Stonker cyclone : Weather, Road Conditions & River Levels

Matt Flynn · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:20 am Post subject: Stonker cyclone

Looks almost as big as Queensland, and it's heading that way and intensifying :shock:

troamaru · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:28 am Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

That thing is an absolute monster!!!

fishfanatic · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:51 am Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

Yep looks even bigger :shock:

than Cyclone Monica that narrowly missed Darwin some years back....gonna be a bad time for Q/landers if it hits...

A system this big will most likely produce huge flooding all the way into the southern NT and Nth SA area if/when it passes through Qld.

NathanL · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

BOM tackmap now out, doesnt look good for QLD.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml

troamaru · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

wow, I have a lot of friends in Townsville I hope they are getting the hell outta there if that thing hits at Cat 4 it will smash that joint.. will not be a good result for QLD thats for sure they sure have been copping it.. makes me wonder what we're in for having had relatively "calm" weather so far...

jaslester · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

Fires in Vic, floods all up the East!!>bl..dy Cyclones in Qld/WA!!! NT's lookin like a pretty safe place to live after all..

cuddlescooper · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

jaslester wrote:

Fires in Vic, floods all up the East!!>bl..dy Cyclones in Qld/WA!!! NT's lookin like a pretty safe place to live after all..

Yes but dont hold your breath. The season is still young and the wet season has seemed to come back later and later in the year the last couple. I also think that a lot of the near by cyclones to darwin in past years have been a little later in the year.

Its funny (so to speak not laugh out loud) that I was saying to my uncle the other day who lives in townsvill that they were one of the few places in Queensland to have avoided a disaster of some sort for the year. Looks like I can eat those words if that thing hits. I just hope that the bl..dy insurance companies all come to the party this time. Its a disgrace that they take peoples money and say that they will insure people then find little clauses and bullshiit to get out of paying up when the time comes. I feel sorry for the poor buggers that have already been burnt buy insurers and those that didnt have any form of protection.

I dont know what Queensland has done wrong to cop these disasters. Maybe Steve Irwin has arranged with mother nature up there in the big blue yonder to get some form of pay back for the minning companies trying to get into cape york and North Queensland.

Matt Flynn · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

Interesting, the US Navy has revised their plot closer to Cairns, it will be interesting to see who is right, BOM or Uncle Sam, not a lot in it though, sometimes their predictions are quite different.

cuddlescooper · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

Matt Flynn wrote:

Interesting, the US Navy has revised their plot closer to Cairns, it will be interesting to see who is right, BOM or Uncle Sam, not a lot in it though, sometimes their predictions are quite different.

Either way they both predict a nasty result for the Queensland East coach. The whirly whirly is nearly big enough to wipe both places out at the same time.

nobby018 · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

its looking as good if not better than Larry, Innisfails only just back on their feet after that badboy..
get ready for bananas to go up, fingers crossed for them..

anyway im off to get a slab of ice and get my cyclone kit from Uncle Dan's...fingers crossed everyone comes
out the other end all well and good..

if anyone in the Cairns area needs a hand or you need a place to camp(if it comes our way) drop me a line mobile is 0422 564 539, being in
the Navy they've pretty much said we'll be at work until told other wise..

cheers Nobby

troamaru · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:56 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemil ... mscol.html check this out to see just how big this bad boy is :S
make sure you look at the outline of QLD to reference the actual size.. it also looks like it has 2 eyes

harmsey · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:19 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

yeah just what we bl..dy need :banghead:

people are getting a little nervous around here atm :sailing:

maxpower · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

Good luck over there. That thing looks pretty nasty. Hopefully it weakens quickly. QLD really doesnt need this.

max · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

Its a big sucker ,be sure to get preperation hapening there folks & lets hope it turns back

nikoniko · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: Stonker cyclone

Fingers crossed it fizzes out

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