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    @taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:

    @Machpants yeah just seen this posted from Limestone Island looking south FB_IMG_1715412497521.jpg

    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 FB_IMG_1715412497521.jpg

    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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    Yup me too, bucket list ticked

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    The sort of stuff that reminds you of how small we are eh?

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    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.

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    @Rapido I didn't even know it was predicted until after the event.

    Always been on my bucket list. Sadly still is ๐Ÿ˜ž

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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 ๐Ÿ™‚

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    @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.

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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 ๐Ÿ™‚

    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.

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    Raining all up the east coast here and cloudy besides. With the amount of light pollution in Sydney was probably unlikely to see it.

    Damn shame.

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    @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 ...

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    Feb 2

    Deadline for Townsville residents to evacuate passes โ€” as it happened

    Deadline for Townsville residents to evacuate passes โ€” 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

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    Delayed my trip back up after a week at home because "cyclone". Keep having nightmares about rain fucking with the repair sites on Cape Trib Road, so thankfully the bulk of it has missed the Daintree (so far).

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    It's been hammering down non stop for a couple of hours now. Really going.

    Bruce highway washed out too. Joy

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    Current radar shows smashing Cairns

    But not widespread like it been doing to TSV and surrounds ...

    Just keep it out of the Daintree huh?

    Screenshot_20250202_213348_Chrome.jpg

    http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR193.loop.shtml

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    3.2M views ยท 39K reactions | Good old Euramo ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜ | North Queensland...

    3.2M views ยท 39K reactions | Good old Euramo ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜ | North Queensland...

    Good old Euramo ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜.

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    nice to see the breathless cyclone reporting being aimed at someone else for once.

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    @mariner4life I know midway through last week Alfred was tracking to hit NZ on several models, but I see it is basically doing a 90 deg turn to hit GC & Brisbane on Friday.

    Could be a nasty one.

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