Cyclone Yasi headed for Qld?

Submitted: Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 13:36

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den57

If any one has google earth and would like to see what is headed to Qld, in the LH colomn of google earth turn on, that is to say put a tick in the weather option , and have a look at TC Yasi. What a big mother. May have to make sure ma hat is pulled down tight.
If the shortcut below works it will give you a satellite image.

http://www.met.gov.fj/aifs_prods/gms_ir.gif

As one coconut tree said to the other coconut tree. " Hold onto your nuts. This is going to be no ordinary blow job"
Den 57

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Reply By: den57 - Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 13:44

Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 13:44

Just a couple of other links for people who dont know their way around the net.
This will get you to the bureau of meterology and provides latest cyclone advice and tracking map
http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/

This will give you the 4 day forecast for the cyclones knocking on our door.
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/4day_col.shtml
Hope this will provide a bit more info for all concerned.
Keep safe.
Den 57

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Reply By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 15:08

Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 15:08

Its not a cyclone Yet !!!!!

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Follow Up By: den57 - Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 15:39

Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 15:39

True it hasn't been named yet, and therefore it is not a cyclone, but if something walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, then i am happy to think it is probably a duck.

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Follow Up By: Member - Poppy (QLD) - Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 15:50

Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 15:50

Sorry Old Girl, but have to agree with Den, they will name it very shortly and looks like being CAT 4 and possibly going to Cat 5. and reaching landfall by Friday.
I am in Townsville and will be certainly making a run for it before then.
The MTSAT site gives a clear image of what's coming
By the way what part of QLD are you at the moment?
Cheers Ray

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Follow Up By: den57 - Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 16:13

Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 16:13

We are at Palm Cove, Cns, and told a fellow camper that it was coming and showed him the image on the net , his question was 'Should i turn my camper around to face the coast.He has bought the shell of a camper that has a pop top and the aluminum walls are about 40 cm high. Has some canvas that he is trying to adapt to put around it. Just didn't quite know how to put my reply to him. Quite sure he will get the message if it becomes necessary over the next few days.
Have to make a decision our slves in the next day or two..
Keep safe.

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Follow Up By: kevmac....(WA) - Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 18:47

Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 18:47

the second cyclone out in the coral seaa has been named and is huge in area if not intensity.................it arose way out in the pacific therefore is named elsewhere and out of sequence with our own cyclone naming system i feel for ppl of vanuatu and surrounding areas as looks like coming right over the top of them

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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 21:30

Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 21:30

Notice my !!!!
Anyhow ive been watching this monster since Monday. Sorry im a bit of a weather nerd. I just hope everybody in the firing line has the message by now and be ready or getting ready.
Bye for now.

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Follow Up By: Peter_n_Margaret - Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 06:20

Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 06:20

We are in Fiji and have been on alert for a while now as this one cooked up just north of us.
Fiji named it Yasi which is a boy's name.

Cheers,
Peter
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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 07:44

Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 07:44

I read it was a type of sandalwood. There you go. Im keeping an eye on the next one now.
Sharon

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Reply By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 16:07

Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 at 16:07

At the moment the worse half and I are in Cairns and will be for the next 3 weeks. So we will be watching the developement of Yasi with great interest.

I'm very glad that we decided to fly up and not bring our new van.

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Reply By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 09:32

Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 09:32

Just heard today on the TV that it is now a Cat' 1

Check this website it looks awesome

MTSAT Infrared

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Follow Up By: kevmac....(WA) - Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:39

Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:39

that is one helluva mixmaster that one................

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Follow Up By: Member - Poppy (QLD) - Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 14:01

Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 14:01

Just heard now a Cat 2 and soon to be a Cat 3, so we are packing the van and getting out of here tomorrow.
Cheers Ray (Townsvile)

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Reply By: StormyKnight - Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 14:53

Monday, Jan 31, 2011 at 14:53

Mondays predictions seems to indicate it will run virtually east to west & may end up in the gulf (it may intensify if it does).....eventually it will drop back to a low & move towards central Australia...

The only way to avoid it will be to go south, but not to far as it will loop back across central Australia & the Easterly across lower NSW as a low pressure system & then back out to sea...

Best to watch this one on tele I think rather than a ring-side seat!

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Reply By: Randy Q - Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 at 20:23

Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 at 20:23

It's not just an ordinary cyclone, it's a super one. Such kind of calamity is really horrifying. Australia was brought to its knees as Cyclone Yasi smashed into Queensland, the northeast territory of Australia. Just after Queensland experienced a number of the most detrimental floods on record there; the Category 5 storm smashed to the coast with wind speeds upwards of 200 miles an hour. Cyclone Yasi is approximated to have caused $2 billion at minimum.

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