i just happened to be right place at the right time,with the camera gear,i must addmit i have never been in a wind as powerfull as this one .i seen the ship at about 830 trying to leave newcastle harbour and i thought this is crazy,20 minutes or so later she started to loose control and head towards nobbys reef by 930 she was up one the reef the most incredable thing i have ever seen
Alan, the ship would appear to have no cargo. You saw it leaving harbour, or had it been blown there from offshore? I wonder why it would have not stayed in harbour - surely a safer place to be?
i,m not exactly certain if it was in the harbour or it got swept towards the harbour when i first saw it,but she is empty no cargo but is carring a lot of fuel.
Alan, the ship would appear to have no cargo. You saw it leaving harbour, or had it been blown there from offshore? I wonder why it would have not stayed in harbour - surely a safer place to be?
The harbour/river is the worst place for a ship to be. In severe storms, even in cyclone areas such as where they load the coal ships up QLD, all ships are sent to sea in a severe storm, even if a cyclone is going to hit. Out at sea ships can drift with the forces placed on them, which is something they can't do in a small enclosed area such as a harbour.
According to the news tonight, they were warned yesterday that this was coming and were advised to go out to sea. But they waited till today, and well, this is the consequences.
Those of you that are going through this, take care, and I hope you keep safe.
Looks wild h0ughy, I've been following the story on the radio through the day, hopefully the ship won't break up, if it does the fuel oil will be a real problem. We had a Bulk carrier (the Iron Baron) run aground at the mouth of the tamar on hebe reef (hebe reef has claimed many ships since settlement) in 1995 and although the oil spill was extensive, the effects were relatively short lived due to swift cleanup action. For interest sake here is the report on the Oil spill response.
I've seen what's left of the Sigma on Stockton Beach. Once these big ships are grounded they usually stay where they are as they are too hard to re-float. Sand swells around the hull...end of game!
Only one option I see...call in the F18s..maybe 2OCU for some bomb practice and 500 lb or 1000lb bombs..it won't last long
I was absolutely amazed to see even at full steam ships were still being driven to the shore.
I've been in fighter planes doing dummy attacks runs on those said ships off the Port of Newcastle...they are big when you get close. Must be wild weather.
Absolutely amazing way to end the drought!
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forgot to say.."way is it so that the ship is a coal ship and not a carrier of new Harley Davidson Motorcycles"?heeee
we have localised flooding everywhere. I have never ever witnessed as many roads and property flooded. LOL I even fielded a phone call from a lady who said water was coming out of her gutters. when quizzed she revealed that she could no longer see the road or her neighbours car that was parked out the front. upon inspection from a colleague - it appears that it floated away and that her street was under 800mm water at the crown. note this street has never flooded. We have severe damage throught, with inundation of properties, and our road infrastructure has taken a pounding. Unfortunately there is loss of life, though this is unconfirmed at the moment officially.
In my humble part of the world Kevin Costner could have made water world movie- yesterday it was dry. so far we have had 197mm rainfall at my place, from 9 am this morning . It took me 3 hours to get from my work to home. normally it takes between 10-15 minutes
we are getting hammered worse than this morning, the winds are extreme!!! wind gusts are over 120km/h. I saw someones roof go into the power lines just down the street.
Lake Mac is in flood by .80m, and we have had over 220mm rainfall and where Rocketboy and mIke live they have had slightly more. at 290mm
Great pics all, it sure would of been a wild and woolly ride. Anna just happened to mention, could you imagine what it would be like where we camped at Lostock! I think they would of been pulling us out of the dam.
Only one option I see...call in the F18s..maybe 2OCU for some bomb practice and 500 lb or 1000lb bombs..it won't last long
The RAF tried that with the Torrey Canyon off the coast of Cornwall (England) in the late 1960’s I think? It wasn’t as easy or as successful as anticipated?
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. It took me 3 hours to get from my work to home. normally it takes between 10-15 minutes
