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As it is "The season" this thread is dedicated to our Australian coastal people who go through/have been through cyclones, nasty pieces of work.

If you live elsewhere that is cyclone prone feel free to reply as I know areas around the world also get similar...

http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/cyclone/index.shtml link to BOM

http://mirror.bom.gov.au/weather/radar/ link to Aussie radars

http://severe.worldweather.org/ link to Global systems

Just something else...

http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/listQuakes Geoscience world quake site
Quake site lists ALL quakes but only shows Aussie ones on map
 
I lived on an island for years and in 1992 cyclone Fran passed over the island.Fran originated around Vanuatu with a high intensity of category 4 but had weakened considerably before the qld. coast to category 2.

Buffeted by winds form one direction and then the other, the island flora was stripped bare with countless birds dying.Wave action on the reef caused the breakage of much coral and the surrounding beach took on a completely new appearance.The accomadation remained intact with minor water leaks and limited structural damage consistent with the lower cyclone cat. 2 intensity.Boats left moored remained afloat.

For me it was a huge rush with bagging, branch removals and generally being part of the battoning down.I remember standing on the beach leaning into the wind, legs blasted by sand grains and watching disturbed bird-life being tossed around as if paper while the violent ocean smashed relentlessly onto the fragile reef beneath.
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Ex TC Billy
 

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Wysiwyg,

Braver person than me standing on the beach,
I went through Orson near Dampier in the 80's and was in Paraburdoo when the town of Pannawonica got taken out - that's a fair way to travel inland
 
i've been through a few natural disasters in my time-

the floods of '74 in brisbane, my parents had a home across the road from a creek, the water kept rising and rising, luckily the house was on a hill no damage done

i was in paraburdoo when that cyclone came 26kms from us, houses ok but lots of damage to trees and fences.

newcastle floods in june 07, the most erie thing i've been through. took me 2 hours to get home from work, usually only 15mins. roads flooded, cars stranded, people lost, including me. wouldn't like to that one again.

i was at The Gap in brisbane a few weeks ago when that big storm hit. it was my last night in brisbane after a two week holiday. storms can do horrific damage to property its a shame.

now living in the pilbara (cyclone alley) i'm sure to see one or two along the way, about 7 formations have been predicted for this year lets hope they all fiss out before they get here.

tadpole
 
TC Billy Christmas Day

Gone and not a drop of rain, still better no rain than no house...
 

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hey coffee
Here's the Sydney Hobart weather map 1998.
My brother (really experienced sailor) was on board one of the slower boats.
The younger crew members were all gung ho - "wow storm warnings, lets reef down and DO IT !!"

He asked em - "you blokes ever seen 30m seas?" :eek:
They turned around - probably saved their lives :2twocents

PS they confirmed they were 30m seas btw. - the rescue choppers were showing zero elevation at the crests, and 30m at the troughs. (= 10 storey buildings)

http://www.bom.gov.au/reguser/by_prod/satellite/Syd-Hob.shtml
 

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2020,

looks like a small cyclone (on the map from 1998) that the racers had to go through, 30 metres - thats huge - going up would be okay,
it's the downhill run that would get your pooper valve going I reckon

Whats the weather verdict for this years race...
 

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assuming you believe in all this junk science ;)
(and as available yesterday anyway)

the big boats might set a record (northerlies)
the smaller boats will probably get a reversal - :2twocents

If you want to be sure of celebrating NY Eve in Hobart, (the "Quiet Lill Drink " as they call it ;)) best to be on at least a medium boat , as they say.
 
I sailed through the eye of a typhoon once between Philippines and Micronesia.

Trick is not to be run over by the eye of the typhoon - there's a "safe quadrant" (southwest of the path, nth hemisphere) where that won't happen - and a "dangerous quadrant" (northwest of the path) where it will. :2twocents
 
2020hindsight said:
assuming you believe in all this junk science ;)
(and as available yesterday anyway)

the big boats might set a record (northerlies)
the smaller boats will probably get a reversal - :2twocents

If you want to be sure of celebrating NY Eve in Hobart, (the "Quiet Lill Drink " as they call it ;)) best to be on at least a medium boat , as they say.
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Think I would fly there... Nice place Tas (and it's only small too)
 
http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/sydneyhobart-weather-ideal/2008/12/24/1229998599509.html

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Grant Wharington, the skipper of the the only other maxi in the fleet Skandia, believed both Wild Oats XI and his boat had the potential to smash the existing record by six or more hours, given favourable conditions.

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"It's certainly a dream forecast overall, when you consider we could be sailing across Bass Strait in board shorts and tee shirts again," Wharington said.

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Wharington had no doubt both boats could finish well inside the race record.

"I think it's quite conceivable that the Oats could take eight hours off the record and we could take six or seven," he said.

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The smaller boats in the fleet of 100 are likely to encounter the roughest conditions, with potential near-gale force westerly winds of up to 35-knots forecast for next Monday.

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In the chase for handicap honours, Wednesday's forecast appeared to favour the middle range 50- to 60-foot boats and offered little encouragement for the smaller yachts.
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Interestingly enough the 512 km loop from Cairns shows the rain coverage.
 

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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie
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Plenty of rain here in Townsville, but then it's been raining fairly consistently for the last month and a 1/2

be interesting to see if it reforms and has another go, or just heads back out to Sea to disappear as "predicted."
 

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