cyclone : Weather, Road Conditions & River Levels

max · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:41 pm Post subject: cyclone

Ive checked about a bit but cant find any info on how far out of town damage was done by cyclone tracy ,some of you mob would have been around then whats your stories :mrgreen:

GoodLookinPete · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: cyclone

Have you tried the Tracy exhibit at the museum?

max · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: cyclone

yea mate ,nothing about rural there

cuddlescooper · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 4:41 pm Post subject: Re: cyclone

Talking to my grandmother and she said it had a fair effect as far back as Adelaide river town ship. Not sure how bad due to lack of housing and building codes back then but she seems to say it wasnt pretty even that far inland. :mrgreen:

fishfanatic · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: cyclone

Well I read in Wednesday's Part 1 of the Cyclone Tracy saga that the township of Batchelor was being used as a refuge area for may feeling Darwin

..so perhaps it was untouched. Apparently Tracy was a fairly small BUT intense cyclone. :mrgreen:

Walkabout · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: cyclone

Cyclone Monica (Cat 5) a few years back came in through and area called Junction Bay just west of Maningrida. The trees were knocked over at Magella crossing. I drove the 220km long dirt road to Maningrida and most of the way there was not a tree left standing and those that made it had no branches left. Looked out to both sides of the road and you could see the horizon. I will post a few pics and then I hope it will make people realise that when these big ones can be fatal. My parents lived through Tracey. If one comes our way that big again i'll pack the car and boat and head out of town. I'd rather be fishing the Roper than trying to get my boat out of someones living room.

nomad · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: cyclone

Try this site from BOM for some basic info

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/c ... racy.shtml

I'd get onto the BOM directly and they will fix you up. they love this stuff and its their job. I've got a mate in Sydney and he keeps hailstones and studies them????

Walkabout · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:03 am Post subject: Re: cyclone

This section of road is over 60km inland and 80+km from where the cyclone hit land first.

Matt Flynn · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: cyclone

Quote:

If one comes our way that big again i'll pack the car and boat and head out of town. I'd rather be fishing the Roper than trying to get my boat out of someones living room.

Amazing picture. Shows what might happen when a Cat 5 hits Darwin.

Those big ones will bypass our building code.

moz · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: cyclone

Walkabout that picture from Monica is bl..dy frightening and after 80 km across land!!
I have not seen the extent of the damage before and had no idea it flattened the scrub like that.

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