Cyclones imminent in North Queensland

[Calliope]

A bit of cool relief from the steaming aftermath of the cyclone.

Slide show: Another ‘storm of the century’
Groundhog Day blizzard cuts swath from Texas to New England.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-storm-of-the-century-slide-show-2011-02-02?pagenumber=21

 

[Knobby22]

There is a great graph in the Age business section showing natural disasters in Australia from 1980 and it is fascinating. It was made by Munich GEO risks research.

It shows that meteorological (weather) events and hydrological events (floods) have risen almost expotentially over tha 20 years, and that excludes this year which will be a real bad one. i wish I could post it but it is not on the Age's website. If anyone can get it, I would appreciate it.

It was made for the re-insurance industry and they base our premiums on it.

For climate change doubters, it will make you reconsider.

 

[glenn_r]

For climate change doubters, it will make you reconsider.

I think most people agree our climate is changing, what most don't agree about is why.

 

[Agentm]

with all thats going on in qld flood wise and cyclones..

these are the latest womens fashion to follow imho

 

[BrightGreenGlow]

I think most people agree our climate is changing, what most don't agree about is why.

I think it's a cycle... we haven't had more of late and we only have records of a generation or two.

Here's a decent bit of footage from Castle Hill, Townsville.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzEifiuFEu8

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Bligh's updates are quite comical. In the background you have the police minister looking like an Easter Island statue, (although I have noticed he nods occasionally, which is nice). And on the side you have some hand-speaking person going at a million miles an hour causing all sorts of unecessary distraction (tv's come with subtitles - someone should tell them!).

 

[Knobby22]

(tv's come with subtitles - someone should tell them!).

I know - what a joke.

 

[nunthewiser]

hope all is well with our dear ole Mr Gumnut and any other ASF contributers in the N.Q area

 

[Solly]

Bligh's updates are quite comical. In the background you have the police minister looking like an Easter Island statue, (although I have noticed he nods occasionally, which is nice). And on the side you have some hand-speaking person going at a million miles an hour causing all sorts of unecessary distraction (tv's come with subtitles - someone should tell them!).

I know - what a joke.

Gringotts & Knobby22

I have a close association with some ppl who face these challenges, their signing is a much quicker and a more effective means of communicating than reading subtitles.
I'll put up with the distraction.

Have a look at http://www.auslan.org.au/

S

 

[Solly]

hope all is well with our dear ole Mr Gumnut and any other ASF contributers in the N.Q area

nun, I hear that TSV has water supply probs, not that it should affect GG, as the guys on the ground tell me that the Ross River has survived intact and once the mains is restored the beer will be cold again

 

[Julia]

And on the side you have some hand-speaking person going at a million miles an hour causing all sorts of unecessary distraction (tv's come with subtitles - someone should tell them!).

Gringotts & Knobby22

I have a close association with some ppl who face these challenges, their signing is a much quicker and a more effective means of communicating than reading subtitles.
I'll put up with the distraction.

Have a look at http://www.auslan.org.au/

S

Solly is right. Surely you can tolerate a bit of sign language for the deaf on your screen once in a while. Many deaf people have overall literacy problems and would find it difficult to follow subtitles.

Maybe just be grateful you don't have to face the difficulties in negotiating life as the deaf do. It's one of the most isolating of disabilities.

 

[trainspotter]

Watch the @rse kissing begin by the Independents.

FEDERAL MP Bob Katter has praised Prime Minister Julia Gillard's handling of Cyclone Yasi, saying both she and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh have come through with "shining colours".

Mr Katter, the independent MP for Kennedy in north Queensland, says he was impressed with Ms Gillard's swift response to an issue with road closures in the region before and after the cyclone.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-new...is/story-e6frfku0-1226000023328#ixzz1CwYfKvuA

 

[drsmith]

hope all is well with our dear ole Mr Gumnut and any other ASF contributers in the N.Q area

Same here.

In addition, I hope GG is not in the Townsville NBN first release area.

 

[Julia]

Same here.

+1. Thinking too about white crane with the timber and fibro house, and overit at Port Douglas. Probably several others also in the area.
Hopefully they'll get power back on soon.

It must be difficult for electricity and emergency services workers who are having to deal with so much debris in their path, and apparently torrential rain.

Credit is due to all the relevant authorities for the insistence they placed on getting people to evacuate the most risk prone areas. Probably saved many lives.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

hope all is well with our dear ole Mr Gumnut and any other ASF contributers in the N.Q area

Thank you for all your support, power back again, water was available throughout, lost some trees, no major damage to house, and most importantly all family and friends safe and well, as are garpaldogs.

Ross Island Hotel came through with flying colours and evac was not required. Beer cold and refreshing, as ever, conversation scintillating.

Yasi was some storm.

ABC Local Radio was a shining light with us throughout, relaying messages even when telephone towers ran out of backup batteries, and we lost mobile coverage.

Pity the poor people further north, esp, Cardwell, Tully Heads, Tully, Mission Beach, Ingham and Innisfail amongst others.

It was frightening here, god knows what it was like for them.

gg

 

[-Bevo-]

Thank you for all your support, power back again, water was available throughout, lost some trees, no major damage to house, and most importantly all family and friends safe and well, as are garpaldogs.

Ross Island Hotel came through with flying colours and evac was not required. Beer cold and refreshing, as ever, conversation scintillating.

Yasi was some storm.

ABC Local Radio was a shining light with us throughout, relaying messages even when telephone towers ran out of backup batteries, and we lost mobile coverage.

Pity the poor people further north, esp, Cardwell, Tully Heads, Tully, Mission Beach, Ingham and Innisfail amongst others.

It was frightening here, god knows what it was like for them.

gg

Glad it all work out GG, I was out at Parents house at Pallarenda suprised how hard the wind blew considering the distance we were from it, crap load of tree's down here atleast everyone in my family is safe, ABC Local radio did a fantastic job must have been frightning for the people north of us cause few of those strong gusts had me on edge. Yasi was one powerful storm.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Thanks solly, will finsih with my petty annoyance.

 

[Judd]

Yasi was one powerful storm.

Yes it was.

I am not in anyway minimising the matter but I did hear one professor (I think he was from James Cook Uni) saying that due to the different ways in which these events are classified, it would in the USA be considered a Cat 4 as the US has its own classification system and we use the international classification. He also implied that, quite rightly, the Bureau of Meteorology issues warnings on a worse case scenario. No matter, it's academic really if the blasted thing hits your town.

Haven't been able to contact my relos up north of Cairns but they did say on Tuesday they were hunkered down. Have no idea how his sugar cane would have fared.

 

[Julia]

Thank you for all your support, power back again, water was available throughout, lost some trees, no major damage to house, and most importantly all family and friends safe and well, as are garpaldogs.

Ross Island Hotel came through with flying colours and evac was not required. Beer cold and refreshing, as ever, conversation scintillating.

Yasi was some storm.

ABC Local Radio was a shining light with us throughout, relaying messages even when telephone towers ran out of backup batteries, and we lost mobile coverage.

Pity the poor people further north, esp, Cardwell, Tully Heads, Tully, Mission Beach, Ingham and Innisfail amongst others.

It was frightening here, god knows what it was like for them.

gg

So glad to see you back on air gg and to know that you're all OK up there.
Agree ABC Radio has been just great. It must have meant a huge amount to people as they passed the longest night of their lives.

The devastation in the smaller centres above is just heartbreaking. I simply don't know how anyone experiencing that can decide to rebuild in the same area.

 

[Wysiwyg]

Yes it was.

I am not in anyway minimising the matter but I did hear one professor (I think he was from James Cook Uni) saying that due to the different ways in which these events are classified, it would in the USA be considered a Cat 4 as the US has its own classification system and we use the international classification. He also implied that, quite rightly, the Bureau of Meteorology issues warnings on a worse case scenario. No matter, it's academic really if the blasted thing hits your town.

Yeah the damage was not comparable to Katrina that's for sure. Maybe strength of the buildings but eyewitnesses say it wasn't as bad as they expected. Better to be over prepared though and the Media had an exciting time with it.