Extreme Weather
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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
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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?
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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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It's only a Cat 2, fuck all.
The biggest worry will be if it stalls and dumps rain in areas that just aren't equipped to handle the volume
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@mariner4life lady at work was saying her son (in GC) has basically been told they are off thier worksite for a week and to be prepared to evacuate (unsure what part)
Although when I was in GC in August last year there was a much smaller amount of rain forecast and they were panicking....didnt turn into much.
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@taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:
they are off thier worksite for a week
if it's a union site they won't go back until June
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This thing had better bloody hit and pack some punch. I have cut my motorbike trip short by 4 days to get home before it's due to arrive.
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Been tracking this for a bit as some of the early modelling has it smacking straight into us.
Then it veered away.
Then it's coming back ...
Likely to be sufficiently far south of us not to bother us, but heading straight for Junior on the Sunny Coast. In fact she's probably just north of where it's tracking. Which isn't ideal.
Talk of the Mary River flooding. But they've just finished the bypass of Gympie so the usual spots that cut us off are no longer a factor.
Cat 2 is going to be strong enough in SEQ as I suspect design codes are not as high.
Ironically I pushed my flight back up to Cairns (have to fly through Brissy from Hervey Bay) till tomorrow expecting it to have gone through here Monday, with a couple of days for clean up... but I should be through and gone before it starts to affect.
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