Alfred (Tropical Cyclone, Australia)

[grog]

Today we have this mongrel tropical cyclone coming down the coast. Destructive bastards is the only good thing to say about them. Map has it heading exactly my way but they can deviate anywhere.All precautions done, wait n see what happens.

[Kiwifruit]

Hopefully Alfred gives you a wide berth. Keep safe over there.

[GSXKING]

https://youtu.be/1cGjmlaY_84 This was quite intriguing

[GSXKING]

The usual morons are cleaning out the shops of bread and toilet paper in preparation for a complete disaster.
I'm fairly confident we'll get lots of wind and some heavy downpours which may lead to minor flooding. We are 27 meters above sea level so feel very safe.
Port of Brisbane planning to close Thursday and Friday so probably going to have a 4 day weekend which means chore's apparently (according to Bobbie)

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Stay safe Mr. Grog

[Tony Nitrous]

Having seen some fire and floods and storms here a bit closer than I'd like, we were really fussy about where we bought and built.

670m above sea level, 200mm steel for sheds not 150, brick house etc etc.

We have been cut off a couple of times being rural, but that's not a huge drama. We don't have good shops at the end of the street so keep enough stuff in house for a while anyway.

I have some pics of working at the Port. We had a heap of shipping containers drop onto a double row of brand new Audi's about to go out to customers. It got a bit wild out there that time.

[GSXKING]

Hi def satellite image

[Hooli]

Can't be that big then, Oz is only an island after all 

[Kiwifruit]

It's blown us sideways 

[KiwiCol]

Can't be that big then, Oz is only an island after all 

Reasonable size island though . . .        That system is bigger than our whole country & we're 1500Km long approx.

[Tony Nitrous]

Heading home from the city I call into Coles for a couple of things. Car park is packed!  I'm doing laps trying to find a space. In store and there are long queues at the tills.  I ask one of the staff what's going on?  She laughs... "News said Cyclone and everyone is panic buying",   apparently it'd been like that all morning!

My panic buying was a Chicken and Mushroom Filo pastry and another Grevillea for the front yard.

[GSXKING]

Can't be that big then, Oz is only an island after all 

@Hooli was incorrect we're actually a continent 🙀

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Can't be that big then, Oz is only an island after all 

@Hooli was incorrect we're actually a continent 🙀

if we are all old farts we could turn that around and say , "Hooli was correct, we're actually incontinent"

[VladTepes]

Yeah for those in the UK we rarely get cyclones this far south (Brisbane, Australia) but it's gonna get really windy and VERY wet - at the least.

Fingers crossed won't lose power for long because I don't have a generator.

And yes supermarket shelves are empty, and I've been too sick to get out of the house to do some shopping earlier in the week.

[lurch]

Height above sea level didn't do us here on the hill in Toowoomba (and surrounds) any favours in 2011 unfortunately. At least there hasn't been soaking rain in the area likely to be affected like there was then. The wind is another story however...

My mum's one block back from the beach at Kawana in a multi-level apartment complex, so she's a little nervous currently.

The wife and I are both power industry electricians and will be having a forced day off on Thursday as a fatigue reset ready to respond however we can. Here's hoping I don't bump into any of you whilst doing my thing.

Stay safe.