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In West End GG, still have power, fair bit of wind but not much rain... the next 8 hours will be very interesting tho, where abouts are you if you don't mind saying?
Cyclones imminent in North Queensland
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In West End GG, still have power, fair bit of wind but not much rain... the next 8 hours will be very interesting tho, where abouts are you if you don't mind saying?
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Trying to imagine what a safe building would be for a Cat5 cyclone.
http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/publications/pdf/Public Cyclone Shelters.pdf
Hopefully the full ferocity does not come to pass
as reading that link it would seem that in order for a building to be not damaged at cat 5
it needs to be reinforced masonry or concrete, no exposed glass, special doors even
thats just for wind and debris, flood or wave loading is much worse
I tend to over-engineer things when I build, but I would be very concerned about roofs, they have to be specifically designed and built with no weak links at all for high wind
http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/publications/pdf/Public Cyclone Shelters.pdf
Hopefully the full ferocity does not come to pass
as reading that link it would seem that in order for a building to be not damaged at cat 5
it needs to be reinforced masonry or concrete, no exposed glass, special doors even
thats just for wind and debris, flood or wave loading is much worse
I tend to over-engineer things when I build, but I would be very concerned about roofs, they have to be specifically designed and built with no weak links at all for high wind
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The Tully area (Innisfail to Cardwell) will be hit with the full force and yeah roofs would be the main thing I think anyways. Winds here at the airport are only 54km and gusts of 83km as of 1730. So I haven't seen anything yet however the people up North... God Bless. They have said the energy of this system would power the whole world for a period of a year .
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Just hope you're not too close to the corrugated mansion on Melton. That would be a **** load of tin flying if that lets go.
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I'm not entirely sure if my facts are 100% correct but from what they were saying on the news at 6pm the shelters were all full and they were turning people away.
So if it's tough cookies no room at the inn you just go home and hope for the best and hope you don't end up in kansas?
I would of thought in cyclone prone areas the state and/or federal governments would have built enough storm proof shelters for emergencies such as this?
I certainly hope everyone up there in harms way will find themselves alive tomorrow for lunch.
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Does anyone know what 'YASI' means ?
Not intending to be disparaging of this very serious situation... but checking a brief astrological/numerological analysis, born on the 30th Jan if I'm correct... Birth or Destiny number of 8, a powerful controling number, said to be related to Pluto, the planet of sex, death and regeneration.
Sex (female name), death (unfortunately likely) and regeneration... that's a worry!
The name number 9 is also said to be a powerful number related to two planets, Mars and Neptune. Mars-the planet of war, agriculture and the law. Neptune-the god of the seas. Nine is said to be involved with the balancing of powers and always has something in reserve.
I just have a curiosity for these things. Does anyone have any insight into the nature of names?
PS: Talking to a fella in the bottle shop this arvo, he reckons the weather station on Willis Island was built to stand a Cat 6 storm, but it ended up in a bit of a mess as Yasi went past.
Not intending to be disparaging of this very serious situation... but checking a brief astrological/numerological analysis, born on the 30th Jan if I'm correct... Birth or Destiny number of 8, a powerful controling number, said to be related to Pluto, the planet of sex, death and regeneration.
Sex (female name), death (unfortunately likely) and regeneration... that's a worry!
The name number 9 is also said to be a powerful number related to two planets, Mars and Neptune. Mars-the planet of war, agriculture and the law. Neptune-the god of the seas. Nine is said to be involved with the balancing of powers and always has something in reserve.
I just have a curiosity for these things. Does anyone have any insight into the nature of names?
PS: Talking to a fella in the bottle shop this arvo, he reckons the weather station on Willis Island was built to stand a Cat 6 storm, but it ended up in a bit of a mess as Yasi went past.
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I guess you can't being a place for everyone. I heard of a 7m storm surge... I would class that as a tsunami?? If any of u have been to Cardwell I can tell ya it's all on the beach and the beach aint that big...
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Some dude ina bottlo obviously doesn't know there is no reading after cat 5 and also the last reading was 180 odd km winds... so wrong and wrong.
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The Tully area (Innisfail to Cardwell) will be hit with the full force and yeah roofs would be the main thing I think anyways. Winds here at the airport are only 54km and gusts of 83km as of 1730. So I haven't seen anything yet however the people up North... God Bless. They have said the energy of this system would power the whole world for a period of a year
Taken a slight turn N. Heading directly for Innisfail now. Just saw footage of Tracy devastation on the ABC - "only" a Cat 4 - but devastating because it was a direct hit on Darwin. This'n is MUCH bigger and Cat 5. I shudder to think what that will do to Innisfail if it keeps on its new track.
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My heart goes out to everyone battened down in North Queensland. You will be calling on all the true grit that I know NQers have developed over the years of natural disasters.
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I can't answer what YASI means. All l know is that they are in alphabetical order and swap between male and female names in different parts of the world.
More info here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_tropical_cyclone_names
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Taken a slight turn N. Heading directly for Innisfail now. Just saw footage of Tracy devastation on the ABC - "only" a Cat 4 - but devastating because it was a direct hit on Darwin. This'n is MUCH bigger and Cat 5. I shudder to think what that will do to Innisfail if it keeps on its new track.
Very true the 7pm update from the BOM has it just south of Innisfail now. Here in Townsville winds may have picked up a few KM and a bit more rain but definitely not heavy rain, very lightish more now but very 45 degree angle and more people have lost power.... still have it in West End tho. Fingers crossed.
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Well aparently the Willis Island Radar is out of action according to the BOM site and wasn't Yasi only rated Cat 4 at that time?
From the Willis Island Redevelopment report to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works in June 2005, it seems to read that the design was going to go the extra bit for the safety of the staff and equipment... yet it still got battered!
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GOOD LUCK NORTH QUEENSLANDRES!
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.
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Im sure it was a CAT 5 by then but either way its a big system. Lets hope Innisfail is gonna be okay if it keep going that way. Winds are starting to pick up again.
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All the best to yourself and others in the path of this weather system.
I must admit though, like others have commented, timber and fibro does not inspire confidence should it take a direct hit from such a powerful tropical cyclone.
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Whiskers, I've asked the researchers about this, the answer I got back was that it was named by Fiji as it first developed in their waters. The Sandalwood plant is called Yasi in Fiji (and Vanuatu)
Can't verify this at this stage. I'll post more if I get any further info.
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I can't find high wind speeds recorded at Cairns (gusting to 48) or Townsville (gusting to 85). I think 200 klm/h winds would be being experienced somewhere by now. Is the + 280 klm/h thing ramped up???
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Reports of roof starting to lift off the Urban Quarter building in Townsville
http://twitter.com/#!/tsv_bulletin/status/32756884066799616
http://twitter.com/#!/tsv_bulletin/status/32756884066799616
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The strongest winds will be in the eye wall which at the time of posting, was still off the coast.
