they are saying down as far as yeppoon will be bad but i reckon it will get windy here to. got a son in mackay and he is battoned down. the met mob are saying it will go a long way inland before becoming a rain depression, god help them up there.
Jim and Kathy weren't quite that bad, and not in such populated areas, although Kathy went right across and did a lot of damage to Borroloola.
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Tuesday 1st of February 2011 09:38:23 PM
My friends on the Tablelands are fine this morning, thank God. A very scary night for them.
-- Edited by Beth54 on Thursday 3rd of February 2011 08:27:07 AM