Cyclone Season in the West

kiwijims · Guru

Cyclone Season in the West

Hendo · Guru

Lucky buggers! It's on my "bucket list" to experience a cyclone. My dad went through one when was about 6 in Cairns, he remembered the timber boards being torn off the walls and he could see out. He loved it.

kiwijims · Guru

Howdy Hendo,

I don't envy anyone being caught in a Cyclone,

We were in Exmouth when a Cyclone took half the town away,

I am still amazed how the wind could lift two fishing trawlers out of the water and deposit them 1/2 a km inland.

A very frightening experience.

kiwijims

Ontos45 · Guru

Was in Charters Towers when a cyclone came inland above Rockhampton and swept up the back of the range to the towers. Full water tanks lifted of their stands and thrown about. Was in a chained down caravan and never do it again. Had to stay as dog not accepted in refuge. We both rode it out.

sufil · Guru

Daughter just messaged to say if cyclone stays on its predicted track it will go directly over her workplace.(minesite). She has been thru a couple, storm shutters on the windows, locked in her donga and just wait it out. They are all given a food pack to last them 24 hrs, bottles of water etc. As long as their power doesn't go out they can watch tv/videos, still have internet, make a cuppa. Some dongas rock a bit she says but its not too bad. She says it is a good excuse to stay in bed with a book!! ( her mother worries more about it than she does!!) Must admit she has never been in a real bad one, usually by the time they have gone inland they have turned into a rain depression with a bit of wind. They still do a lot of infrastructure damage though. this is the bit she hates, you know it is coming, you know it may change direction and completely miss you but you still have to get ready for lockdown, buildings secured, personell ready to be moved out if needed, machinery secured. Get it all done and it veers off and misses you, miss one step and get hit and the sxxxt hits the fan if there is damage or people hurt.

kiwijims · Guru

Just seen the latest predicted path of the Cyclone,

Looks like people in Karratha could be in for bit of rough weather !!

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Vic41 · Guru

Thanks for the links and feedback on those cyclones kiwijims, not a good place to be above the 26th parallel in cyclone season anywhere in Oz. We never venture further north than just below Carnarvon in the summer in WA.

The flash flooding can do bridge washaways and flooding of both main and lesser roads during this period too.