Far North Qld on alert ....again - Page 2

marki · #21 07-03-2009, 06:55 PM

I have sat through a few of these myself. When it got too bad I used to get in the bath tub with a slab of beer, get drunk, sing songs and reminisce about the good old days

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They can be scary things Stay safe peoples.

Ciao Mark

astroron (Ron) · #22 07-03-2009, 06:56 PM

I hope you guys and Girls up there stay safe

We'll be thinking of you for the next few days

Baddad (Marty) · #23 07-03-2009, 08:07 PM

I experienced a cat 3 near Cairns years ago. The wind shook and rumbled the house. The rain came horizontal to the ground. At night, no lights, pitch black. Only a little transistor radio to "teddy bear". The buffeting wind woke me several times throughout the night. I was sleep deprived. Concerned and at times scared. An experience to have gladly behind me.
These people under Hamish's fury may cop a cat 4 and that can take a house. I feel for them. If Hamish makes a sudden West turn then they are in deep doggie do do.

I would like to see this brute move south, Degrade into a tropical depression and dump 300mm into Wivenhoe Dam.

I hope the weather gods will comply.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #24 07-03-2009, 08:47 PM

It's a worry all right.
Take care up there.

matt · #25 07-03-2009, 09:51 PM

Wind gusts now at 275kph at the centre

renormalised (Carl) · #26 08-03-2009, 12:29 AM

It's official....Hamish was declared a Cat 5 storm at 10pm tonight. Just on 300kmh winds and still intensifying. Seems to still be tracking in the same direction.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #27 08-03-2009, 12:38 AM

Flippin' hell, that's just madness.

alan meehan (Alan) · #28 08-03-2009, 03:17 AM

Take care up north batern down the hatches

matt · #29 08-03-2009, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

look at the size of that sucker - wow.

Hey David...

You got a link to the web page where you got that image?

Cheers.

Jen · #30 08-03-2009, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt

Hey David...

You got a link to the web page where you got that image?

Cheers.

Try this one Matt
I think its from here
http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hur...basin=spacific

matt · #31 08-03-2009, 02:01 PM

Hmmm.

Thanks Jen...but I'm not sure that's where it came from.

I can't find a close-up image of just the Qld coast, like Houghy's image.

Maybe I'm not looking in the right place on that site?

David's image came from an Aussie website...the Bureau of Meteorology.

But thanks anyway.

Mick (Michael) · #32 08-03-2009, 02:58 PM

Try this site Matt it's not the same as David's but it is what I use as well as the BOM site.
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_home2.cgi

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #33 08-03-2009, 06:41 PM

I've just gotten off the phone with my brother in law. He's staying on Fraser Island at the moment. He hasn't been told to evacuate yet.
Apparently all the campers left today.
He's off to the shops now to stock up on beer and food (LOL in that order ) and preparing to bunker down in his aunts house. A solid 2 story brick home.

matt · #34 08-03-2009, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

He's off to the shops now to stock up on beer and food (LOL in that order ) and preparing to bunker down in his aunts house. A solid 2 story brick home.

And how secure's the roof?

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #35 08-03-2009, 06:59 PM

I see your point, but I assume that they'll setup on the ground floor.

Baddad (Marty) · #36 08-03-2009, 07:20 PM

As Hamish travels south the cooler ocean waters will degrade it. It may blow itself out and become a huge rain depression. A marriage between tropical depression nee Hamish and Wivenhoe Dam?

I'd like to see that.

astroron (Ron) · #37 08-03-2009, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baddad

As Hamish travels south the cooler ocean waters will degrade it. It may blow itself out and become a huge rain depression. A marriage between tropical depression nee Hamish and Wivenhoe Dam?

I'd like to see that.

Fingers and toes crossed, so Captain Bligh can forget about the Traveston Dam for a while

h0ughy (David) · #38 08-03-2009, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt

Hey David...

You got a link to the web page where you got that image?

Cheers.

i have replied to your PM

[1ponders] (Paul) · #39 08-03-2009, 07:55 PM

Enough rain to block the causeway and prevent me from getting to work would be nice.

But no more than that

But I think the Southeast coast had better bunker down folks and hold onto your hats, 'cos Hamish is comin' to town.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #40 08-03-2009, 10:55 PM

Just off the BOM Cyclone Tracking page. Not good, not good. Looks like Tuesday and Wednesday could be big days for surf on the Sunshine Coast. I feel for those people living in the open near beaches and river mouths.