Extreme Weather
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@booboo said in Extreme Weather:
@mariner4life said in Extreme Weather:
Are you doing north of the river? Because it appears th3 fixing of the Cairns to Port section is about to start in earnest
Yeah. That's Main Roads. I'm working for the Council. State Road only goes to Daintree.
Fix the water
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@Machpants said in Extreme Weather:
Crazy extreme cold in NZ, coldest for decades. Was 7 this morning at home!
Popping home for a golf tour with my Dad soon.
It better piss off!!
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@mariner4life said in Extreme Weather:
@booboo said in Extreme Weather:
@mariner4life said in Extreme Weather:
Are you doing north of the river? Because it appears th3 fixing of the Cairns to Port section is about to start in earnest
Yeah. That's Main Roads. I'm working for the Council. State Road only goes to Daintree.
Fix the water
Not me ... thankfully.
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@Machpants yeah just seen this posted from Limestone Island looking south
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@taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:
@Machpants yeah just seen this posted from Limestone Island looking south
Yeah it doesn't look as bright and clear that took the eye, that's phone camera post processing or the effects of long exposure, but you can see the colours
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@Machpants said in Extreme Weather:
@taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:
@Machpants yeah just seen this posted from Limestone Island looking south
Yeah it doesn't look as bright and clear that took the eye, that's phone camera post processing or the effects of long exposure, but you can see the colours
Just been up the local maunga to check it out. Remarkable - ticked off a bucket list for me. Once eyes adjusted it was highly visible, far more so than I expected. Photos wiht long exposure make it look like me on insta with filters on though ... everything turned up to 11.
Incredible. really stoked to see it.
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@Rapido said in Extreme Weather:
Missed it. Pretty gutted. Was oblivious to it (inside)at time other people in town were seeing spectacular stuff from their back yards. So, Went for drive out into countryside to see if could see something, but just faint pink glow.
that's pretty much all anyone sees. It is only with photography tha tyou get the spectacular images. FOMO is real, but you didn't miss out I don't think
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@taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:
@dogmeat yeah I was surprised at the lack of 'warning' in SM, given whenever there is a meteor shower, eclipse or other similar event it is usually publicised, I didnt see anything, until after.
They can't predict solar storms, there was a warning that went out for electrical effects as soon as it was detected. Then the nerds who knew what it meant slowly spread the word until it hit public consciousness. I knew it was happening, as it started in NH night, but never expected it to make it to NLD!
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@nzzp said in Extreme Weather:
@Rapido said in Extreme Weather:
Missed it. Pretty gutted. Was oblivious to it (inside)at time other people in town were seeing spectacular stuff from their back yards. So, Went for drive out into countryside to see if could see something, but just faint pink glow.
that's pretty much all anyone sees. It is only with photography tha tyou get the spectacular images. FOMO is real, but you didn't miss out I don't think
That makes me feel a lot better.
Also feel better getting in to work on Monday morning and it appears almost the entire local population missed it. That wasn't the impression I was getting. -
@Machpants said in Extreme Weather:
@taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:
@dogmeat yeah I was surprised at the lack of 'warning' in SM, given whenever there is a meteor shower, eclipse or other similar event it is usually publicised, I didnt see anything, until after.
They can't predict solar storms,
What do you mean by predict? The BOM was pointing this out days ago and typically only the really fast CMEs arrive in less than a day:
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Little damp in Townsville currently.
Was expecting any of about 4 lows to turn into cyclones, didn't happen but turned into a massive rain event in Townsville. Some large totals ... the following over 19 hours ...
Deadline for Townsville residents to evacuate passes — as it happened
One person is confirmed dead in floodwaters in north Queensland, with intense rainfall leading to "dangerous and life-threatening" conditions. Look back on our live coverage.
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We've escaped most of it, got 220 on Tuesday and sort if 60 a day since then
But the roads have been cut for a while now and the supermarkets are getting empty
