Cyclone Larry... Aussie mates, check in....

[snapperbait]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11915471 <br /><br />Hope all our Australian iboats members (and everyone else, for that matter) are ok and accounted for...

 

[heycods]

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Wicked storm.

 

[scrapper]

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Yah saw that on the news here tonight , Hope everyones ok >

 

[lark2004]

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Still here, but then again, the storms about 2000 km's north of me..... 4000 north of Dunaruna, Triton, etc.... 1900 from Kiwi-Phil

 

[Reel Poor]

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Thanks for the heads up snapper. This is the first I heard of that storm. Maaaan that was a biotch of a storm. I too hope everyone is ok and can get things sorted out ASAP. Glad yoou checked in lark and every thing there is ok. Good news about the rest being a good distance from the storm also.

 

[Boomyal]

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Hey snapperbait, that must have been some cyclone. I looked at the picture in your link and the wind was so powerful it blew that car clear onto the wrong side of the road.

 

[Kiwi Phil]

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Well north of us, even though in the same state.<br />Thankfully it didn't go through a city, as the towns it did go through are 100% damaged. <br />That area is the main Banana and tropical fruit producer in Aussie. News tonight stated 10's of thousands of acres have been destroyed (includes sugar crops too. <br />Just to top it off, another is forming in the Coral Sea and they will know tomorrow if it is heading this way.<br />We desperately need the rain it brings, especially if it gets down graded to a deep rain depression just as it crosses the coast, but we don't want everything destroyed.<br />Cheers<br />Phillip

 

[stan_deezy]

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Saw this on the BBC this morning: they reported winds at 180mph?? Strewth that would clear away any cobwebs!<br /><br />Glad you colonials are safe

 

[Dunaruna]

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All good down here, Stan. How the chompers?

 

[lark2004]

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180mph? dunno what that is. I do know that the winds hit 300kmh.

 

[stan_deezy]

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Originally posted by Dunaruna:<br /> All good down here, Stan. How the chompers?

still nagging at me occassionally: supposed to get them whipped out last week but there's been one snafu after another at the dentists; back up there on Wednesday and hopefully get the lot removed next week. I'm just nervous because it's cutting very fine before I start my new job <br />Hope I can still talk after the multi-extractions <br /><br />You guys take care down there!

 

[Kiwi Phil]

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Going by tonights news, the place is devastated.<br />Cheers<br />Phillip

 

[Kiwi Phil]

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Forgot to add. George W Bush rang our Prime Minister, Little Johnny, and offered him any help he made need from the USA.<br />I thought that was very decent of him.<br />These two, I understand, are good friends.<br />Cheers<br />Phillip

 

[flips]

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We are about 2000 klm away,boy did they get belted

 

[technostingray]

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Originally posted by Kiwi Phil:<br /> Forgot to add. George W Bush rang our Prime Minister, Little Johnny, and offered him any help he made need from the USA.<br />I thought that was very decent of him.<br />These two, I understand, are good friends.<br />Cheers<br />Phillip

It is an ILL wind that blows no one no good.

 

[BRG25]

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What's the difference between a Cyclone and a Hurricane?

 

[stan_deezy]

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Originally posted by Kiwi Phil:<br /> Forgot to add. George W Bush rang our Prime Minister, Little Johnny,

.........to claim responsibilty? <br /><br /><br />sorry, not really a subject to make a joke about.<br />saw the devestation again today on the news and it looks like an H-Bomb has hit the area! Very humbling seeing that power of nature.

 

[snapperbait]

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Originally posted by BRG25:<br /> What's the difference between a Cyclone and a Hurricane?

A cyclone turns in a clockwise direction, vs. a hurricane which turns counter-clockwise .... Otherwize, it's the same animal.....

 

[lark2004]

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gee flips, that's a funny part of Victoria your in, if it's only 2000km from FAR NORTH Queensland.

 

[flips]

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yeh sorry lark, i should have said about 2822.67 km