Super Cyclone Yasi about to flatten half of Queensland

[Bladexdsl]

More importantly. See that big black thing forming off Vanuatu? That would probably cover 3/4 of Queensland if that hit Australia.

cairns is gonna get demolished as for me i'm near brisbane so yeah i'm not worried.

 

[Mantis41]

Hopefully the flooding won't extend south and inundate Brisbane again. They should learn from the mistake and start emptying water out of the dams a little earlier.

 

[Snorlax]

Sooo not happy about this.
I'm in Townsville- and I'm not too far from the sea. If it heads any further south, massive storm surges are ahead.

 

[Mantis41]

She's gone CAT5, 295km/h near centre.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml

It looks as if this big bitch is going to tear a 200 - 300km wide track right through Queensland as well as inundating a sizeable chunk of the Queensland coast with a tsunami like storm surge anywhere from 2 -5+ meters high.

Good luck Queensland. I am praying for our family in Townsville

 

[Bladexdsl]

cairns is gonna get wiped off the face of the earth...

 

[Mantis41]

cairns is gonna get wiped off the face of the earth...

If it squeezes between Cairns and Townsville then they will probably be spared the worst of the winds. The storm surge is another matter which will be much more wide spread and cause just as much damage.

 

[Law]

when I first read the thread title I thought it was the title of a video game.

Sorry Australia.

 

[Snorlax]

when I first read the thread title I thought it was the title of a video game.

Sorry Australia.

I wish it was only that... If this Cat5 doesn't flatten the house, the flooding from the storm surge will take all our crap anyway. *sigh*

 

[Evo.lve]

Yasi just went Cat 5, at this rate there won't be a Townsville or a Cairns by Thursday morning.

I hope it doesn't inundate through the rest of QLD, you'd think they've suffered enough.

 

[Mantis41]

when I first read the thread title I thought it was the title of a video game.

Sorry Australia.

I wish it was only that... If this Cat5 doesn't flatten the house, the flooding from the storm surge will take all our crap anyway. *sigh*

Are you guys going for shelter?

 

[Mantis41]

Australian Cyclone Categories:

1: Up to 125km/hr - Gales
Swells 1.2 – 1.6m
Slight damage, Trees and farmland damaged.

2: 126 – 169km/hr - Destructive
Swells 1.7 – 2.5m
Significant Damage, Minor house damage. Severe damage to signs and trees. Heavy damage to crops

3: 170 – 224km/hr - Very Destructive
Swells 2.6 – 3.7m
Structural damage, House roofs and most likely power failures

4: 225 – 279km/hr - Very Destructive
Swells 3.8 – 5.4m
Significant roofing and structural damage, Airborne debris, widespread power failure

5: Winds above 280km/hr - Very Destructive
Swells More than 5.5m
Almost total destruction and extremely dangerous, Houses flattened, cars over turned

 

[petspaps]

To say it simply after the recent floods and now this theyre gonna have to redo the maps for Queensland after this.

 

[Snorlax]

when I first read the thread title I thought it was the title of a video game.

Sorry Australia.

I wish it was only that... If this Cat5 doesn't flatten the house, the flooding from the storm surge will take all our crap anyway. *sigh*

Are you guys going for shelter?

Mmm- heading as far inland as we can. :/

 

[Mantis41]

when I first read the thread title I thought it was the title of a video game.

Sorry Australia.

I wish it was only that... If this Cat5 doesn't flatten the house, the flooding from the storm surge will take all our crap anyway. *sigh*

Are you guys going for shelter?

Mmm- heading as far inland as we can. :/

Good luck. Hope to hear from you when this has all passed.

 

[Bladexdsl]

I hope it doesn't inundate through the rest of QLD, you'd think they've suffered enough.

even if it does cyclones always lose power once they reach inland their most dangerous when in their at sea and hit coasts.

 

[Mantis41]

I hope it doesn't inundate through the rest of QLD, you'd think they've suffered enough.

even if it does cyclones always lose power once they reach inland their most dangerous when in their at sea and hit coasts.

This system is so large it could push quite a way inland before it looses cyclone intensity.
read source

 

[Bladexdsl]

watching the news now tully got the worse of it

Yasi downgraded to Cat. 2. see once a cyclone hits land it loses strength

 

[Snorlax]

I'm alive, the house is fine.
*phew*
The town's screwed though. :/ Still no electricity in 85% of it, and the water-works only just got fixed.