Stonker cyclone : Weather, Road Conditions & River Levels

Matt Flynn · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:54 am Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

I liked the story from Tully, how the locals rejected the initial evacuation centre as looking a bit suss so they are all went and stayed at the second choice. And the first one was completely flattened, people would probably have been killed if they stayed there. Whoever chose the first building will be copping a few sprays I reckon.

itsinmeblood · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:48 am Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

qld barra pull harder our footy players tackle harder and run faster....and our leaves are the toughest in australia

ronje · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:02 am Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

I guess people see what they want to see.

The important thing is that everybody learns something.

Did u note that after crossing the coast Yasi diappeared? The BOM publicly accessible network lost it.

Never mind, maybe we could rely on the commercial tv networks' roving reporters in Georgetown and Richmond to keep us across what was happening.

There's one lesson. Suddenly there was very little info after the cyclone penetrated BOMs coastal perimeter warning network. Does that need to be looked at in Qld? That's happened before and there are now very useful BOM sites in Longreach, Emerald and near Charleville.

Is one needed in say Hughenden? If Mornington Is radar s...ts itself there's an awfully big gap in our warning system to the north.

Did u ever wonder why there are no trees in areas west of Hughenden,Winton and Barcaldine? Why all the dinosaur fossils in the area are the same age?

regards
Ronj

Matt Flynn · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:31 am Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

I was wrong about Tully, a couple of early pix I saw suggested it wasn't too bad down that way, but apparently not ... http://www.news.com.au/national/authori ... 6000423605

It might not have been as bad as expected, but there's still plenty of misery out there.

The Port Hinchinbrook pictures are heartbreaking. Just unbelievable that no one was killed by the storm.

Some of you may know "the guru" from Darwin's former Guru's Fishing Safaris, he moved to Townsville last year and lost his shed in the storm.

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Did u ever wonder why there are no trees in areas west of Hughenden,Winton and Barcaldine? Why all the dinosaur fossils in the area are the same age?

Explain please, red wine has temporarily lowered my IQ, and tomorrow I may have no excuse at all ...

ronje · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:30 am Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

Geez Matt.

Any Qlder knows about Super Cyclone "Maroon" that wiped out the dinosaurs in Qld.

Was a cat 11 that simply uprooted every bit of vegetation in western Qld and carried it off. Has never grown back except for some low grass. The accompanying rain turned the newly exposed soil into a quagmire that entombed the animals. The Muttaburrasaurus, Doyouthinkhesaurus and Maybeheheardus became extinct overhight. With one exception (and I ended up marrying that one).

The dust and dirt was carried up into the atmosphere to be picked up by the jetstream and circle the earth at high altitude.

A prolonged winter set in and ended up triggering a new ice-age that ultimately killed off all the world's dinosaurs.

Now that was a bl..dy cyclone!!

AM · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:47 am Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

Sounds like you might be taking drink there ron!

itsinmeblood · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

this thing refuses to die...image taken friday

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