The Dogmother Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just emailed an old friend in QLD to wish her luck after reading this... The biggest cyclone ever to hit Australia will cross the coast of North Queensland at midnight tonight, Qld time. It's a category 5, which is the strongest storm possible- winds of 300km/hr plus. There will be a 3 metre storm surge, flooding low lying parts of cities such as Cairns and Townsville. The storm is so strong it will continue to move inland and will still be a category 3 a few hundred kms inland. Web cam: http://www.novafm.com.au/video_live-stream-of-cyclone-yasi-from-cairns_109643 Websat picture Doesn't look good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickendoodle Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Very very scary. Good luck to them all x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I'm off to Melbourne shortly. A long way away from North Queensland, but still has some effect.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Oh goodness,& right after the terrible Brisbane flooding too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Watching the webcam reminds me of our hurricane in '87, only this cyclone will be much worse... it's big enough now to cover the US apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 It has been so awful for them over there. At least they have had some time to prepare themselves as much as they can for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 it doesn't look good - a massive cyclone is the last thing they need there right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I have just got my hubby to check exactly where our friends live, as they are in Brisbane. Luckily for them its about 200 miles north of them. Just hope it doesn't change. How horrible for everyone. It was so sad to hear on the news today that people were being turned away from shelters! I just hope the loss isn't too high, if at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 I just heard from my friend, they are OK and further south, so not really affected. She sent me this news link with a video of the cyclone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
