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Many thanks for advice and suggestions. Hopefully they won't be needed this time. Hamish is now forecast to continue travelling slowly south parallel to the coast and not to make landfall at Hervey Bay after all. But until tomorrow is over we won't be sure about this.

At present it's very windy with light rain. Nowhere near as violent as some of the 'ordinary' thunderstorms in summer.

Sails, you are a long way south. It will have fizzled out before it gets to you.
You surely don't need anything else to contend with.

Apparently 'jet stream winds' are breaking up the core of the cyclone, diminishing its power.
 
Downgraded to Category 2 but expected to re-intensify to Cat.3 before reaching the coast somewhere around the trajectory on the shot below. My Category 2 experience was extremely exciting. In awe of natural weather extremes. Be prepared my northern friends.
 

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What, if anything have you had to do to ensure your safety/the house?

N.T
 
newbie trader said:
Sorry misread previous post

N.T
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My cyclone experience was in the 90`s and we had to sand bag, barricade, store any light objects indoors, take small boats out of the water, maintain power supply, ensure front-end loaders fueled and ready. Afterwards there was lots of chainsawing and vegetation removal. Water and structural damage was minimal. These were some of the things I helped directly with.
 
Best of luck to any ASF members in the cyclone area. Hope you all are unaffected.
Maybe let us know tomorrow how it was?
 
Looks like it has just about crossed the coast.

The interesting part now will be whether it degenerates into a rain depression or loops back out to sea and gets going again as they have often done before.
 

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Whiskers said:
Looks like it has just about crossed the coast.

The interesting part now will be whether it degenerates into a rain depression or loops back out to sea and gets going again as they have often done before.
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I hope all you north QLD'ers are battered down. Looks like a wild night ahead. I have a heap of friends up there. Will probably be getting calls tomorrow to come up and help fix their houses.

Just flicked on the weather channel, will see what they're saying. Depression then moving towards NT they reckon Whiskers. But yea, time will tell. Toss a coin I say.
 
Whiskers said:
Looks like it has just about crossed the coast.

The interesting part now will be whether it degenerates into a rain depression or loops back out to sea and gets going again as they have often done before.
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Good one Whiskers. This map shows the eye clearly.

This technology was not available so easily to the general public and now so much can be known via internet communications. Simply amazing.
 

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This image gives a better perspective on comparative size of TC Anthony (category 2) and TC Yasi which is category 1 developing to cat. 3 by 2nd Feb. while moving west toward QLD.
 

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This image gives a better perspective on comparative size of TC Anthony (category 2) and TC Yasi which is category 1 developing to cat. 3 by 2nd Feb. while moving west toward QLD.
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Its a big bugger alright.

gg
 
TC Dianne/ TC Carlos 1130GMT 18 Feb 2011

Cat 2 TC Dianne off WA coast.
Ex TC Carlos over WA Kimberleys.

 
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