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Title: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: froudy on Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 10:14 PM
I hope all the members in Queensland area are well battened down and bearing the storm ok :onya:

Just seen news report in the UK and it looks pretty rough out there :shocked:
Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: seth on Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 10:34 PM
take care down south

debbie does queensland sounds funny but it won't be
:cheers:
Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: Blubber on Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 11:08 PM
Quote from: seth on Tuesday, 28 March  2017, 10:34 PM
take care down south

debbie does queensland sounds funny but it won't be
:cheers:


Debby does Dallas gets more hits on google  :facepalm:



Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: VladTepes on Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 11:25 PM
it's all good.
Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: Sweaty on Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 01:46 PM
Debbie blows Queensland  ;)
Hope you are all ok up there folks.
Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: Beaker on Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 02:05 PM
Good old Kev caught this reporter off-guard!!

Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: Ross on Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 03:53 PM
Quote from: VladTepes on Tuesday, 28 March  2017, 11:25 PM
it's all good.
I have just spent this afternoon planning a trip down south just in case. I'll make the call in the morning after I see the updated weather forecast but it's not looking good for a trip to Brisbane.   :thumbs_down:
Jindabyne, Falls Creek, Great Ocean Road is looking good at the moment. :cheers:
Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: VladTepes on Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 04:08 PM
Sook.  Most we'll have here is a bit of rain.....
Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: Kiwifruit on Monday, 03 April 2017, 06:34 PM
The flooding there must be heartbreaking, the scale of the clean up looks massive....... best wishes to all those affected across the ditch. Kia Kaha.
Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: grog on Monday, 03 April 2017, 07:10 PM
im ok, just wind and 210mm rain. all good. one place up near mackay had 1350mm rain in two days. thats hard to imagine. 
Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: Kiwifruit on Monday, 03 April 2017, 07:23 PM
All that mud and silt we are seeing. The entire contents of businesses all piled up ruined on the footpath. Then theres the crocs and snakes in the water.
Sometimes nature just has its way.
Just sad to see.

Parts of NZ have been warned we are likely to cop the tail of it so expect flooding.
Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: VladTepes on Monday, 03 April 2017, 09:24 PM
For those who came in late... there was also some discussion on this in the rain thread...
http://gsx1400owners.org/forum_test/index.php?topic=867.msg9280#msg9280

see my post there re the bridge down in Bov's part of the world.  (Yep he's OK.)


Title: Re: Cyclone Debbie
Post by: VladTepes on Monday, 03 April 2017, 09:40 PM
Lots of photos here:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4356998/Cyclone-Debbie-north-Queensland-damage-injury-death.html
Definitely an especially bad time for the yachties....

And as usual journos are often more hindrance than help... https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/03/29/journos-risk-life-and-limb-to-cover-cyclone-debbie/

I can't find the picture but to give you English peeps some sense of scale if this thing had hit the UK there wouldn't have been anywhere not severely impacted between Land's End and John o' Groats.