For all of our friends in Australia,,my thoughts and prayers are with you while you have to endure another wave of winds and flooding. We endure hurricanes,, you guys get the cyclones. Take care and God Bless....

Bear down the hatches, boys... this one looks bad.

Hang in there and God bless. We're praying that it isn't as bad as it looks.

Back to back cyclones following right on the heels of the worst flooding in years. And 4 months ago, I thought Cairns was really looking like a good place to live.

Its going to make it hard to go chital hunting that for sure

Cheers for the thoughts. Getting a bit breezy here!!!

FMD it looks big on the satellite.
Take care guys.

Is it just me or do other people think that some of the media wanka's need to be locked up? When everyone is getting out they are heading into these storms just to get a story. They are just another pain in the arse for the emergancy services guys.

Well you are right Bakesy but for us ghouls on the outside looking in we wouldnt have a fkn clue as to what is/was going on.They are a necessary evil one supposes.
The media will jump onto the bush fires in sth eastern Vic next mate once the wind has dropped and sheets of iron and palms have stopped flapping in Qld.

I can imagine what you guys are going thru after enduring our own hurricanes on the coast of Texas.
Hope everyone is safe and accounted for.
Prayers out to all of you.

How did you pull up Stebe?...and welcome to the forums?

good luck guys, from what we see on the news here it sure looks like you're in a bucket of chit.

Just thought you all might like to see what we're reading here:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2...lia/?test=latestnews

Thanks to all of you in other countries who expressed your good wishes and concern!!

Hope everyone makes out OK. Be carefull.

what's the difference between a cyclone and a hurricane?

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Originally posted by martinbns:
what's the difference between a cyclone and a hurricane?

Nothing, they are just called different things in different parts of the world.

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Originally posted by martinbns:
what's the difference between a cyclone and a hurricane?

The same except they go clockwise in the Nth Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the South... maybe?? Maybe the other way around??

Other way around, Matt.

The distinction between the three [cyclone, typhoon and hurricane] is geographical.

Info: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A1.html

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Originally posted by martinbns:
what's the difference between a cyclone and a hurricane?

Your typical cyclone is made with vodka, Grand Marnier, cranberry juice, a shot of grapefruit juice and lemonade; whereas a Hurricane primarily uses two or three kinds of rum, passion fruit syrup, sugar and sometimes orange juice.

Drinking sufficient quantites of either makes the passing of a typhoon more tolerable.

Sorry Bakes, lost my modem in a thunder storm the day after the cyclone. Just back online now. We pretty much dodged a bullet here in Cairns. We got some strong gusts (up to about 160kph) but nothing like our neighbours to the south in Tully and Cardwell. We are all pretty lucky that technology can warn us of these things and most of the seaside towns were evacuated. Luckily they were also small enough to evacuate easily enough. The damage was pretty bad but no loss of life directly from the cyclone. I spent the 2 days after working in Cardwell and although the damage to houses/buildings is the heartbreaking part for the people from there, what the cameras/news miss is the surrounding countryside looks like a bomb has gone off. As far as the eye can see there is not a leaf on a tree (and this is in an area known for its rainforest). Anyway, it will grow back. Im sure the pig population hasn't suffered (until I can get back out there).

Good to hear your ok mate.