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alexczarn
Ingalls Friend for Life
Number of posts : 22999
Location : Victor Harbor, South Australia
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| | Subject: Massive Cyclone Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:55 pm | |
| http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8204423/monster-cyclone-likely-to-hit-cairnshttp://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8205148Cairns could expect to be battered by horrific, terrifying winds for 10 hours either side of the time category five Yasi makes landfall, expected at 10pm (AEST) on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from low-lying areas as the cyclone approaches, with its full fury expected to hit the region around Cairns sometime after 10pm today. Cairns has a population of over 150,000. Cairns Airport will close at 10am (AEDT) today. Yasi is expected to be Queensland's worst cyclone, covering something approaching twice the physical size of Cyclone Larry, which devastated Innisfail in 2006 and left a $1.5 billion damage bill. This will be bad!  | |
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Vanesa
Ingalls Friend for Life
Number of posts : 5136
Location : Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| | Subject: Re: Massive Cyclone Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:08 am | |
| Oh, no! Now a cyclone! I'll pray for my Australian friends.  Vanesa. | |
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alexczarn
Ingalls Friend for Life
Number of posts : 22999
Location : Victor Harbor, South Australia
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| | Subject: Re: Massive Cyclone Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:37 am | |
| ABC news says:
“Queenslanders have been told to prepare themselves for a terrifying 24 hours as the "most catastrophic storm ever" takes aim at heavily populated areas of the state's north. Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was upgraded to category five this morning as the weather bureau warned it was likely to be "more life-threatening" than any storm seen in Australia in living memory. The storm's size and power dwarfs Cyclone Tracy, which hit Darwin in 1974, killing 71 people.”
“There's still potential for it to become stronger ... as a strong category five we could see wind gusts in excess of 320 kilometres an hour, which is just horrific" – Forecaster Gordon Banks | |
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alexczarn
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| | Subject: Re: Massive Cyclone Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:55 am | |
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alexczarn
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Location : Victor Harbor, South Australia
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| | Subject: Re: Massive Cyclone Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:55 pm | |
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Rob
Nip it in the bud!
Number of posts : 62635
Location : Michigan
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| | Subject: Re: Massive Cyclone Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:08 pm | |
| Oh man, winds of 186 mph!  | |
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alexczarn
Ingalls Friend for Life
Number of posts : 22999
Location : Victor Harbor, South Australia
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| | Subject: Re: Massive Cyclone Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:59 pm | |
| Fears of total devastation to the banana and sugar cane crops arose as the storm struck land. Initial estimates stated that damage to sugar cane alone could reach A$505 million.
Officials stated that some residents may be without power for more than a month.
Number of buildings without power over 170,000.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Yasi | |
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Savannah
"Psalm 34"
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Massive Cyclone Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:58 pm | |
|  thats bad |
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alexczarn
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