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Re: QLD cyclone
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2015, 10:05:58 am »
What are you banting on about now.
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« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2015, 12:00:52 pm »
I'm glad BOM and the media have overplayed this cyclone.

Also please be aware the rain SE Qld & Northern NSW has experience the last couple of days isn't because of the cyclone, it is a separate weather system.  The remains of the cyclone is affecting us now.  Yeppoon didn't cop the full force of the cyclone but there is still a lot of damage.

If the reporting of the cyclone meant that more people choose to evacuate and go to the shelters well that is good.  The government and media have done their job.  Cyclones are unpredictable and could still turn back out to sea and reform.

Also it is not just Queensland that has been affected by this weather Northern NSW is also copping it and of course there was another cyclone in NT and Northern WA, with a male name LAM.
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« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2015, 02:35:15 pm »
According to the media there is no evacuation center in Rocky , you have to drive to Yeppoon  to be safe, apparently. :o
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« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2015, 06:08:55 pm »
Welll... yes it's good that the warnings were out there and heeded but really... Cat 5 and 300km/hr winds? The thing was flat out being Cat 4 on landfall and softened almost immediately. The highest wind I saw on BOMs feed was 208km/hr at Percy Island. Yeppoon about 160 and Rocky maybe 115.

I feel for those people who had property damaged - any cyclone is dangerous and destructive. But the media storm over this was utterly over the top. Seems to be the trend nowadays...
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