roughbarked said:

cyclone debbie

Heck, it could the Althea all over again. This is the track of cyclone Althea.

“Severe Tropical Cyclone Althea was at the time considered to be one of the strongest cyclones to affect the Queensland coast, and remains arguably the most intense cyclone to ever affect Townsville. There were three deaths in Townsville and damage costs in the Townsville region reached $50 million (1971 dollars). Many houses were damaged or destroyed (including 200 Housing Commission homes) by the winds. On Magnetic Island 90 per cent of the houses were damaged or destroyed. Two tornadoes damaged trees and houses at Bowen.”

Cyclone Debbie will be category 4 at landfall. Landfall 1 pm, March 28, two days away.

Watch Cyclone Debbie make landfall in this prediction on WindyTV.

https://www.windytv.com/?-19.228,149.941,5

I remember Althea. I was in Proserpine and the Whitsunday passage, Bowen region late in 1970 so it made an impact on my memory as the people had said that we hope this new house excapes the next cyclone. I paid particular attention to the places that were damaged.

Cyclone Kerry was even more of a problem.

Most impressive.

I wonder how my Queensland cousin Debbie is doing?

kii said:

Most impressive.

I wonder how my Queensland cousin Debbie is doing?

As at 8am

Here it is on the Earth wind map

Bubblecar said:

Here it is on the Earth wind map

We were just watching that earlier.

The winds we had here the other day were really strange to watch on this site. I should have taken a screen shot or something. We had winds coming from both the west and the east, then blowing straight up to the NW. It looked like someone’s hair part.

kii said:

Bubblecar said:

Here it is on the Earth wind map

We were just watching that earlier.

The winds we had here the other day were really strange to watch on this site. I should have taken a screen shot or something. We had winds coming from both the west and the east, then blowing straight up to the NW. It looked like someone’s hair part.

Would have been interesting to stand on the intersection and see what it’s like.

kii said:

Bubblecar said:

Here it is on the Earth wind map

We were just watching that earlier.

The winds we had here the other day were really strange to watch on this site. I should have taken a screen shot or something. We had winds coming from both the west and the east, then blowing straight up to the NW. It looked like someone’s hair part.

The map shows southerly winds here but it is totally still & windless at ground level (850 metres).

Tamb said:

Latest on Debbie

Some people are comparing Debbie to cyclone Yasi. Yasi at category 5 was more powerful than Debbie, but hit a less populated area. One dead, which is fewer than Althea. Yasi caused an estimated AU$3.5 billion in damage, making it the costliest tropical cyclone to hit Australia on record. it made landfall further north, near Mission Beach. Jan 2011.

Yasi’s track.

Debbie is rather late in the season isn’t it? Well into autumn.

The 2015–16 Australian region cyclone season was the least active tropical cyclone season since reliable records started during 1969, with only three named tropical cyclones developing in the region. Reasons for the …
Tropical lows‎: ‎11‎
Severe tropical cyclones‎: ‎0 (record low)‎
Tropical cyclones‎: ‎3 (record low)‎

How could a Debbie harm anyone?

I knew one I were a young un and she was as sweet as could be.

OTOH I knew another one who was huge and powerfully built and was wont to do a Xenia Onatopp if you were unlucky enough to find yourself trapped between her massive thighs.

😣

Not much progress on the Earth wind map

Bubblecar said:

Not much progress on the Earth wind map

slow moving so far.. Gives it more time to intensify.

mollwollfumble said:

Debbie is rather late in the season isn’t it? Well into autumn.

The 2015–16 Australian region cyclone season was the least active tropical cyclone season since reliable records started during 1969, with only three named tropical cyclones developing in the region. Reasons for the …
Tropical lows‎: ‎11‎
Severe tropical cyclones‎: ‎0 (record low)‎
Tropical cyclones‎: ‎3 (record low)‎

Not a record, though. There was a cyclone in mid-May not that long ago.

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

Debbie is rather late in the season isn’t it? Well into autumn.

The 2015–16 Australian region cyclone season was the least active tropical cyclone season since reliable records started during 1969, with only three named tropical cyclones developing in the region. Reasons for the …
Tropical lows‎: ‎11‎
Severe tropical cyclones‎: ‎0 (record low)‎
Tropical cyclones‎: ‎3 (record low)‎

Not a record, though. There was a cyclone in mid-May not that long ago.

there are no records before that since the hall of records was mysteriously blown away

Looks like my fam in Tville will be spared as the BOM is saying the area to the south of the cyclone will cop it

dv said:

Looks like my family in Townsville will be spared as the BOM is saying the area to the south of the cyclone will cop it

Fixed.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

Looks like my family in Townsville will be spared as the BOM is saying the area to the south of the cyclone will cop it

Fixed.

Looks like my famulus in Tranceville will be spared as the BOM is saying the area to the south of the cyclone will cop it

Fixed.

The media are working themselves into a frenzy over Debbie, it’s probably because we haven’t had one for a long time, cyclone that is.
They’ll probably lose interest if there’s no one killed and get distracted by something shiny.

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

Looks like my family in Townsville will be spared as the BOM is saying the area to the south of the cyclone will cop it

Fixed.

Looks like my famulus in Tranceville will be spared as the BOM is saying the area to the south of the cyclone will cop it

Fixed.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP Tropical Cyclone Debbie Issued at 4:59 pm AEST Sunday 26 March 2017. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 14.

Tamb said:

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Fixed.

Looks like my famulus in Tranceville will be spared as the BOM is saying the area to the south of the cyclone will cop it

Fixed.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP Tropical Cyclone Debbie Issued at 4:59 pm AEST Sunday 26 March 2017. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 14.

You’re up near Innisvale, Tamb, yeah?

Peak Warming Man said:

The media are working themselves into a frenzy over Debbie, it’s probably because we haven’t had one for a long time, cyclone that is.
They’ll probably lose interest if there’s no one killed and get distracted by something shiny.

It is or soon will be a cat 4.
I’ve been through about 15 cyclones & even the little ones are not to be dismissed so easily.

Peak Warming Man said:

Tamb said:

Bubblecar said:

Looks like my famulus in Tranceville will be spared as the BOM is saying the area to the south of the cyclone will cop it

Fixed.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP Tropical Cyclone Debbie Issued at 4:59 pm AEST Sunday 26 March 2017. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 14. !http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65001.png?1490511614527

You’re up near Innisvale, Tamb, yeah?

About an hours drive west. About 60km in a straight line so I should be OK with this one.
Nevertheless I’ve got in food & fuel & moved light stuff under the house.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-26/tasmania-results-acic-wastewater-drug-monitoring/8387866

sarahs mum said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-26/tasmania-results-acic-wastewater-drug-monitoring/8387866

Wrong fred SM?

Tamb said:

sarahs mum said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-26/tasmania-results-acic-wastewater-drug-monitoring/8387866

Wrong fred SM?

sure is.

sarahs mum said:

Tamb said:

sarahs mum said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-26/tasmania-results-acic-wastewater-drug-monitoring/8387866

Wrong fred SM?

sure is.

I thought you were just high.

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

Debbie is rather late in the season isn’t it? Well into autumn.

The 2015–16 Australian region cyclone season was the least active tropical cyclone season since reliable records started during 1969, with only three named tropical cyclones developing in the region. Reasons for the …
Tropical lows‎: ‎11‎
Severe tropical cyclones‎: ‎0 (record low)‎
Tropical cyclones‎: ‎3 (record low)‎

Not a record, though. There was a cyclone in mid-May not that long ago.

The significance isn’t that the cyclone is late, but that it is such a late start to the season for Queensland cyclones.

KJW said:

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

Debbie is rather late in the season isn’t it? Well into autumn.

The 2015–16 Australian region cyclone season was the least active tropical cyclone season since reliable records started during 1969, with only three named tropical cyclones developing in the region. Reasons for the …
Tropical lows‎: ‎11‎
Severe tropical cyclones‎: ‎0 (record low)‎
Tropical cyclones‎: ‎3 (record low)‎

Not a record, though. There was a cyclone in mid-May not that long ago.

The significance isn’t that the cyclone is late, but that it is such a late start to the season for Queensland cyclones.

fair

Tamb said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Tamb said:

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP Tropical Cyclone Debbie Issued at 4:59 pm AEST Sunday 26 March 2017. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 14. !http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65001.png?1490511614527

You’re up near Innisvale, Tamb, yeah?

About an hours drive west. About 60km in a straight line so I should be OK with this one.
Nevertheless I’ve got in food & fuel & moved light stuff under the house.

Is “under the house” the safest or the least safe place?

Evacuation map.

News article with bigger map:
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-cyclone-cyclone-debbie-latest-information/news-story/01ab5df6339a3657a73ca85d5af62506

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

Debbie is rather late in the season isn’t it? Well into autumn.

The 2015–16 Australian region cyclone season was the least active tropical cyclone season since reliable records started during 1969, with only three named tropical cyclones developing in the region. Reasons for the …
Tropical lows‎: ‎11‎
Severe tropical cyclones‎: ‎0 (record low)‎
Tropical cyclones‎: ‎3 (record low)‎

Not a record, though. There was a cyclone in mid-May not that long ago.

The late ones do tend to stay more northerly though, thinking also of Yasi here. The one thing my dad said about ctclones when I asked when would it rain again in 1967, dad said, “when a cyclone comes onto land. That’s where we get most of the rain events inland”. He died in the year of Althea but I was reminded again of his comment in 1974 when Wanda wet the inland thouroughly.

mollwollfumble said:

Tamb said:

Peak Warming Man said:

You’re up near Innisvale, Tamb, yeah?

About an hours drive west. About 60km in a straight line so I should be OK with this one.
Nevertheless I’ve got in food & fuel & moved light stuff under the house.

Is “under the house” the safest or the least safe place?

Probably the least safe place if there is extensive flooding inland.

Still on track for Ayr, I see. My sister used to live in Ayr.

The links to the track on this thread update with time.
Also, the cyclone prediction on WindyTV https://www.windytv.com/?-19.228,149.941,5 updates with time.

I see that they’ve changed the prediction quite considerably. It’s the same prediction crossing the coast and moving inland. But when I first posted the link, the tropical low petered out inland in the middle of Queensland. The new prediction has the tropical low turning around and heading back for the coast in a track very like Althea, before petering out at the coast.

Cyclone Debbie should:
a) Stir up the surface waters on the Great Barrier Reef, cooling them down and so stopping coral bleaching for a while (it’s happened before).
b) Dump a lot of water in the interior of Australia, cooling down the continent to remove the blocking high over central Australia. That in turn will allow further rain events to penetrate better into the heartland of Australia, which will be good for farmers for a while.

I can’t help wondering if the link between “Southern Oscillation Index” SOI and rainfall is actually cyclones like Debbie. It would work like this.

“Sustained positive values of the SOI above +7 are typical of a La Niña episode. They are associated with warmer sea temperatures to the north of Australia.” Warmer sea temperatures off Northern Australia create more cyclones like Debbie. Cyclones like Debbie penetrate into the interior of Australia dumping water which removes the blocking high over central Australia. Without the blocking high over central Australia, cold fronts and troughs generated over the Indian Ocean penetrate deeper into the heart of Australia bringing more rain to southern farms.

In other words, chuck the SOI observations in the bin and watch the cyclones.

Good luck to all in Debbie’s path.

Latest on Debbie TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP
Tropical Cyclone Debbie
Issued at 7:48 am AEST Monday 27 March 2017. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 19.

Hope we get some of the rain from ex-TC Debs.

Divine Angel said:

Hope we get some of the rain from ex-TC Debs.

Because you’ve got one two three four five

Divine Angel said:

Hope we get some of the rain from ex-TC Debs.

It’s not ex. Very far from it. Gaining strength.

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

Hope we get some of the rain from ex-TC Debs.

It’s not ex. Very far from it. Gaining strength.

By the time it gets here it will be ex.

Divine Angel said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

Hope we get some of the rain from ex-TC Debs.

It’s not ex. Very far from it. Gaining strength.

By the time it gets here it will be ex.

Probably. Collinsville looks like getting cycloned for possibly the first time & maybe Charters Towers also.

No? Not even a titter.
Tough sub.

dv said:

No? Not even a titter.
Tough sub.

IDGI

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

No? Not even a titter.
Tough sub.

IDGI

Me neither.

dv said:

Divine Angel said:

Hope we get some of the rain from ex-TC Debs.

Because you’ve got one two three four five

I don’t get it either. I know the rhyme.

Michael V said:

dv said:

Divine Angel said:

Hope we get some of the rain from ex-TC Debs.

Because you’ve got one two three four five

I don’t get it either. I know the rhyme.

Maybe cyclone catagories?

Amazing cloud mass.

http://satview.bom.gov.au/

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

dv said:

Because you’ve got one two three four five

I don’t get it either. I know the rhyme.

Maybe cyclone catagories?

Ah.

Tamb said:

Latest on Debbie TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP
Tropical Cyclone Debbie
Issued at 7:48 am AEST Monday 27 March 2017. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 19.

No longer going straight through Ayr. Further south towards Bowen takes it further from Townsville,, closer to midway between Townsville and Mackay.

Michael V said:

Amazing cloud mass.

http://satview.bom.gov.au/

Caleb & Debbie.

Nothing on a cyclone but it’s blowing to blow a dog off a chain here. Apart from a few still hard peaches, plums, pears, apples and nectarines are mostly on the ground.

AwesomeO said:

Nothing on a cyclone but it’s blowing to blow a dog off a chain here. Apart from a few still hard peaches, plums, pears, apples and nectarines are mostly on the ground.

Latest on Debbie. TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP
Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie
Issued at 11:08 am AEST Monday 27 March 2017. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 20.

AwesomeO said:

Nothing on a cyclone but it’s blowing to blow a dog off a chain here. Apart from a few still hard peaches, plums, pears, apples and nectarines are mostly on the ground.

Plums, peaches, nectarines and some apples all finished some weeks ago. Should only really be the late peaches (the yellow fleshed ones) and the late apples on the trees.

Wow. That’s a lot further south.

Looks like someone should have done a better prediction of the track earlier on.

buffy said:

AwesomeO said:

Nothing on a cyclone but it’s blowing to blow a dog off a chain here. Apart from a few still hard peaches, plums, pears, apples and nectarines are mostly on the ground.

Plums, peaches, nectarines and some apples all finished some weeks ago. Should only really be the late peaches (the yellow fleshed ones) and the late apples on the trees.

Yeah, they were all ripe and ready to drop at a moderate breeze.

buffy said:

AwesomeO said:

Nothing on a cyclone but it’s blowing to blow a dog off a chain here. Apart from a few still hard peaches, plums, pears, apples and nectarines are mostly on the ground.

Plums, peaches, nectarines and some apples all finished some weeks ago. Should only really be the late peaches (the yellow fleshed ones) and the late apples on the trees.

If you like mangoes I’d suggest buying up now. There won’t be much coming out of Bowen for a while.

mollwollfumble said:

Wow. That’s a lot further south.

Looks like someone should have done a better prediction of the track earlier on.

Cyclones are very unpredictable. Viz cyclone Kerry

buffy said:

AwesomeO said:

Nothing on a cyclone but it’s blowing to blow a dog off a chain here. Apart from a few still hard peaches, plums, pears, apples and nectarines are mostly on the ground.

Plums, peaches, nectarines and some apples all finished some weeks ago. Should only really be the late peaches (the yellow fleshed ones) and the late apples on the trees.

Should amend my previous, it was badly worded, what I meant was that apart from a few still hard peaches everything else is on the ground.

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

AwesomeO said:

Nothing on a cyclone but it’s blowing to blow a dog off a chain here. Apart from a few still hard peaches, plums, pears, apples and nectarines are mostly on the ground.

Plums, peaches, nectarines and some apples all finished some weeks ago. Should only really be the late peaches (the yellow fleshed ones) and the late apples on the trees.

Should amend my previous, it was badly worded, what I meant was that apart from a few still hard peaches everything else is on the ground.

Funny. In the bush the saying is blow a dog of its chain. On the coast its blow the oysters off the rocks.

Tamb said:

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

Plums, peaches, nectarines and some apples all finished some weeks ago. Should only really be the late peaches (the yellow fleshed ones) and the late apples on the trees.

Should amend my previous, it was badly worded, what I meant was that apart from a few still hard peaches everything else is on the ground.

Funny. In the bush the saying is blow a dog of its chain. On the coast its blow the oysters off the rocks.

A bit if wind, but fairly mild here. Wouldn’t even blow a mouse off a chain.

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

dv said:

Divine Angel said:

Hope we get some of the rain from ex-TC Debs.

Because you’ve got one two three four five

I don’t get it either. I know the rhyme.

Maybe cyclone catagories?

XTC

Tamb said:

AwesomeO said:

Nothing on a cyclone but it’s blowing to blow a dog off a chain here. Apart from a few still hard peaches, plums, pears, apples and nectarines are mostly on the ground.

Latest on Debbie. TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP
Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie
Issued at 11:08 am AEST Monday 27 March 2017. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 20.

Looks windy in Proserpine.

In that diagram the numbers are easy to work out as cyclone strength, as is direction and times, what do the rings and coastal colours signify?

If you go to http://satview.bom.gov.au/ and press the play button at the bottom of the screen you will get the best view of what’s happening.

AwesomeO said:

In that diagram the numbers are easy to work out as cyclone strength, as is direction and times, what do the rings and coastal colours signify?

Warning Zone
Gales within 24 hours example of orange colour
Watch Zone
Gales from 24-48 hours example of yellow colour

Past Cyclone Details

Past Location and Intensity Number example of icon
Past Track and Movement example of track

Current Cyclone Details

Current Location and Intensity Number example of icon
Very Destructive Winds example of region
Destructive Winds example of region
Strong Gale Force Winds example of region

Tamb said:

AwesomeO said:

In that diagram the numbers are easy to work out as cyclone strength, as is direction and times, what do the rings and coastal colours signify?

Warning Zone
Gales within 24 hours example of orange colour
Watch Zone
Gales from 24-48 hours example of yellow colour

Past Cyclone Details

Past Location and Intensity Number example of icon
Past Track and Movement example of track

Current Cyclone Details

Current Location and Intensity Number example of icon
Very Destructive Winds example of region
Destructive Winds example of region
Strong Gale Force Winds example of region

Cheers.

AwesomeO said:

Tamb said:

AwesomeO said:

In that diagram the numbers are easy to work out as cyclone strength, as is direction and times, what do the rings and coastal colours signify?

Warning Zone
Gales within 24 hours example of orange colour
Watch Zone
Gales from 24-48 hours example of yellow colour

Past Cyclone Details

Past Location and Intensity Number example of icon
Past Track and Movement example of track

Current Cyclone Details

Current Location and Intensity Number example of icon
Very Destructive Winds example of region
Destructive Winds example of region
Strong Gale Force Winds example of region

Cheers.

On the BOM site it is in colour but we don’t have that luxury here.

Ooo..Better Call Saul starts soon.

The local wildlife must know something. There is a 300mm Scalaris like this one trying to get into my ceiling.

> The local wildlife must know something. There is a 300mm Scalaris like this one trying to get into my ceiling.

Lovely.

Why are people still filling sandbags by hand and shovel. That is so 1800s technology.

Adapt a harvester to fill 100 in a minute​ or so.

mollwollfumble said:

Why are people still filling sandbags by hand and shovel. That is so 1800s technology.

Adapt a harvester to fill 100 in a minute​ or so.

Not worth it – who’s going to waste a couple hundred k on a harvester for feel good work once or twice a year? Get the plebs some exercise I say.

poikilotherm said:

mollwollfumble said:

Why are people still filling sandbags by hand and shovel. That is so 1800s technology.

Adapt a harvester to fill 100 in a minute​ or so.

Not worth it – who’s going to waste a couple hundred k on a harvester for feel good work once or twice a year? Get the plebs some exercise I say.

Where would it be based?
Maybe a cheaper idea would be to make bag frames so bags could be filled using a backhoe.

sand bag machines

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=sand+bag+machine&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=

My brother lives in Bowen, which is right in the Debbie’s path.

Tau.Neutrino said:

sand bag machines

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=sand+bag+machine&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=

Yes. That’s what I was suggesting. Cheap so every Council could have several. Backhoes & other earthmoving equipment is ubiquitious.

btm said:

My brother lives in Bowen, which is right in the Debbie’s path.

Well they do say that they left the l out of Bowen.
I used to go sailing there & it always seemed to be windy.

It’s raining in Essendon.

sibeen said:

It’s raining in Essendon.

Essendon is in Melbourne so that’s no surprise.

sibeen said:

It’s raining in Essendon.

Raining and pouring?

Witty Rejoinder said:

sibeen said:

It’s raining in Essendon.

Raining and pouring?

Is the old man snoring?

Witty Rejoinder said:

sibeen said:

It’s raining in Essendon.

Raining and pouring?

It is now.

well the weather is outrageous here now.
I thought I was going to be blown off my hill for a while there.

sarahs mum said:

well the weather is outrageous here now.
I thought I was going to be blown off my hill for a while there.

my wind clocked 119 on the top of mt welly when it went through.

It really did go through here like a line on a map.

Those sand bag filling things need to be all over the place. During the floods last year in this district, the bag filler arrived at Coleraine a bit late….they sent it straight on to Casterton, who were next to get wet, because Coleraine did theirs by hand. And the thing arrived just as they finished shovelling several tonnes of sand. (There may have been a slight exaggeration on the part of the man who told me, who was one of the shovellers. They were not happy)

Violent winds have now arrived in the middle of the island

One for Buffy, ok, so it isn’t a pug but, sheesh, it’d be hard to tell them apart in poor light.

JudgeMental said:

One for Buffy, ok, so it isn’t a pug but, sheesh, it’d be hard to tell them apart in poor light.

Hippopugimus.

Tamb said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

sibeen said:

It’s raining in Essendon.

Raining and pouring?

Is the old man snoring?

Did he go to bed and bump his head?

bob(from black rock) said:

Tamb said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Raining and pouring?

Is the old man snoring?

Did he go to bed and bump his head?

And that’s why he couldn’t get up in the morning.

Tamb said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Tamb said:

Is the old man snoring?

Did he go to bed and bump his head?

And that’s why he couldn’t get up in the morning.

Latest on Debbie TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP
Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie
Issued at 2:59 pm AEST Monday 27 March 2017. Refer to latest Tropical Cyclone Advice.

Following on the WindyTV predictions. By Sat Sun Brisbane and Gold Coast may be in for a massive bout of wind and rain as the tropical low that was Debbie moves offshore again.

mollwollfumble said:

Following on the WindyTV predictions. By Sat Sun Brisbane and Gold Coast may be in for a massive bout of wind and rain as the tropical low that was Debbie moves offshore again.

It is predicted to swing to the ESE after it gets inland.

mollwollfumble said:

Following on the WindyTV predictions. By Sat Sun Brisbane and Gold Coast may be in for a massive bout of wind and rain as the tropical low that was Debbie moves offshore again.

Woohoo get some time off work being in emergency services and all..

I mean shit , that’s terrible

Tamb said:

mollwollfumble said:

Following on the WindyTV predictions. By Sat Sun Brisbane and Gold Coast may be in for a massive bout of wind and rain as the tropical low that was Debbie moves offshore again.

It is predicted to swing to the ESE after it gets inland.

Likely over here…

Tell you what though, those super computer models are doing a fucking bang up job though..

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Yeh nah

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Yeh nah

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Yeh nah this time for sure

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

At this rate is going to make landfall in Hobart

Dropbear said:

Tell you what though, those super computer models are doing a fucking bang up job though..

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Yeh nah

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Yeh nah

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Yeh nah this time for sure

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Debbie does Darwin.

Dropbear said:

At this rate is going to make landfall in Hobart

I think they’ve been pretty consistent with the track map
Here’s the latest;

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie Issued at 3:59 pm AEST Monday 27 March 2017. Refer to latest Tropical Cyclone Advice

I was exaggerating for comedic effect but the crossing point has consistently been moving south side they started the modelling

Divine Angel said:

Dropbear said:

Tell you what though, those super computer models are doing a fucking bang up job though..

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Yeh nah

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Yeh nah

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Yeh nah this time for sure

Computer: Debbie will head ESE
Debbie goes SSE

Debbie does Darwin.

You know you are only talking 22.5° difference.

Evacuation maps due to storm surge (2.8 to 3.5 metres?) And emergency procedures for Mackay.

http://www.mackay.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/120398/EAG-2014-2017_Web.pdf

JudgeMental said:

One for Buffy, ok, so it isn’t a pug but, sheesh, it’d be hard to tell them apart in poor light.

I was driving to Casterton. I like baby hippos.

So it’s already a category 4. The previous prediction I saw had it staying category 3 until just before landfall. Landfall now just south of Bowen. Thankfully it’s not going straight through either Townsville or Mackay.

The track is well south of both Althea and Yasi.

How does the new track compare with that of Cyclone Kerry? Landfall is almost exactly the same place, but Kerry was weaker (category 2 at first landfall strengthening to 3 immediately afterward) and headed north after first landfall rather than inland and south.

How far inland in the latest predictions, and where will it go back out to sea? Back out to sea near Fraser Island on Friday, Gold Coast will get a battering on Sat & Sunday. Far enough inland to dump water into the Lake Eyre and Murray-Darling catchments I hope.

Any flooding predictions for the Darling River yet? No.

The following Watches/Warnings are current:
Moderate Flood Warning for the Don River
Moderate Flood Warning for the lower Isaac River
Moderate Flood Warning for the Pioneer River
Flood Watch for coastal catchments between Rollingstone to Gladstone extending inland to the upper Flinders, upper Thomson and Barcoo catchments

Hamilton Island is in the middle of it now.

Latest weather observations from Hamilton Island

Mean wind speed 178 km/hr continuous and rising, gusts to 222 km/hr overnight.

What’s that in m/s? 50 m/s mean and 62 m/s gusts. For winds, that’s fast.

mollwollfumble said:

Hamilton Island is in the middle of it now.

Latest weather observations from Hamilton Island

Mean wind speed 178 km/hr continuous and rising, gusts to 222 km/hr overnight.

What’s that in m/s? 50 m/s mean and 62 m/s gusts. For winds, that’s fast.

Latest weather observations from Queensland central coast and Whitsundays. http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/observations/qldall.shtml#CCW

As of 9 am, wind speeds still low in Proserpine and Mackay, means 89 and 67 km/hr, gusts 107 and 82 km/hr.

they have had some big gusts at prossy, my old neighbour at the van park says 2 vans damaged already there

boppa said:

they have had some big gusts at prossy, my old neighbour at the van park says 2 vans damaged already there

It’s going to get a hell of a lot worse in Proserpine before it gets better.

How’s Debs?

yup, glad Im not there
the people at the park are safe enough if not exactly comfortable, the toilet block is concrete walls and concrete slab roof and was designed as a storm shelter for the park

(glad I got autokorrekt, its putting the `see’s in for me lol keyboard has lost the see key) autoorret is what i get before I autokorrekt- apart from when I type autokorrekt- which suggests autoworker for some reason)

kii said:

How’s Debs?

As of 9am, the outer edge of the severe winds are just reaching Proserpine, minor damage there so far. Hamilton Island is in the middle of it, no word out of there in the news media but the winds there fast, and they’ve got at least another five hours of being battered. The track is scheduled to head just south of Bowen, closer to Bowen than Proserpine. I don’t have wind records for Bowen.

Airlie Beach is copping it.

mollwollfumble said:

kii said:

How’s Debs?

As of 9am, the outer edge of the severe winds are just reaching Proserpine, minor damage there so far. Hamilton Island is in the middle of it, no word out of there in the news media but the winds there fast, and they’ve got at least another five hours of being battered. The track is scheduled to head just south of Bowen, closer to Bowen than Proserpine. I don’t have wind records for Bowen.

Thanks…..I was being lazy. Just checked the various sites.

h 9 has a reporter on Hamilton island on atm

they are all ok now, but one plae has a tree on its roof, horizontal rain winds up to 240kmh

mollwollfumble said:

mollwollfumble said:

Hamilton Island is in the middle of it now.

Latest weather observations from Hamilton Island

Mean wind speed 178 km/hr continuous and rising, gusts to 222 km/hr overnight.

What’s that in m/s? 50 m/s mean and 62 m/s gusts. For winds, that’s fast.

Latest weather observations from Queensland central coast and Whitsundays. http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/observations/qldall.shtml#CCW

As of 9 am, wind speeds still low in Proserpine and Mackay, means 89 and 67 km/hr, gusts 107 and 82 km/hr.

9:30 wind speeds just posted.
Hamilton Island mean 191 km/hr peak 232 km/hr
Proserpine mean 85 km/hr peak 115 km/hr
Mackay mean 57 km/hr peak 74 km/hr
Hay Point (wherever that is) mean 70 km/hr peak 89 km/hr

Hay Point is about 20min drive south of Makay

One 90 yo bloke I heard on the radio, in a caravan near the shore at Mackay, reckoned that since it was his home he was just going to sit there!

191 km/hr wind speed at Hamilton Is currently

Near the shore would have to be the big 5 park, if so, not a good idea I would have thought, it is fully exposed to shore winds, only a few dunes to provide cover

Any caravan would be pretty much ripped shreds wouldn’t It?

I sat through one at Makay in my van, but it weighs 3.2 ton and was hained down, plus I put those winch straps around it with ply to reinforce the walls, it survived ok

boppa said:

I sat through one at Makay in my van, but it weighs 3.2 ton and was hained down, plus I put those winch straps around it with ply to reinforce the walls, it survived ok

What cat?

Ian said:

boppa said:

I sat through one at Makay in my van, but it weighs 3.2 ton and was hained down, plus I put those winch straps around it with ply to reinforce the walls, it survived ok

What cat?

Persian

Ian said:

boppa said:

I sat through one at Makay in my van, but it weighs 3.2 ton and was hained down, plus I put those winch straps around it with ply to reinforce the walls, it survived ok

What cat?

Stop blaming the cat!

it wasnt as bad as debbie- i think it was a 5 (uli??) but didnt hit the plake straight on- we had only 100kmh winds with stronger gusts, still not good

boppa said:

I sat through one at Makay in my van, but it weighs 3.2 ton and was hained down, plus I put those winch straps around it with ply to reinforce the walls, it survived ok

I sat through the “tail end” of a cyclone in 1982/83. On Straddie. I was about 8 weeks pregnant. Branded by a bluebottle earlier in the day. I was in a nylon tent.

With my mother.

lol @ kii

what fun….

kii said:

I sat through the “tail end” of a cyclone in 1982/83. On Straddie. I was about 8 weeks pregnant. Branded by a bluebottle earlier in the day. I was in a nylon tent.

With my mother.

That must have been awful. And the cyclone would have been annoying too.

9 news Hamilton is 230 kmh top wind speed
wow

boppa said:

lol @ kii

what fun….

Oh, yeah…..

We got through that, then cooked dinner as the sun set.

Then the storm turned back.

I sat in the Torana for that bout.

Witty Rejoinder said:

kii said:

I sat through the “tail end” of a cyclone in 1982/83. On Straddie. I was about 8 weeks pregnant. Branded by a bluebottle earlier in the day. I was in a nylon tent.

With my mother.

That must have been awful. And the cyclone would have been annoying too.

My instincts took over and I tried to dig a hole.

I have had 160 klick winds come through here. I can’t imagine 270 klick winds.

Interestingly, rain and water vapour from cyclones has a distinct isotopic signature, with most of the oxygen-18 isotopes rained out because of the intense convection of the event and how high the molecules rise within the storm.

Using the chemical record within limestone and other sources, Professor Nott and other scientists have been able to show that cyclones are now the fewest in at least 800 years for the Cairns region and 1500 years for Western Australia. (See Nature paper here.)

“We’ve already been able to show that climate change is already affecting the behaviour of tropical cyclones in Australia,” Professor Nott said.

Read more:

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/weather/cyclone-debbie-biggest-threat-may-come-from-storm-tide-as-tempest-builds-20170326-gv70qb.html

…

Interesting.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Interestingly, rain and water vapour from cyclones has a distinct isotopic signature, with most of the oxygen-18 isotopes rained out because of the intense convection of the event and how high the molecules rise within the storm.

Using the chemical record within limestone and other sources, Professor Nott and other scientists have been able to show that cyclones are now the fewest in at least 800 years for the Cairns region and 1500 years for Western Australia. (See Nature paper here.)

“We’ve already been able to show that climate change is already affecting the behaviour of tropical cyclones in Australia,” Professor Nott said.

Read more:

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/weather/cyclone-debbie-biggest-threat-may-come-from-storm-tide-as-tempest-builds-20170326-gv70qb.html

…

Interesting.

I thought Adam Bandt blaming cyclones on climate change was poor form.

sarahs mum said:

I thought Adam Bandt blaming cyclones on climate change was poor form.

Venturing his opinion for political points while people are in danger is poor form but I think come tomorrow we have to accept the science.

Witty Rejoinder said:

sarahs mum said:

I thought Adam Bandt blaming cyclones on climate change was poor form.

Venturing his opinion for political points while people are in danger is poor form but I think come tomorrow we have to accept the science.

Pauline Hanson blamed poor Asian muslim immigrants for Debbie.. probably

Witty Rejoinder said:

sarahs mum said:

I thought Adam Bandt blaming cyclones on climate change was poor form.

Venturing his opinion for political points while people are in danger is poor form but I think come tomorrow we have to accept the science.

the record amount of hot days in NSW in a row might be one thing that might be a proof…

A cyclone needing warm water to start its thing..doesn’t necessarily correlate to climate change.

I hope the news is not bad tomorrow.

Witty Rejoinder said:

kii said:

I sat through the “tail end” of a cyclone in 1982/83. On Straddie. I was about 8 weeks pregnant. Branded by a bluebottle earlier in the day. I was in a nylon tent.

With my mother.

That must have been awful. And the cyclone would have been annoying too.

I sat through the “tail end” of a cyclone in, um, sometime between 1983 and 1987. On Bribie. That was frightening enough even though it was considered so mild that it never made the news. It was the continuous nature of the strong wind that was disturbing, unchanging for hour after hour until I felt that something must break.

263 km/hr gusts on Hamilton

mollwollfumble said:

9:30 wind speeds just posted.
Hamilton Island mean 191 km/hr peak 232 km/hr
Proserpine mean 85 km/hr peak 115 km/hr
Mackay mean 57 km/hr peak 74 km/hr
Hay Point (wherever that is) mean 70 km/hr peak 89 km/hr

Category 4 cyclone is what wind speed? 58 to 70 m/s, 209 to 251 km/h. Is that mean or gust wind speed? That’s mean wind speed. Eek.

10:30 wind speeds

Hamilton Island mean 183 km/hr peak 263 km/hr, wind speeds still rising, that’s a peak of 73 m/s.

Proserpine mean 93 km/hr peak 139 km/hr
Bowen mean 82 km/hr peak 107 km/hr
Hay Point mean 72 km/hr peak 96 km/hr
Mackay mean 69 km/hr peak 91 km/hr
Cape Ferguson mean 46 km/hr peak 61 km/hr
Ayr mean 43 km/hr peak 57 km/hr
Townsville – just an ordinary average day.

mollwollfumble said:

Category 4 cyclone is what wind speed? 58 to 70 m/s, 209 to 251 km/h. Is that mean or gust wind speed? That’s mean wind speed. Eek.

10:30 wind speeds

Hamilton Island mean 183 km/hr peak 263 km/hr, wind speeds still rising, that’s a peak of 73 m/s.

Proserpine mean 93 km/hr peak 139 km/hr
Bowen mean 82 km/hr peak 107 km/hr
Hay Point mean 72 km/hr peak 96 km/hr
Mackay mean 69 km/hr peak 91 km/hr
Cape Ferguson mean 46 km/hr peak 61 km/hr
Ayr mean 43 km/hr peak 57 km/hr
Townsville – just an ordinary average day.

11:00 wind speed.

Hamilton Island wind speeds on the way down, mean 174 km/hr.

Hamilton Island mean 183 km/hr peak 263 km/hr, wind speeds still rising, that’s a peak of 73 m/s.
—-

heavy.

Currently Debbie is showing as just 10 kph below cat 5.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Interestingly, rain and water vapour from cyclones has a distinct isotopic signature, with most of the oxygen-18 isotopes rained out because of the intense convection of the event and how high the molecules rise within the storm.

Using the chemical record within limestone and other sources, Professor Nott and other scientists have been able to show that cyclones are now the fewest in at least 800 years for the Cairns region and 1500 years for Western Australia. (See Nature paper here.)

“We’ve already been able to show that climate change is already affecting the behaviour of tropical cyclones in Australia,” Professor Nott said.

Read more:

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/weather/cyclone-debbie-biggest-threat-may-come-from-storm-tide-as-tempest-builds-20170326-gv70qb.html

…

Interesting.

Just heard that man on The World Today as I drove home. Very interesting. Especially the “fewest” bit.

earth null is a bit horrifying.

sarahs mum said:

Hamilton Island mean 183 km/hr peak 263 km/hr, wind speeds still rising, that’s a peak of 73 m/s.
—-

heavy.

That’ll certainly blow your umbrella inside out.

sarahs mum said:

earth null is a bit horrifying.

And kind of hypnotic.

Video from ISS is pretty amazing..

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-cyclone-latest-news-tracking-for-cyclone-debbie/news-story/7ac98f931bb86cca63f4d82b626bf316

Ian said:

sarahs mum said:

earth null is a bit horrifying.

And kind of hypnotic.

in a sort of hippy acid sort of way.

what do the red lines in debbie denote?

sarahs mum said:

what do the red lines in debbie denote?

Boundaries of strong vs destructive vs very destructive winds etc

Dropbear said:

sarahs mum said:

what do the red lines in debbie denote?

Boundaries of strong vs destructive vs very destructive winds etc

It seems to be getting redder.

:(

sarahs mum said:

Dropbear said:

sarahs mum said:

what do the red lines in debbie denote?

Boundaries of strong vs destructive vs very destructive winds etc

It seems to be getting redder.

:(

If you’re talking about the bom forecast track map that is.

The central dark region is the very destructive winds region

Dropbear said:

sarahs mum said:

Dropbear said:

Boundaries of strong vs destructive vs very destructive winds etc

It seems to be getting redder.

:(

If you’re talking about the bom forecast track map that is.

The central dark region is the very destructive winds region

i’m watching.. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-207.13,-17.71,3000/loc=150.584,-20.360

You can toggle between various options (including air and ocean) in earth nullschool on the menu which pops up when you press e on your keyboard.

sarahs mum said:

Dropbear said:

sarahs mum said:

It seems to be getting redder.

:(

If you’re talking about the bom forecast track map that is.

The central dark region is the very destructive winds region

i’m watching.. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-207.13,-17.71,3000/loc=150.584,-20.360

in that case no idea.. probably windspeed.

Bubblecar said:

You can toggle between various options (including air and ocean) in earth nullschool on the menu which pops up when you press e on your keyboard.

ta.

sarahs mum said:

i’m watching.. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-207.13,-17.71,3000/loc=150.584,-20.360

The colours represent differing scale, but I’m not sure what they mean by scale.

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

i’m watching.. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-207.13,-17.71,3000/loc=150.584,-20.360

The colours represent differing scale, but I’m not sure what they mean by scale.

Presumably the Beaufort Wind Scale, meaning wind speed.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

i’m watching.. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-207.13,-17.71,3000/loc=150.584,-20.360

The colours represent differing scale, but I’m not sure what they mean by scale.

Presumably the Beaufort Wind Scale, meaning wind speed.

It’s interesting to see how the speeds differ when you click on different heights above surface level.

mollwollfumble said:

Category 4 cyclone is what wind speed? 58 to 70 m/s, 209 to 251 km/h. Is that mean or gust wind speed? That’s mean wind speed. Eek.

10:30 wind speeds

Hamilton Island mean 183 km/hr peak 263 km/hr, wind speeds still rising, that’s a peak of 73 m/s.

Proserpine mean 93 km/hr peak 139 km/hr
Bowen mean 82 km/hr peak 107 km/hr
Hay Point mean 72 km/hr peak 96 km/hr
Mackay mean 69 km/hr peak 91 km/hr
Cape Ferguson mean 46 km/hr peak 61 km/hr
Ayr mean 43 km/hr peak 57 km/hr
Townsville – just an ordinary average day.

12:00 wind speeds

Hamilton Island mean 150 km/hr peak 217 km/hr, well on the way down
Proserpine mean 113 km/hr peak 137 km/hr, not as bad as I’d feared, but still on the way up
Bowen mean 91 km/hr peak 124 km/hr
Hay Point mean 72 km/hr peak 82 km/hr
Mackay mean 67 km/hr peak 83 km/hr, is that all? The wind speed hasn’t gone up significantly since 2 am.
Cape Ferguson mean 44 km/hr peak 50 km/hr
Ayr mean 46 km/hr peak 65 km/hr
Townsville – just an ordinary average day.

Not nearly as bad as I expected at this time of day. The news is one person dead.

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

i’m watching.. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-207.13,-17.71,3000/loc=150.584,-20.360

The colours represent differing scale, but I’m not sure what they mean by scale.

Just follow the Dropbear advice.

Hit E, then hover over the scale bar, and it will tell you what the colour represents.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

i’m watching.. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-207.13,-17.71,3000/loc=150.584,-20.360

The colours represent differing scale, but I’m not sure what they mean by scale.

Just follow the Dropbear advice.

Hit E, then hover over the scale bar, and it will tell you what the colour represents.

Oh, sorry, that was the Bubblecar advice :)

anyways… thoughts and prayers.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

i’m watching.. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-207.13,-17.71,3000/loc=150.584,-20.360

The colours represent differing scale, but I’m not sure what they mean by scale.

Just follow the Dropbear advice.

Hit E, then hover over the scale bar, and it will tell you what the colour represents.

That was my advice :)

Bubblecar said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bubblecar said:

The colours represent differing scale, but I’m not sure what they mean by scale.

Just follow the Dropbear advice.

Hit E, then hover over the scale bar, and it will tell you what the colour represents.

That was my advice :)

For which you have now been duly recognised :)

Anyone now how often the Earth wind map is updated?

The cyclone seems to have been stationary for hours according to the map.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Anyone now how often the Earth wind map is updated?

The cyclone seems to have been stationary for hours according to the map.

Every three hours, so it’s a bit slow :)

Here’s their About page:

https://earth.nullschool.net/about.html

The Rev Dodgson said:

Anyone now how often the Earth wind map is updated?

The cyclone seems to have been stationary for hours according to the map.

in reality it’s moving very slowly, but I don’t know the answer to that question

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR243.loop.shtml

That shows you where the eye is – 10 minutes ago

Bubblecar said:

You can toggle between various options (including air and ocean) in earth nullschool on the menu which pops up when you press e on your keyboard.

That’s interesting. 850 HPa is the height at which winds circle the cyclone, they spiral in at lower latitudes and spiral out at higher altitudes.

poor ol’ Abbott Point is getting a walloping

seems to me to be dying … the sustained winds are around 100km/hr or less for the stations around the area..

Bowen, Proserpine

Hamilton is still saying 137 but that’s down from 190ish earlier.

Dropbear said:

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR243.loop.shtml

That shows you where the eye is – 10 minutes ago

Oh, so Hamilton Island is in the eye, the wind is going to pick up again.

mollwollfumble said:

Bubblecar said:

You can toggle between various options (including air and ocean) in earth nullschool on the menu which pops up when you press e on your keyboard.

That’s interesting. 850 HPa is the height at which winds circle the cyclone, they spiral in at lower latitudes and spiral out at higher altitudes.

What’s that in furlongs?

mollwollfumble said:

Dropbear said:

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR243.loop.shtml

That shows you where the eye is – 10 minutes ago

Oh, so Hamilton Island is in the eye, the wind is going to pick up again.

near the eye wall yeh which i thought was the strongest winds…

9 has fulltime coverage, they just had a live interview on the beach on Hamilton, its pretty calm atm but they were about to go back inside
(one bloody idiot was actually going into the surf ith a bodyboard…)

True colour image from the (soon to be defunded) DSCOVR craft at the Earth-Sun Lagrange point

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-28/bom-warning-cyclone-debbie-hours-from-hitting-north-queensland/8391174

She’s languid, this woman. 11km/hr. She’s waiting for the tide to catch up, isn’t she.

buffy said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-28/bom-warning-cyclone-debbie-hours-from-hitting-north-queensland/8391174

She’s languid, this woman. 11km/hr. She’s waiting for the tide to catch up, isn’t she.

Maybe she is wondering what its like to surf at 275kmh?

ok who the heck killed the bowen radar…

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Bubblecar said:

You can toggle between various options (including air and ocean) in earth nullschool on the menu which pops up when you press e on your keyboard.

That’s interesting. 850 HPa is the height at which winds circle the cyclone, they spiral in at lower latitudes and spiral out at higher altitudes.

What’s that in furlongs?

850 hPa level is roughly at 1.5 km.

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

That’s interesting. 850 HPa is the height at which winds circle the cyclone, they spiral in at lower latitudes and spiral out at higher altitudes.

What’s that in furlongs?

850 hPa level is roughly at 1.5 km.

About 7.5 furlongs then.

Dropbear said:

ok who the heck killed the bowen radar…

“Bowen radar has suffered damage as a result of TC Debbie. Please access Mackay radar for current radar images. Engineering staff will prioritize repairs when safe access can be gained.”

Debbie does Bowen.

Michael V said:

Dropbear said:

ok who the heck killed the bowen radar…

“Bowen radar has suffered damage as a result of TC Debbie. Please access Mackay radar for current radar images. Engineering staff will prioritize repairs when safe access can be gained.”

Debbie does Bowen.

Debbie has low standards.

poikilotherm said:

Michael V said:

Dropbear said:

ok who the heck killed the bowen radar…

“Bowen radar has suffered damage as a result of TC Debbie. Please access Mackay radar for current radar images. Engineering staff will prioritize repairs when safe access can be gained.”

Debbie does Bowen.

Debbie has low standards.

Bowen may be a dive, but its enough backpackers to not be bashful about such things…

diddly-squat said:

poikilotherm said:

Michael V said:

“Bowen radar has suffered damage as a result of TC Debbie. Please access Mackay radar for current radar images. Engineering staff will prioritize repairs when safe access can be gained.”

Debbie does Bowen.

Debbie has low standards.

Bowen may be a dive, but its enough backpackers to not be bashful about such things…

I did a lot of sailing at Bowen. Good place for it.

Downgraded to Category 3.

mollwollfumble said:

Downgraded to Category 3.

good things can’t last forever.

mollwollfumble said:

Downgraded to Category 3.

BOM predicts it to be a cat 1 in 12 hours but Collinsville will still cop it. I wonder if the Worker’s Club is cyclone proof.

Makay is still up and running, (its the one I was using all along) but Debbie does seem to be on a diet, its definitely smaller in the rainfall area and now listed as category 3

LOL

boppa said:

LOL

The stance on the young lady is “different”

sarahs mum said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

sarahs mum said:

I thought Adam Bandt blaming cyclones on climate change was poor form.

Venturing his opinion for political points while people are in danger is poor form but I think come tomorrow we have to accept the science.

the record amount of hot days in NSW in a row might be one thing that might be a proof…

A cyclone needing warm water to start its thing..doesn’t necessarily correlate to climate change.

I hope the news is not bad tomorrow.

Deeper and therefore cooler water off NSW.

Tamb said:

boppa said:

LOL

The stance on the young lady is “different”

Metal guitar player?

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tamb said:

boppa said:

LOL

The stance on the young lady is “different”

Metal guitar player?

Cellist?

Tamb said:

Cellist?

hehe :)

She should get together with that shirtless guy with the man-bun

Dropbear said:

dv said:

She should get together with that shirtless guy with the man-bun

Dropbear said:

Looking like she might already have.

Tau.Neutrino said:

dv said:

She should get together with that shirtless guy with the man-bun

Dropbear said:

Looking like she might already have.

Extra from Children of the Corn

Looks as though the worst has passed without serious injuries

dv said:

Looks as though the worst has passed without serious injuries

I dunno dude, she looks pretty messed up

Dropbear said:

dv said:

Looks as though the worst has passed without serious injuries

I dunno dude, she looks pretty messed up

That’s a normal look in Queensland for a Tuesday lunch

dv said:

Dropbear said:

dv said:

Looks as though the worst has passed without serious injuries

I dunno dude, she looks pretty messed up

That’s a normal look in Queensland for a Tuesday lunch

It was breakfast.

sibeen said:

dv said:

Dropbear said:

I dunno dude, she looks pretty messed up

That’s a normal look in Queensland for a Tuesday lunch

It was breakfast.

So she got in early. Shit, there was a cyclone coming, live for the moment.

dv said:

Looks as though the worst has passed without serious injuries

but yeh in all seriousness , one casualty is a pretty good result …. a lot of damage in the whitlesssundays though

Dropbear said:

dv said:

Looks as though the worst has passed without serious injuries

I dunno dude, she looks pretty messed up

Looks mild to me, a few trees and power lines down, a few sheets of galvanized iron ripped off. I’ve been through worse than that in Sydney and Melbourne.

Proserpine maximum mean and peak wind speeds were 109 and 165 km.hr.

109 km/hr sustained speed is only Category 2.
109 km/hr is only 30 m/s, not enough to cause any damage.
.
165 km/hr is 45 m/s, which would be enough to cause damage in Sydney or Melbourne, but structures in cyclone zones don’t start to get damaged until you get above 50 m/s.

Proserpine maximum mean and peak wind speeds were 109 and 165 km.hr.
109 km/hr sustained speed is only Category 2.

Just confirming that, by comparing different cyclone wind scales. For coastal locations, Debbie never exceeded Category 2. Only on the Whitsunday Islands did it exceed that. Peak speeds at Proserpine were 100 km/hr less than on Hamilton Island, and force is proportional to the square of the wind speed.

Wind is a fickle thing.

Strong winds as far south as Byron Bay as Debbie moves back offshore, Friday/Saturday.

This is the best they can do for Qld flood warnings so far.

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20890.html

Widespread river level rises above the minor flood level are expected across the Flood Watch area from Tuesday onwards. Major flooding is likely.

Heavy rainfall associated with Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie will continue, with widespread 24 hour totals of 150-250 mm. Significantly higher totals are possible locally, particularly in the coastal catchments within the Flood Watch area.

Very heavy rainfall will also lead to localised severe flash flooding in areas close to the path of Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie.

Catchments at risk within the Flood Watch area from Tuesday include:

Lower Burdekin, Don, Proserpine, Pioneer and Connors-Isaac Rivers. Separate flood warnings are in force for some of these catchments.

As the rainfall moves further inland the catchments at risk from Wednesday include:

Fitzroy, Belyando and Suttor (Burdekin River catchment), upper Thomson and upper Barcoo Rivers.

Rainfall is expected to extend into south east Queensland during Thursday, with widespread rainfall totals of 50-150 mm possible. The following catchments are likely to be at risk of flooding:

Warrego, Condamine-Balonne, Moonie, Weir, Macintyre, Calliope, Boyne, Baffle, Kolan, Cherwell-Burrum, Burnett, Mary, Noosa, Maroochy, Mooloolah, tributaries of the lower Brisbane, and Logan and Albert.

Note that forecast rainfall totals are dependent on the exact track of the tropical system, particularly from Thursday onwards.

mollwollfumble said:

Strong winds as far south as Byron Bay as Debbie moves back offshore, Friday/Saturday.

Ex-Debbie

We’ve already got predictions of very heavy rain for Thursday and Friday and a flood watch.

“A cold front moving through NSW during Thursday will interact with moisture from Tropical Cyclone Debbie, leading to widespread rain over the state’s east. Particularly heavy rain is expected in parts of the northeast on Thursday, likely continuing into Friday as a low pressure trough deepens near the Queensland border.”

I wonder when was the last time they had a cyclone in Collinsville. Should give them something to talk about.

dv said:

I wonder when was the last time they had a cyclone in Collinsville. Should give them something to talk about.

Is there something particular about Collinsville?

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

I wonder when was the last time they had a cyclone in Collinsville. Should give them something to talk about.

Is there something particular about Collinsville?

I just don’t think they’d get many cyclones there.

waiting for the good memes to start…

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

I wonder when was the last time they had a cyclone in Collinsville. Should give them something to talk about.

Is there something particular about Collinsville?

Inland.

But ding my dongs it wasn’t that long ago. Cyclone Ului was still a Cat 1 when it went thought Collinsville in 2010. Seems Debs will be a Cat 2.

It’s as dry as a ded dingoes donger ‘ere in the far north

31 degrees
72%

I might get a bit wet. Next 7 days.

Rainfall range (mm) – 0 70 to 200 30 to 90 0 to 1 0 to 3 0 to 5

UP to 200 moolies on Thurs and up to 90 moolies on Friday.

dv said:

But ding my dongs it wasn’t that long ago. Cyclone Ului was still a Cat 1 when it went thought Collinsville in 2010. Seems Debs will be a Cat 2.

Debbie is officially Cat 2 now.

Aquila said:

It’s as dry as a ded dingoes donger ‘ere in the far north

31 degrees
72%

Long time no see Aquila

mollwollfumble said:

dv said:

But ding my dongs it wasn’t that long ago. Cyclone Ului was still a Cat 1 when it went thought Collinsville in 2010. Seems Debs will be a Cat 2.

Debbie is officially Cat 2 now.

The maps seem to indicate it is passing Collinsville now, the centre perhaps 15 km distant.

Sadly, not much of a BOM presence at Cville.

First rain from Debbie.

Yay!

All day it has been threatening, but failing about 10 km away.

Considering the storm crossed the coast about 900 km away, it’s a big storm…

dv said:

I wonder when was the last time they had a cyclone in Collinsville. Should give them something to talk about.

They had Ului a few years back. Cyclone named by Fiji Meteorologic Service.

Arts said:

waiting for the good memes to start…

Oh, they already have…

dv said:

But ding my dongs it wasn’t that long ago. Cyclone Ului was still a Cat 1 when it went thought Collinsville in 2010. Seems Debs will be a Cat 2.

Bugger. Ignore me. I thought I was adding to the information available seems I wasn’t.

Aquila said:

It’s as dry as a ded dingoes donger ‘ere in the far north

31 degrees
72%

How’re you going, Mr Aquila?

Been bloody dry here too. Until this little rain band. And a couple of thirty-mm-odd showers in the last fortnight. Did you know we’ve moved? To Rainbow Beach.

:)

I wonder why the weather.com, weatherzone etc can give hourly observations and forecasts for small places like Collinsville, while the BOM cannot.

dv said:

I wonder why the weather.com, weatherzone etc can give hourly observations and forecasts for small places like Collinsville, while the BOM cannot.

Dunno.

Michael V said:

dv said:

I wonder why the weather.com, weatherzone etc can give hourly observations and forecasts for small places like Collinsville, while the BOM cannot.

Dunno.

They just copy and paste the stuff from the nearest BoM site. That’s what happens around here, anyway.

Good Morning

Daylight only just breaking and it’s a coolish 17 degrees. Top of 18 so not much of a change from now and breezy.

Second day back in court listening to evidence. The defence is well known in the area and is apparently the ‘go to’ bloke to get you off.. He certainly does a lot of huffing and puffing and eye rolling while the prosecutors goes through their paces.. It’s all very interesting.

Enjoy your day :)

dv said:

I wonder why the weather.com, weatherzone etc can give hourly observations and forecasts for small places like Collinsville, while the BOM cannot.

I was watching the ‘current’ wind/wind gust numbers on WeatherZone for the coastal regions but they never seemed to correlate to any sort of reality.

from their webpage:

Experienced meteorologists staff our office from 4:15am to 8pm daily to provide continuous and accurate coverage of the evolving weather issues across the country.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) supplies weather information and The Weather Company converts this information into computer ready data, specialised forecasts, TV or web ready graphics and scripts. For more information on all our content sources, click here.

There was an article yesterday on ABC about a storm chaser. Apparently he pulls info from a variety of sources so perhaps weatherzone etc does too?

Michael V said:

Aquila said:

It’s as dry as a ded dingoes donger ‘ere in the far north

31 degrees
72%

How’re you going, Mr Aquila?

Been bloody dry here too. Until this little rain band. And a couple of thirty-mm-odd showers in the last fortnight. Did you know we’ve moved? To Rainbow Beach.

:)

I wish I could say I is doing well…can’t find reliable, stable, decent income providing job/work
The last time I worked in my “trade” (electronics tech) was 2007 and my gross income was $35k…and that was slightly above State Award….since then the best I could achieve was $52k (2014) in customer service…but was then made redundant.

Land and houses are cheaper here in Cairns than Brissy and significantly cheaper than Sydney/Melbourne but are still out of reach.

Stuck renting a shoe box :(
I don’t need or want a McMansion, but don’t want to live in one of those ‘ant farm’ residential developments either.
I’m a simple man, really. Just want a little patch of dirt to call my own, to escape the rat race…but that dream evaporated years ago…..
Makes it harder being on my own, as I don’t have a partner to pool resources.
What Aussie woman would want a man my age who has nothing to offer but a cheesy sense of humour?

Mr. Turnbull with his multi-million dollar property portfolio has zero comprehension of how tough it is for working class peasants.

Aquila said:

Michael V said:

Aquila said:

It’s as dry as a ded dingoes donger ‘ere in the far north

31 degrees
72%

How’re you going, Mr Aquila?

Been bloody dry here too. Until this little rain band. And a couple of thirty-mm-odd showers in the last fortnight. Did you know we’ve moved? To Rainbow Beach.

:)

I wish I could say I is doing well…can’t find reliable, stable, decent income providing job/work
The last time I worked in my “trade” (electronics tech) was 2007 and my gross income was $35k…and that was slightly above State Award….since then the best I could achieve was $52k (2014) in customer service…but was then made redundant.

Land and houses are cheaper here in Cairns than Brissy and significantly cheaper than Sydney/Melbourne but are still out of reach.

Stuck renting a shoe box :(
I don’t need or want a McMansion, but don’t want to live in one of those ‘ant farm’ residential developments either.
I’m a simple man, really. Just want a little patch of dirt to call my own, to escape the rat race…but that dream evaporated years ago…..
Makes it harder being on my own, as I don’t have a partner to pool resources.
What Aussie woman would want a man my age who has nothing to offer but a cheesy sense of humour?

Mr. Turnbull with his multi-million dollar property portfolio has zero comprehension of how tough it is for working class peasants.

A lot of Aussies are currently in a similar boat.

roughbarked said:

A lot of Aussies are currently in a similar boat.

I know, man…..my only saving grace is that I am disciplined with my financial budgeting and am currently debt free.

Our political elites think Australians are ‘wealthy’ because we have expensive ‘property’….but it has been built upon massive amounts of growing debt.

Aquila said:

Michael V said:

Aquila said:

It’s as dry as a ded dingoes donger ‘ere in the far north

31 degrees
72%

How’re you going, Mr Aquila?

Been bloody dry here too. Until this little rain band. And a couple of thirty-mm-odd showers in the last fortnight. Did you know we’ve moved? To Rainbow Beach.

:)

I wish I could say I is doing well…can’t find reliable, stable, decent income providing job/work
The last time I worked in my “trade” (electronics tech) was 2007 and my gross income was $35k…and that was slightly above State Award….since then the best I could achieve was $52k (2014) in customer service…but was then made redundant.

Land and houses are cheaper here in Cairns than Brissy and significantly cheaper than Sydney/Melbourne but are still out of reach.

Stuck renting a shoe box :(
I don’t need or want a McMansion, but don’t want to live in one of those ‘ant farm’ residential developments either.
I’m a simple man, really. Just want a little patch of dirt to call my own, to escape the rat race…but that dream evaporated years ago…..
Makes it harder being on my own, as I don’t have a partner to pool resources.
What Aussie woman would want a man my age who has nothing to offer but a cheesy sense of humour?

Mr. Turnbull with his multi-million dollar property portfolio has zero comprehension of how tough it is for working class peasants.

Oh, bummer. I hope you can find work again.

Hey, don’t run yourself down so. You’ve got plenty of things going for you, even if you can’t recognise it right at the moment. Including your looks, according to Mrs V.

Turnbull: I agree.

Ex-TC Debbie woke me up this morning with a huge dump of water through the window adjacent to the bed and onto my face. Not a little sprinkle but a dump. Like a jug of water. I hope the bed dries before tonight.

And the window was only open a little bit, at the top.

I’ll check the bucket at some stage and report the rainfall.

Michael V said:

Oh, bummer. I hope you can find work again.

Hey, don’t run yourself down so. You’ve got plenty of things going for you, even if you can’t recognise it right at the moment. Including your looks, according to Mrs V.

Turnbull: I agree.

I’m actually surprised that Turnbull knows what Aquilla looks like.

Michael V said:

Ex-TC Debbie woke me up this morning with a huge dump of water through the window adjacent to the bed and onto my face. Not a little sprinkle but a dump. Like a jug of water. I hope the bed dries before tonight.

And the window was only open a little bit, at the top.

I’ll check the bucket at some stage and report the rainfall.

I know I shouldn’t laugh.

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

Oh, bummer. I hope you can find work again.

Hey, don’t run yourself down so. You’ve got plenty of things going for you, even if you can’t recognise it right at the moment. Including your looks, according to Mrs V.

Turnbull: I agree.

I’m actually surprised that Turnbull knows what Aquila looks like.

:P)

Smarty pants.

mollwollfumble said:

Michael V said:

Ex-TC Debbie woke me up this morning with a huge dump of water through the window adjacent to the bed and onto my face. Not a little sprinkle but a dump. Like a jug of water. I hope the bed dries before tonight.

And the window was only open a little bit, at the top.

I’ll check the bucket at some stage and report the rainfall.

I know I shouldn’t laugh.

😎

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

Oh, bummer. I hope you can find work again.

Hey, don’t run yourself down so. You’ve got plenty of things going for you, even if you can’t recognise it right at the moment. Including your looks, according to Mrs V.

Turnbull: I agree.

I’m actually surprised that Turnbull knows what Aquilla looks like.

LOL

very witty….

ps
looks are subjective. (thanks for the unexpected compliment though)

*wonders if there is modelling work available for jaded, skinny, middle aged men….lol….not.

Heading back off the coast 6 am Friday. Current prediction has less wind predicted for Gold Coast / Brisbane / Byron than earlier predictions because Debbie moves further off the coast after crossing it.

Huge change from the first prediction I saw, which had Debbie petering out in western Queensland.

Current prediction has Debbie moving north after crossing the coast near Fraser Island, dying out near Cape Melville. With a bit of luck it will move west from there and hit eastern Qld again.

Windiest place at the moment (8:30 am) is Hay Point, which has a mean wind speed of 74 km/hr and gusts of 91 km/hr.

still a gale warning forecast for Moreton bay for Thursday Afternoon / Evening ..

so might be in for some interesting times

Dropbear said:

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Where can I find the track of Debbie, it’s gone from the usual place I look on the BOM?

Debbie’s done now.

BoM are no longer tracking her.

She just wet me on the way to the train, so if you’re wondering where she is, she’s between Adelaide St and Central Station

Yes. Track’s shut down. Current position and predicted track can still be seen on WindyTV. Moving offshore Friday 7 AM through Brisbane now. (Instead of through Fraser Island).

And current wind and rain on Emerald 512 km radar loop. Perhaps elsewhere there’s a better track.

mollwollfumble said:

Dropbear said:

Michael V said:

Debbie’s done now.

BoM are no longer tracking her.

She just wet me on the way to the train, so if you’re wondering where she is, she’s between Adelaide St and Central Station

Yes. Track’s shut down. Current position and predicted track can still be seen on WindyTV. Moving offshore Friday 7 AM through Brisbane now. (Instead of through Fraser Island).

And current wind and rain on Emerald 512 km radar loop. Perhaps elsewhere there’s a better track.

Thank you stout yeoman.
Windy TV has it going north after crossing the coast but BOM is predicting it going south?

Peak Warming Man said:

mollwollfumble said:

Dropbear said:

She just wet me on the way to the train, so if you’re wondering where she is, she’s between Adelaide St and Central Station

Yes. Track’s shut down. Current position and predicted track can still be seen on WindyTV. Moving offshore Friday 7 AM through Brisbane now. (Instead of through Fraser Island).

And current wind and rain on Emerald 512 km radar loop. Perhaps elsewhere there’s a better track.

Thank you stout yeoman.
Windy TV has it going north after crossing the coast but BOM is predicting it going south?

Um, you mean after crossing from land to sea?
WindyTV keeps changing its mind, but yes it still says that Debbie will head north after crossing the coast near Brisbane.

I haven’t seen a BOM prediction.

mollwollfumble said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Windy TV has it going north after crossing the coast but BOM is predicting it going south?

Um, you mean after crossing from land to sea?
WindyTV keeps changing its mind, but yes it still says that Debbie will head north after crossing the coast near Brisbane and stagnating for a while off Byron Bay.

I haven’t seen a BOM prediction.

BOM prediction here has it heading back north during Saturday afternoon, Sunday and Monday before petering out.
http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/wind.shtml

I’ll just leave this here. It’s the BOM’s current prediction for next Wednesday: the low, they say, will be halfway to NZ, and another low will be making its way south-west over the north-west shelf.

dv said:

I’ll just leave this here. It’s the BOM’s current prediction for next Wednesday: the low, they say, will be halfway to NZ, and another low will be making its way south-west over the north-west shelf.

Do you have a web link for this?

mollwollfumble said:

Do you have a web link for this?

http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/viewer/index.shtml

DEBBIE DOES DOON DOON and the aptly named Gumboot.

Ex T C Debs is giving the Northern Rivers a hard time, particularly the Wilson, Tweed and Richmond rivers. The Wilson at Lismore is about to overtop their levees at 10.2m.. expected to go to around 11.5m. The flood will rival the big one of 74.

Around here tis wet as well with moderate flooding.

The earthworms are seeking higher ground and there is a python hanging onto a drying rack on the back verandah.

Some places in the Tweed recorded 24 hr rain totals of 500 to 750mm. Here 185.

There were storm force winds off the Byron coast earlier in the morning. Here, a moderate breeze.. in the dark the predominant sound was a from the creek racing along. We have waterfront views again.

We only got about 100mm here.

Divine Angel said:

We only got about 100mm here.

only?

That would always be a flood here.

Ian said:

DEBBIE DOES DOON DOON and the aptly named Gumboot.

Ex T C Debs is giving the Northern Rivers a hard time, particularly the Wilson, Tweed and Richmond rivers. The Wilson at Lismore is about to overtop their levees at 10.2m.. expected to go to around 11.5m. The flood will rival the big one of 74.

Around here tis wet as well with moderate flooding.

The earthworms are seeking higher ground and there is a python hanging onto a drying rack on the back verandah.

> a python hanging onto a drying rack on the back verandah.

! !

Lots of coastal flooding expected.

Rain from Debbie has all stopped now. It didn’t get as far inland as I had hoped. I expect that not much with reach Lake Eyre, but there will be a lot of water in the Darling River.

The yard flooded but it receded quickly although Jasmine’s digging hole is still full of water.

Divine Angel said:

The yard flooded but it receded quickly although Jasmine’s digging hole is still full of water.

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

The yard flooded but it receded quickly although Jasmine’s digging hole is still full of water.

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

Nature’s way of dealing with the great unwashed..

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

The yard flooded but it receded quickly although Jasmine’s digging hole is still full of water.

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

What rain? None came my way.

Most of the water is going back to the ocean.

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

The yard flooded but it receded quickly although Jasmine’s digging hole is still full of water.

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

Nature’s way of dealing with the great unwashed..

“We’ll all be rooned!”

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

The yard flooded but it receded quickly although Jasmine’s digging hole is still full of water.

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

Nature’s way of dealing with the great unwashed..

Some of them are well & truly washed now.

We lost a big old ceramic pot ….. :(

I’m not whinging!

Divine Angel said:

I’m not whinging!

My post wasn’t aimed at you DA.
It was more a general post at the southern whingers.

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

I’m not whinging!

My post wasn’t aimed at you DA.
It was more a general post at the southern whingers.

Who they then?

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

I’m not whinging!

My post wasn’t aimed at you DA.
It was more a general post at the southern whingers.

So, only southerners are whingers?

Ian said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

I’m not whinging!

My post wasn’t aimed at you DA.
It was more a general post at the southern whingers.

Who they then?

Facebook is full of them. Ooh the rain :( I’ve got blisters from filling sandbags :( The fishpond overflowed & all the fish swam away :(

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

I’m not whinging!

My post wasn’t aimed at you DA.
It was more a general post at the southern whingers.

So, only southerners are whingers?

They’re the ones doing the whinging.

Tamb said:

Ian said:

Tamb said:

My post wasn’t aimed at you DA.
It was more a general post at the southern whingers.

Who they then?

Facebook is full of them. Ooh the rain :( I’ve got blisters from filling sandbags :( The fishpond overflowed & all the fish swam away :(

The authorities cautioned everyone to only consult the official websites.

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

My post wasn’t aimed at you DA.
It was more a general post at the southern whingers.

So, only southerners are whingers?

They’re the ones doing the whinging.

I’m not whining. I’m actually praying for rain.

There are other places south of kweensland.

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

The yard flooded but it receded quickly although Jasmine’s digging hole is still full of water.

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

I’m not. It was good to have some real rain. 171 mm in two days. Very nice. I found the wind exciting, but Mrs V found it very scary, especially the final hour with 130+ km/h recorded. Clean-up day today. Branches, leaves, and other stuff. I thought the table that blew away had broken, but it hadn’t.

How did you lot further south handle the winds?

Tamb said:

The fishpond overflowed & all the fish swam away :(

Heh. Share the story about the bull shark found swimming in flood waters.

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

So, only southerners are whingers?

They’re the ones doing the whinging.

I’m not whining. I’m actually praying for rain.

There are other places south of kweensland.

I’m in FNQ. They’re all southerners to me.

roughbarked said:

The authorities cautioned everyone to only consult the official websites.

you mean the holiday forum?

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

The yard flooded but it receded quickly although Jasmine’s digging hole is still full of water.

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

What rain? None came my way.

Most of the water is going back to the ocean.

Into the ground here first. Help to replenish the unconfined aquifer.

:)

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

They’re the ones doing the whinging.

I’m not whining. I’m actually praying for rain.

There are other places south of kweensland.

I’m in FNQ. They’re all southerners to me.

:)

Dropbear said:

roughbarked said:

The authorities cautioned everyone to only consult the official websites.

you mean the holiday forum?

That’s the one. ;)

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

The yard flooded but it receded quickly although Jasmine’s digging hole is still full of water.

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

I’m not. It was good to have some real rain. 171 mm in two days. Very nice. I found the wind exciting, but Mrs V found it very scary, especially the final hour with 130+ km/h recorded. Clean-up day today. Branches, leaves, and other stuff. I thought the table that blew away had broken, but it hadn’t.

How did you lot further south handle the winds?

We lost a big old pot plant, but are determined to rebuild…

I think it briefly reached about 45 knots where I am, which is close enough to 90km/hr as matters…

The last time I was in 45 kts was in the middle of moreton bay pulling a couple of guys off of a sinking boat, so being rugged up in my own home was rather preferable :)

Michael V said:

How did you lot further south handle the winds?

Our shade sail has three attachment points and one of them broke, but I’m glad the metal hook didn’t break a window on the way down!

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

What rain? None came my way.

Most of the water is going back to the ocean.

Into the ground here first. Help to replenish the unconfined aquifer.

:)

Well, that’s good news. :)

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

The yard flooded but it receded quickly although Jasmine’s digging hole is still full of water.

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

I’m not. It was good to have some real rain. 171 mm in two days. Very nice. I found the wind exciting, but Mrs V found it very scary, especially the final hour with 130+ km/h recorded. Clean-up day today. Branches, leaves, and other stuff. I thought the table that blew away had broken, but it hadn’t.

How did you lot further south handle the winds?

My daughter on the Sunny Coast said it was pretty wet but not too windy.
I might add though that she lived up here for Larry & Yasi so it takes quite a bit of weather to bother her.

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

How did you lot further south handle the winds?

Our shade sail has three attachment points and one of them broke, but I’m glad the metal hook didn’t break a window on the way down!

Sounds like someone did their measurements correctly.

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Some people! Whinging about it being too dry so we sent them some rain & now they’re whinging about it being too wet.

I’m not. It was good to have some real rain. 171 mm in two days. Very nice. I found the wind exciting, but Mrs V found it very scary, especially the final hour with 130+ km/h recorded. Clean-up day today. Branches, leaves, and other stuff. I thought the table that blew away had broken, but it hadn’t.

How did you lot further south handle the winds?

My daughter on the Sunny Coast said it was pretty wet but not too windy.
I might add though that she lived up here for Larry & Yasi so it takes quite a bit of weather to bother her.

Does she wear that weathered look?

pissed down this morning….oh hang on that was when i was in the shower. yeah, no rain.

Jasmine is trying to dig the water out of her digging hole.

Divine Angel said:

Tamb said:

The fishpond overflowed & all the fish swam away :(

Heh. Share the story about the bull shark found swimming in flood waters.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-30/bull-shark-found-washed-up-near-ayr/8401872

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

I’m not. It was good to have some real rain. 171 mm in two days. Very nice. I found the wind exciting, but Mrs V found it very scary, especially the final hour with 130+ km/h recorded. Clean-up day today. Branches, leaves, and other stuff. I thought the table that blew away had broken, but it hadn’t.

How did you lot further south handle the winds?

My daughter on the Sunny Coast said it was pretty wet but not too windy.
I might add though that she lived up here for Larry & Yasi so it takes quite a bit of weather to bother her.

Does she wear that weathered look?

She did during Larry. Not so much with Yasi.

still a gale warning out for moreton bay but I reckon they’re smoking something.

We lost a big old pot plant, but are determined to rebuild…

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LOL

Michael V said:

We lost a big old pot plant, but are determined to rebuild…

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LOL

The damn yucca has to go into the ground now !… lol….. more weekend work for me …

> a python hanging onto a drying rack on the back verandah.

brother john is now in the kyogle evac.
fiona moved all the art work upstairs yesterday but she is still worried about the Lismore regional arts centre’s collection.
kym made it home.

sarahs mum said:

brother john is now in the kyogle evac.
fiona moved all the art work upstairs yesterday but she is still worried about the Lismore regional arts centre’s collection.
kym made it home.

Hope it all goes well for them.

the big ol gum tree behind our house decided to drop a few of it largest branches onto our fence and into the pool… not much damage done to the fence but the pool and yard are a mess…

8/

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

brother john is now in the kyogle evac.
fiona moved all the art work upstairs yesterday but she is still worried about the Lismore regional arts centre’s collection.
kym made it home.

Hope it all goes well for them.

brother john isn’t well.his chemo has diminished the bowel tumours but his pancreas is doing weird stuff. I gather he evacuated on an in case level. nephew Jock remains in the house I believe.

sarahs mum said:

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

brother john is now in the kyogle evac.
fiona moved all the art work upstairs yesterday but she is still worried about the Lismore regional arts centre’s collection.
kym made it home.

Hope it all goes well for them.

brother john isn’t well.his chemo has diminished the bowel tumours but his pancreas is doing weird stuff. I gather he evacuated on an in case level. nephew Jock remains in the house I believe.

Good luck everyone. Hope no art is ruined.

diddly-squat said:

the big ol gum tree behind our house decided to drop a few of it largest branches onto our fence and into the pool… not much damage done to the fence but the pool and yard are a mess…

8/

I’ve come to cleen ze pool!

EEEEEK. Here ya go. The levee bank overflowed in Lismore

video

Woodie said:

EEEEEK. Here ya go. The levee bank overflowed in Lismore

video

Not good, not good at all :(

kii said:

Woodie said:

EEEEEK. Here ya go. The levee bank overflowed in Lismore

video

Not good, not good at all :(

That’s a lot of wet.

Woodie said:

EEEEEK. Here ya go. The levee bank overflowed in Lismore

video

flooding sucks balls… it really, really sucks balls

there is often not a lot of structural damage, but the mess (and smell) it leaves is just terrible

diddly-squat said:

the big ol gum tree behind our house decided to drop a few of it largest branches onto our fence and into the pool… not much damage done to the fence but the pool and yard are a mess…

8/

Bummer.

Woodie said:

EEEEEK. Here ya go. The levee bank overflowed in Lismore

video

Bloody!

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

EEEEEK. Here ya go. The levee bank overflowed in Lismore

video

Bloody!

You can see where the levee overflowed. about -.8 towards the end (bottom right).

another video

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

EEEEEK. Here ya go. The levee bank overflowed in Lismore

video

Bloody!

You can see where the levee overflowed. about -.8 towards the end (bottom right).

another video

You won’t be going to work for a couple of days, will you? And it’ll stink when you do.

roffle…

the loathing and seething industries in Dutton and Abbott…

http://www.abc.net.au/news/programs/clarkeanddawe/

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Bloody!

You can see where the levee overflowed. about -.8 towards the end (bottom right).

another video

You won’t be going to work for a couple of days, will you? And it’ll stink when you do.

Looking closely, there doesn’t seem to be any water where the office is…………………… yet.

diddly-squat said:

Woodie said:

EEEEEK. Here ya go. The levee bank overflowed in Lismore

video

flooding sucks balls… it really, really sucks balls

there is often not a lot of structural damage, but the mess (and smell) it leaves is just terrible

Tell your politicians that you don’t want to be flooded again – ever.

diddly-squat said:

Woodie said:

EEEEEK. Here ya go. The levee bank overflowed in Lismore

video

flooding sucks balls… it really, really sucks balls

there is often not a lot of structural damage, but the mess (and smell) it leaves is just terrible

It also costs in lost production

mollwollfumble said:

Tell your politicians that you don’t want to be flooded again – ever.

What’s that going to achieve?

Witty Rejoinder said:

mollwollfumble said:

Tell your politicians that you don’t want to be flooded again – ever.

What’s that going to achieve?

Well they’ll take appropriate action and build tunnels, pits, sinks, pumps as a matter of priority, even if it means delaying money for sporting venues.

dv said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

mollwollfumble said:

Tell your politicians that you don’t want to be flooded again – ever.

What’s that going to achieve?

Well they’ll take appropriate action and build tunnels, pits, sinks, pumps as a matter of priority, even if it means delaying money for sporting venues.

Have you seen any mention of the economic costs of this flood crisis?

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

What’s that going to achieve?

Well they’ll take appropriate action and build tunnels, pits, sinks, pumps as a matter of priority, even if it means delaying money for sporting venues.

Have you seen any mention of the economic costs of this flood crisis?

These people are going door to door fund raising for flood victims

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

What’s that going to achieve?

Well they’ll take appropriate action and build tunnels, pits, sinks, pumps as a matter of priority, even if it means delaying money for sporting venues.

Have you seen any mention of the economic costs of this flood crisis?

I have not, but the last Brisbane floods ended up costing about half a billion dollars.

dv said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

Well they’ll take appropriate action and build tunnels, pits, sinks, pumps as a matter of priority, even if it means delaying money for sporting venues.

Have you seen any mention of the economic costs of this flood crisis?

I have not, but the last Brisbane floods ended up costing about half a billion dollars.

Its still a bit early for assessments isnt it?

lots of pics and vids

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-31/floods-hit-northern-nsw-with-heavy-rain,-winds,-floods/8402788?sf66905619=1

Tau.Neutrino said:

dv said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Have you seen any mention of the economic costs of this flood crisis?

I have not, but the last Brisbane floods ended up costing about half a billion dollars.

Its still a bit early for assessments isnt it?

Yes it certainly is.

sarahs mum said:

A cyclone that pushed Queensland to Tasmania would definitely endanger wildlife.

kyogle

Logan River.

Fitzroy River and Rockhampton. Debbie’s next big flood location.