Cyclone Yasi : Othor Games

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:49 am

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

An absolute monstrous cyclone, I probably won't be able to access the internet or have power for a while

» Tue May 17, 2011 9:14 am

Police are apparently booking anyone on the road after 10 am

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:31 am

I see you're from Cairns. Well, good luck dude, sounds like it's going to be a pretty intense storm. Hopefully it's getting overly hyped, as the media is prone to doing. Australia's having a rough time at the moment....

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:38 am

Strap your body to lead pipe with leather belt and you will be all right. :nod:

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:13 pm

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

An absolute monstrous cyclone, I probably won't be able to access the internet or have power for a while

Hey there fellow Cairnsinite (Cairnsian? Cairnser?), you all strapped down? Luckily we're outside the predicted stormsurge area, and we got our roof re-screwed a few months back, so we should be okay, but I'm definitely not looking forward to spending a week or so without power. Where abouts are you?

Btw folks, http://www.weatherzone.com.au/satellite/'s a good image showing the sheer scale of this thing.

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:56 am

Hey there fellow Cairnsinite (Cairnsian? Cairnser?), you all strapped down? Luckily we're outside the predicted stormsurge area, and we got our roof re-screwed a few months back, so we should be okay, but I'm definitely not looking forward to spending a week or so without power. Where abouts are you?

Btw folks, http://www.weatherzone.com.au/satellite/'s a good image showing the sheer scale of this thing.

Gordonvale, all bunkered, pets inside, roof bolted, bin filled with water matresses under tarps, looks to be one hell of a ride, (I was in Tully when Larry hit)

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:05 am

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

The cyclone is swinging south

» Mon May 16, 2011 11:59 pm

Boohoo. You Queenslanders, complaining about all your floods and cyclones and things. Well, we have to put up with forty degree weather down here. It svcks. Today I was sweating.

I mean, Donkey Cavity was telling me about how flood water cut him off from the rest of Brisbane a while ago, and all I could think of was, "Yeah, well, I'm hot!"

:P

In all seriousness, this is one of the worst things to happen to Australia for a long while (excluding Oprah). You guys have my sympathies.

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:16 am

In all seriousness, this is one of the worst things to happen to Australia for a long while (excluding Oprah). You guys have my sympathies.

Queensland's economy is certainly not going to be good, if only Oprah had come now, then we would have had billions of dollars of cyclone relief

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:16 am

If my conversions are right that's an equivalent cat 3 hurricane. Nasty.

Good luck, and keep your head down.

» Tue May 17, 2011 9:38 am

Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi at 1:00 am EST:
.Centre located near...... 15.3 degrees South 152.5 degrees East
.Location accuracy........ within 30 kilometres
.Recent movement.......... towards the west southwest at 30 kilometres per hour
.Wind gusts near centre... 270 kilometres per hour
.Severity category........ 4
.Central pressure......... 935 hectoPascals

From the Australian bureau of meterology 270km hr winds, gee

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:39 pm

How come it's called a Cyclone? I thought winds at 250km is considered a catagory 5 huricane. The most powerfull. What am I missing here?

I hope all you people there, will be ok. Please take care.

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:18 am

How come it's called a Cyclone? I thought winds at 250km is considered a catagory 5 huricane. The most powerfull. What am I missing here?

I hope all you people there, will be ok. Please take care.

Hurricanes spin the other way and only occur in the northern hemisphere, Yasi is a cyclone (or typhoon) because it is in the Southern hemisphere

» Tue May 17, 2011 7:16 am

Hurricanes spin the other way and only occur in the northern hemisphere, Yasi is a cyclone (or typhoon) because it is in the Southern hemisphere

I never knew that. Thank you for your explanation. I didn't think they would call it another name just because it spins in the opposite direction.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:29 pm

From the Australian bureau of meterology 270km hr winds, gee

What a beast. Don't you still have at least 3 months left in the season?

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:17 pm

Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi at 4:00 am EST:
.Centre located near...... 15.7 degrees South 151.7 degrees East
.Location accuracy........ within 20 kilometres
.Recent movement.......... towards the west southwest at 30 kilometres per hour
.Wind gusts near centre... 295 kilometres per hour
.Severity category........ 5
.Central pressure......... 924 hectoPascals

almost 300 k's per hour

» Mon May 16, 2011 11:39 pm

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

Cat 5 now

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:54 pm

it'll be fine, you have a magic staff

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:39 am

Moving all the computers under a tarp, so that's it from me

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:55 am

Moving all the computers under a tarp, so that's it from me

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/13/tarp.jpg

» Tue May 17, 2011 7:59 am

I'm dissapointed in how this thread is not about Cyclone Yias.

» Tue May 17, 2011 7:30 am

Welp, it's now the most powerful cyclone in Australian history. It's been nice knowing you guys!

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:08 am

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

An absolute monstrous cyclone, I probably won't be able to access the internet or have power for a while

Thanks for the map, I'll look at where it's going.....

Wait, Oh no! It's heading straight for Townsville! http://free-bird.ca/storage/Powerpuff_Girls.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1270517644448

Seriously, I hope you'll all be ok!

Edit: Woah, apparently the hurricane is really moving drectly toward your city of Cairns, Jagar. Good luck, and be careful! And please post to tell us you're ok after it has passed. Just so we can know you're ok. :ahhh:

» Tue May 17, 2011 9:51 am

That thing is going to be a (Censored) and with all the flooding that Australia has gotten in the past couple months it doing to cause a whole lot of damage. I don't think it will approach what Katrina did to New Orleans but it will be bad. :brokencomputer:

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:37 am

First of all, I hope all you guy up north come out of this okay. You've already got more than enough to deal with

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Strap your body to lead pipe with leather belt and you will be all right. :nod:

Unless he gets swept out to sea

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Boohoo. You Queenslanders, complaining about all your floods and cyclones and things. Well, we have to put up with forty degree weather down here. It svcks. Today I was sweating.

I mean, Donkey Cavity was telling me about how flood water cut him off from the rest of Brisbane a while ago, and all I could think of was, "Yeah, well, I'm hot!"

Victoria had some flooding (not as bad as Queenslad, sure, but still quite bad for Victoria) and has been pretty damn hot this week :poke:.

I never knew that. Thank you for your explanation. I didn't think they would call it another name just because it spins in the opposite direction.

Yup, its true. Another tidbit is that cyclones and anticyclones (they spin the opposite direction) move most of the world's weather around. Got rain? A cyclone did it. Clouds blowing away? A cyclone did it. Tropical cyclones are the ones which grab the headlines, the ones which knock cities down and break levies :nod:.