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I was in Katherine about 320km to the SE of Darwin when Tracy hit Darwin. Was in the Aviation game then, never been so busy in my life with the evacuation out of Darwin. I actually flew into Darwin on Boxing day with one of my pilot mates who was doing charters out of Katherine, what a mess the place was, it looked like a giant scrap heap. A lot of my current friends were there for Tracy and still live in Darwin. Mind you the houses were not built to any specific code prior to Tracy, it is no wonder they blew apart. Having said that, I saw the anemometer reading prior to it being destroyed and the wind was phenominal. I know on the met forecasts we were getting in Katherine prior to Darwin going off line, there were wind gusts of 180kts, yes that is knots not KM/hr..Lets hope this fella does not copy Tracy..
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