Not sure where are members are located over there but I hope you guys are safe. Looks really bad, prayers go out for safety for you guys. Paul, Heath and Mick I know for sure are from there.
Cyclone in Australia
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Paul and Mick are in Brisbane and Heath is a little bit further up but they are all well away from it. Im in Mackay and we were on warning yesterday but thankfully it swung north a bit and missed us.
Was definitely a wild one, they say it is the largest one to hit Australia but it didn't seem to do as much damage as some of the other big ones we've had. Have a look at what cyclone tracy did to Darwin in 1974 : http://www.google.com.au/images?hl=...tle&resnum=3&ved=0CD8QsAQwAg&biw=1366&bih=588
Was definitely a wild one, they say it is the largest one to hit Australia but it didn't seem to do as much damage as some of the other big ones we've had. Have a look at what cyclone tracy did to Darwin in 1974 : http://www.google.com.au/images?hl=...tle&resnum=3&ved=0CD8QsAQwAg&biw=1366&bih=588
No pics of the damage yet. Winds are still too high in most places to get near it. We are getting a bit of rain down here off he tail of it. Here is a live link to the cyclone as it moves west
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/national_radar_sat.loop.shtml
and here is a pic of how the eye would look like if it was headed for texas
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/national_radar_sat.loop.shtml
and here is a pic of how the eye would look like if it was headed for texas
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They said on our weather channel it was bigger than Katrina and covered like 2/3 of US in comparison for size to see on maps. That's huge. I only saw all the boats piled up where it came ashore and the waves came in 3 blocks about on the surge. Leveled lots of nice marina type area. These were big nice boats sad seeing all the carnage. Good luck hope you don't suffer too much damage seems like you need a break after all the flooding too.