LATEST ON CYCLONE STAN.....

kiwijims · Guru

LATEST ON CYCLONE STAN.....

villatranquilla · Guru

has crossed the coast near Pardoo but thank goodness its a cat 2 not cat 3 - anxiously waiting to hear from our grand daughter at Pardoo station

kiwijims · Guru

Have you tried to contact your Grand-Daughter Villatranquilla ?

If you are that concerned, you could try this....

IMPORTANT NUMBERS:

Register with Register.Find.Reunite. to let your family and loved ones know you are OK via register.redcross.org.au from any computer or mobile device, or in person at the evacuation centre.

If you are unable to contact a loved one who may be in the cyclone-affected area, visit the Red Cross website at register.redcross.org.au.

I can understand your concern after reading this report.............

Pardoo Station manager Eric Galancho, who came to the Pilbara from San Francisco, said a cyclone for him was "quite an experience".

"I feel confident in the sense that I've got a lot of good people around me who have been through this before," he said.

K.J.

-- Edited by kiwijims on Sunday 31st of January 2016 10:13:15 AM

kiwijims · Guru

Tropical Cyclone Stan crosses Pilbara coast of WA.

Last Updated Sun 31 Jan 2016, 5:55am AWST.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-31/tropical-cyclone-stan-crosses-pilbara-coast-of-wa/7127534?section=wa

An ALL CLEAR advice is current for people in or near the coastal communities between Broome and Bidyadanga, including Bidyadanga, and from Whim Creek to Port Hedland, including Whim Creek, Port Hedland and South Hedland.

A RED ALERT is current for people between Port Hedland and Wallal extending inland to Marble Bar and including Pardoo, Wallal, Eighty Mile and Marble Bar .

K.J.

The Doo crew · Senior Member

After almost 20 years in the Pilbara & far to many cyclones a Cat 2 is just a windy & hopefully wet day. Its not until they get to top end 3's that long termers get concerned.
The infrastructure is designed to take a lot higher than a 2. Helped with the clean-up at Pardoo twice after big blows, the locals just take it in their stride.

Always remember seeing a 4X2 that had gone right through a tree trunk at Pardoo roadhouse & was glad nobody was on the receiving end of that, was a Cat 5 that trashed the place that time. Locals call the small one's a "trade wind" as all the tradies have plenty of work afterwards.

Both the houses either side of mine were destroyed in cyclone George, mine was minutes off doing the same. As long as all the family are safe you can replace a house so we had a sea container cyclone shelter under our house just in case.

villatranquilla · Guru

just spoke to our grand daughter - all is well - spent the night in the homestead - thanks KJ

kiwijims · Guru

villatranquilla wrote:
just spoke to our grand daughter - all is well - spent the night in the homestead - thanks KJ

That's great news, I bet the Station Manager is a full bottle on Cyclones by now. biggrin biggrin

Here's a couple of photos of the Cyclone approaching Marble Bar in the first one..........

And this one of the road block near the Sandfire Roadhouse...............

All well that ends well, I hope !!

K.J.

villatranquilla · Guru

kiwijims wrote:

That's great news, I bet the Station Manager is a full bottle on Cyclones by now.

All well that ends well, I hope !!
K.J.

By the sounds of things it is empty bottles (and cans) this morning ;)

The Phantom · Guru

I can't understand why these blokes needed rescuing. Their snorkel is still above water, they should be OK

The Phantom