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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: McGirr on April 06, 2014, 04:32:03 PM
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Interesting times coming up for the Cape with a cyclone formed well out from the Qld coast.
It's hard to say where it will land if it does but if it hits north of Lockhart River the crossings on the OTL will be full of water and a lot of trees and vegetation down.
A Cat 3 cyclone will dump a lot of rain up there and will make for some interesting crossings.
Mark
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Nothing a submarine can't handle. Just don't use a Collins class sub ;D ;D ;D
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Just adds to the adventure Mark ;D
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Hmm, might be time to extend the diff breathers ;D
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Hmm, might be time to extend the diff breathers ;D
I would go roof rack height. ;D
Mark
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Now this could be interesting.
http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/warnings/sh2314.gif (http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/warnings/sh2314.gif)
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Yes if it comes in there we will be in for some fun
Mark
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If it comes in there Cairns is on the south side, that could give Cairns a bit of trouble. ;D
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Yes very true. Will have to have the generator ready just in case for the beer.
Mark
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Looking like a Cat 3 by Friday
Wayne
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Other travellers will have cleaned it all up by the time we get there. :fingers crossed:
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It's getting bigger and looks like hitting us also. But still early days.
Mark
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Courier Mail Today - Predicting Cat 4
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Mark
Is this a bit late in the season for a cyclone?
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No, not at all, I was in Cooktown 1986, cyclone Mamu on the 26th April.
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Interesting Cyclone Monica hit the Cape on April 19th 2006. It was a Cat 3 and did a lot of damage up the Cape. We ventured up in September that year and it was like a ghost town everywhere. They had reports that the roads were closed but they weren't but a lot of the roads were washed away.
Mark
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What worries me is what it is going to do to our Easter plans, the current forecast shows it coming around the back of us going south.
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True John, we will have to wait and see.
Mark
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Cyclone Ita is predicted to cross the coast near where Cyclone Mahina crossed in 1899. This was Australia's deadliest cyclone killing over 400 people. It created a huge storm surge that wiped out the Pearl lugging fleet that was taking shelter there.
Those whom have travelled up the Cape to Bathurst Bay will be familiar with the large grave stone memorial.
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This scenario would not be good, 190klm winds as the cyclone heads along the coast.
This is just one scenario as BOM has it heading across the Cape.
The next few days will give clearer indication.
Better get the genny ready and the beer ;D
Mark
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Hmmm, you guys live an exciting life up there!!!
Will be keeping an eye on what happens!!
Don't forget to stock up on Baked Beans too Mark, got to have something to break up the beer drinking.
G.
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Not looking good a cat 5 coming in.
They are still unsure which track it will take as yet but moving in a southwest direction.
We will cop some strong winds and around 200 to 300mm of rain.
I think I will need more beer :cheers:
Mark
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Up to 280 kph winds tomorrow arvo. Take care all of you far north queenslander swaggers and families!
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I think I will need more beer :cheers:
Mark
Better get the BEER quick or you may not be able to.
Good luck with it as well.
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Better get the BEER quick or you may not be able to.
Good luck with it as well.
Getting more tomorrow. ;D
Interesting when Yasi hit the JTWC information was more accurate than BOM. So working on that we could see 300klm plus winds as it comes in.
Mark
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Take care everyone in far north QLD..
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I'm not sure if you'll be able to see this link but the guys on the weatherzone forum IMO have more upto date and accurate info than BOM. This link is for Sever Tropical Cyclone Ita;
http://forum.weatherzone.com.au/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1255817/Searchpage/1/Main/22753/Words/Ita/Search/true/Re_Severe_Tropical_Cyclone_Ita#Post1255817 (http://forum.weatherzone.com.au/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1255817/Searchpage/1/Main/22753/Words/Ita/Search/true/Re_Severe_Tropical_Cyclone_Ita#Post1255817)
Just scroll to the last page. :cheers:
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From someone who has experience high category cyclones, my thoughts are with you all. Please all stay safe. A cat 5 is not the time to be getting on the fizz, save it for All Clear when you've cleaned you place up.
Mark and other in FNQ, stay safe.
Cheers,
Leigh
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Pretty intense system now, the next 24 hours are not going to be fun for those in the north.
Stay safe.
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Looks like they'll be hit hard in Hope Vale. Wouldn't like to be at Eddie's place there at Elim Beach during a storm surge.
Stay safe everyone.
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Good luck up there tonight guys!!! Stay safe, dry, in one piece, and slightly the right side of pissed!
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This might close off cape York for the whole season.
Peter,
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This might close off cape York for the whole season.
Peter,
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The Cape has escaped the damage but Cooktown will cop a battering.
Mark
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hope it goes back out to sea before coming near land.
Peter,
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This might close off cape York for the whole season.
Peter,
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Not a chance .. do you know how tough QLD'ers are .. the road will be open in know time .. Even back in the day the peninsular was never shut for a whole season.. Someone will get through , then someone will follow..
I thought I would be bunker ed down by now , so I made a big pot of spaghetti and meat balls at lunch time , and cooked up a pack of sausages so we had snacks .. Well we are still sitting around waiting so the missus just cooked up a sponge cake , lol ..
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Well stay safe folks ,
Cheers
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We evac'd Newell Beach & headed 2 Port Douglas. Sitting outside on the balcony. Not 2 much rain but the breeze is just now starting 2 ramp up. If it stays like this we'll be happy. Hope Cooktown is faring well.
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Doing the CREB track this weekend would be interesting. Insane, almost certainly impossible, but interesting. 8)
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with a river height of 9.2m there at Bairds Crossing things would indeed be bloody interesting ..
Hows the blow going up there on the hill TOPNDR ?????
at 03:00 I had a tree top take out the power to the house , now have live wires in front yard ...
the wind keeps climbing slowly , with a few sticks and small branches flying around ..
I thought we might have had a bit more by this stage , but not complaining at all , don't mind if the light comes before the worst of it ,lol..
cheers
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Well the blow has certainly reached us now. To be honest I wasn't expecting it for another few hours. Heard a tree come down somewhere nearby. It was all in slow motion over about 15 seconds, creaking, groaning, snapping then bang! And one hell of a thud. Probably one of the big old giants coming down in the rainforest.
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Wind has picked up here also plus the rain.
Mark
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Keep safe up there everyone.
Might be time for some indoor activities...........
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Daylight here, it's raining buckets and howling wind at the moment. So far so good, we still have electricity.
Watching the live footage from Pt Douglas on TV. Not sure why it is blowing a lot more at my place than it is at Port Douglas as Port is 60km closer to the cyclone than us. Hopefully we will stay lucky, I have two large bushes uprooted so far but that it.
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A long night of waiting , managed to get about 2hrs sleep before a tree cane down onto the power supply line , giving the place a good shake .. conditions deteriorated from there ..The worst was around 07:30 ,, its dropped back to gusts and squalls now.. plenty trees down..
The Daintree is now At 15.19m at Bairds crossing ... coming into record territory..
cheers
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A long night of waiting , managed to get about 2hrs sleep before a tree cane down onto the power supply line , giving the place a good shake .. conditions deteriorated from there ..The worst was around 07:30 ,, its dropped back to gusts and squalls now.. plenty trees down..
The Daintree is now At 15.19m at Bairds crossing ... coming into record territory..
cheers
Can the flood affect you and your property if it gets higher.
We had 76mm of rain till 9am, and it is still raining but not a lot of wind here.
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Can the flood affect you and your property if it gets higher.
We had 76mm of rain till 9am, and it is still raining but not a lot of wind here.
No wont get me , but will have weeks of work on fences ect..
been for a quick look around this end of the farm , plenty trees down.
can't get too the river flats , to check as trees over road..
its dropping off now so will see about having a good look soon,,
cheers
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We are flooded in at Goldsborough. The bridge went under a couple of hours ago. Went up to our friends place for a couple of hours drinking beer.
The rain is still coming down heavy, we have had 170mm since 4am this morning and 125mm from yesterday so 295mm in 20 hours.
A few branches down here and a few shrubs uprooted.
The wind will be a lot worse in a few hours, no doubt with all this rain trees will be coming down and we will lose power.
We have a 3.5 KVA genie and 100 lts of fuel in jerry cans so we will cope OK.
How are you other FNQ members going?
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Raining off and on. The wind has slowed but the cat 1 cyclone is still north of us at Port. The wind may pick up later in the day.
Mark
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We've been for a little recce around Kuranda. Lots of leaf litter and smaller branches down. Cascading rivers of water around the place. Large pine across power lines on Fallon Rd. Our power went out at 0830 and came back on at 1200. Had to cut a neighbour's roll up/down clear blinds down as they were flailing in the wind (neighbour OS on sea cruise).
From the wind direction (northerly), I'd say the eye is to the west of Kuranda, so a few more hours of heavy winds I'd guess.
I'm supposed to go to work tomorrow at the airport but at present Kuranda, Gillies & Julatten Range Roads are all closed.
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Just been rainy here up the back of Edmonton, if no one had mentioned it, I wouldn't even know there was a cyclone around.
Few little stiff gusts now as I type, but nothing more than a normal rain sh!tty day.
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We survived the worst of it. It's now a cat 1 and heading down the coast. The rain has eased with the heavy falls ahead of the cyclone.
The advantage of being a professional camper, having a generator, 12v led lights and plenty of beer :cheers:
Now time to sit back and chill ;D
Mark
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340 mm since 4am this morning. 170 mm in the last 4 hours. The river is 4.3 meters above the top of our bridge.
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I spent the arvo with my neighbor , he has a 930 loader and I had my 039 chainsaw , we spent 3.5hr or so cutting and pushing trees off about 4km of our road .. I used 3 sharp chains and 4 tanks of fuel , and we only opened a track through the mess ,,
I've got wait a while barbs in places I can't reach ,lol
The Daintree river is in full flood , and is all most out to the turnoff .. If you know that road , Its up passed the big right hand bend but not quite up to the actual cross roads,,
good too hear most people are undamaged , just a big clean up ..
Wow , thats good rain Muzza.. I love it like that , but you have to know that your safe ..
cheers
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We have had 90mm since 9am this morning, and it looks like it has set in for the night.
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Just after you go around the corner .
cheers
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A bit of water there. :D
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The cyclone is predicted to travel over Hamilton Is and pick up intensity due to being over the ocean, then give Mackay a good soaking..
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Don't say we never share ;D
Enjoy the rain. :cheers:
Mark