Poor Queensland, Can't catch a break!

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nzms

Kiwi Trainzer/Planezer
As some may be aware a Catergory 5 cyclone is now due to hit the Queensland coast and may be the worst in living memory.
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/yasi-becomes-cat-4-cyclone-cat-5-possible-maps.
Queensland (and many other parts of Australia) has experienced flooding already this year which caused widespread damage.

My and many others thoughts and prayers are with the trainzers and their families and all living in Northern Queensland,
nzms
 
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nzms said:
As some may be aware a Catergory 5 cyclone is now due to hit the Queensland coast and may be the worst in living memory.
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/yasi-becomes-cat-4-cyclone-cat-5-possible-maps.
Queensland (and many other parts of Australia) has experienced flooding already this year which caused widespread damage.

My and many others thoughts and prayers are with the trainzers and their families and all living in Northern Queensland,
nzms
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Keep ya heads down boy's!

I hope you all keep safe.

Best Regards.
CaptEngland
 
Yeah, I feel for you guys, I hope everyone stays safe and dry.
Meanwhile here in Chicago we are being pummeled by a blizzard that they say could bring up to 24 inches of snow. The winds are spiking up to 50mph, and I think I will remain here cocooned in my abode for awhile...
 
Queensland certainly is getting a pounding lately. With the soil already full of water, any rain with this cyclone will create more flooding.

My thoughts are with those in Far North Queensland.

Craig
:):):)
 
Hi Deanne,

Brisbane should be ok (about 1000km further south) might get some rain and wind.

Wellcome to (:confused: Sunny:confused: ) Queensland.

Cheers,

Bill.
 
Category 5 is a major destructive storm.

The current wind gusts are 183 MPH (295 kph) per the CNN link below.

Hope and pray all survive this storm (Yasi) without injury or loss of life. However, with those wind gusts, property damage may be substantial.

People who may be ordered to evacuate should do so, not a good time for being a macho-man.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/01/australia.cyclone.yasi.queensland/?hpt=T2

Best wishes and prayers to all in the storms path.
 
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The Air Force evacuated the major Local Hospitals in Cairns last night to Brisbane, Cairns is right in the firing line. I think I heard of 10 flights or so leaving with patients.

Craig
:):):)
 
Saw some guy on part of a show today, a lot of these things (floods, more snow) supposed to be from more moiture evaporating into the air then coming back in various ways.
Cyclones, I don't remember what causes those. Closest I had was the tornado that landed about a block and a half away when I lived in Texas throwing golf ball sized hail around.
NYC, we get ice, thin but slippery ice. After cleaning off the dusting from yesterday, it actually made the icing worse.
 
Euphod said:
Yeah, I feel for you guys, I hope everyone stays safe and dry.
Meanwhile here in Chicago we are being pummeled by a blizzard that they say could bring up to 24 inches of snow. The winds are spiking up to 50mph, and I think I will remain here cocooned in my abode for awhile...
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Yep, I saw the report on that on the local ABC11 Tv. news (station WTVD). Even the senior reporter of that news station, Larry Stogner, went "Wheeew!" at it. ;) :p :eek: They said that the most that we have had in North Carolina is 20 inches. :eek: ;) It must be mighty cold up there, huh? The temperature in Denver, Colorado was -2 degrees Fahrenheit. :eek: :eek: That is getting close to Antarctic (or at least Arctic) temeratures. :eek: :eek: ;)

Regards.
 
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Yep, I saw the report on that on the local ABC11 Tv. news (station WTVD). Even the senior reporter of that news station, Larry Stogner, went "Wheeew!" at it. ;) :p :eek: They said that the most that we have had in North Carolina is 20 inches. :eek: ;) It must be mighty cold up there, huh? The temperature in Denver, Colorado was -2 degrees Fahrenheit. :eek: :eek: That is getting close to Antarctic (or at least Arctic) temeratures. :eek: :eek: ;)

Regards.
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We're facing up to 24 inches of snow up here in eastern New England. I went to work today until 1:30. It took me 2-3/4 hours to get home. That's for only 35 miles, which usually takes me 35-45 minutes with little traffic. People were going 5-10 mph most of the way home - mostly office ladies (admins and clerks), who were too scared and shouldn't have been on the road. Once I got past them on I-495, people were going 45-60 mph. The last 16 miles took me about 30 minutes instead of an other 2 hours!

A cat-5 hurricane, which is the same as cyclone, is very dangerous! When the authorities say take cover do so. I agree this is no time to be macho! I go tornado chasing in the spring, and I wouldn't hang around with a storm like this. Two years ago when I was in Texas, there was one storm that dropped 6-inch hail. The town took out snow plows to push it off the road!

John
 
JCitron said:
We're facing up to 24 inches of snow up here in eastern New England. I went to work today until 1:30. It took me 2-3/4 hours to get home. That's for only 35 miles, which usually takes me 35-45 minutes with little traffic. People were going 5-10 mph most of the way home - mostly office ladies (admins and clerks), who were too scared and shouldn't have been on the road. Once I got past them on I-495, people were going 45-60 mph. The last 16 miles took me about 30 minutes instead of an other 2 hours!

A cat-5 hurricane, which is the same as cyclone, is very dangerous! When the authorities say take cover do so. I agree this is no time to be macho! I go tornado chasing in the spring, and I wouldn't hang around with a storm like this. Two years ago when I was in Texas, there was one storm that dropped 6-inch hail. The town took out snow plows to push it off the road!

John
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Yep, I also heard on our same local news (ABC11/WTVD) that New England would be battered as well. :eek: ;)

Regards.
 
Good old Australia, huh? Can't seem to make up it's mind about which extreme it wants to go to.

If it ain't a fire, it's a flood. If it's not a flood, it's a drought.:eek::eek: If it isn't one of those, it's the government.:hehe::hehe: Although kudos to Premier Bligh, who i think has done a stellar job the last few months.

Thoughts and prayers go to those in Queensland; Trainzers and otherwise.

Keep safe, don't do anything macho. The world has it's share of dead heroes; we don't need anymore.:(

Matt.
 
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Although kudos to Premier Bligh, who i think has done a stellar job the last few months.

Matt.
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Matt,

I have to agree with the above, I have been very impressed.

Watching the news tonight and they spoke of the storms and blizzards in the US. Apparently the front of the storms cover 3,000 miles/km (not sure which) and that is huge.

Ed, Chicago came in for a big mention so take it easy.

Good luck and stay safe to everyone experiencing the power of Mother Nature.

Craig
:):):)
 
You guys in Aus and USA have my sympathy.

The UK has had a couple of bad winters recently, but nothing like the high winds and snowfall you good people are getting.

The worst I can remember in the UK was when the country came to a standstill on 26th December 1962. Our family was stuck for two days at my Aunt’s house. I was impossible to move anywhere. The snowfall was around 24 inches, but it was the high winds which created the chaos. It just blew the small powdery flakes into every gap and crevice and any sharp depression in the landscape was smoothed over with the white stuff. We had something similar in 1987, but on a lesser scale.

Stay safe everyone.



UK 1962:
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UK 1987:
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Hope everyone affected by the storms in Oz or the US are all safe and well.

Mezzo, I remember the snow storm of '87 very clearly, the village where I grew up is located on the River Nene in Nothamptonshire and is surrounded on all side by hills. We had all 3 routes into the village cut off for a couple of days, which for me at that time was great as I couldn't get to school.
 
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