Counting Stars Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Hope you are all safe xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I can see another banana thread coming. Don't give em away Bob, they will be worth a fortune. You might be right, wakey...:yes: Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Ita is over Townsville, heading SSE (5.37 AM) http://www.weatherzone.com.au/radar/qld/bowen Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londongal76 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 you might be right about the lemons, but found a lime in the crisper so at a pinch I can use that If it doesn't have lime it isn't a proper g&t! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 If it doesn't have lime it isn't a proper g&t! when faced with food shortages one must compromise........it didn't come to having to use the lime as ITA was all over in 24 hours, fair bit of wind.....probably no more than 65 knots, lots of rain, road out of where I live (Yorkeys Knob) and the Captain Cook Highway south into Cairns opened a couple of hours ago.......she's all yours now @Bobj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 @Bobj like Sir Les says it's the rain that's going to affect you more than the winds I will post some photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest The Pom Queen Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Here and some of the photos from FNQ Believe it or not the photos aren't a river These are all taken near my home. They had sent the army trucks in last night and 100 homes were evacuated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 A street which is now a river Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Here is the cable skiing park at Smithfield believe it or not there should be the lake then a car park then a field. I don't think the land sales sign is going to do them much good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Freshwater (always floods in wet season) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Main highway Cairns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 St Andrews School Oval and car park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rossmoyne Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 WOW @PomQueen that is amazing..... thanks for the pics. Are you and the family OK?????? Son in Mackay says the rain is relentlessly heavy but the winds are minimal.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Wow looks really bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tappers2oz Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Scary pics. :-( Is that the end of it or is more expected? Hope everybody managed to stay safe and unharmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annagilda Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Looks like the area took a beating. :-( Hopefully with the winds being ok no one was hurt. Other things can be rebuilt. Hope you're all ok. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jac2011 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 That's the side of Queensland I still cant picture. I suppose the reality only hits when you are living in that moment. It looks like a whole different country. I hope your all keeping safe and warm. Just out of interest, I read an article that stated that houses built since 1985 should be able to withstand cyclones up to level 5. What is your opinion on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 At about 7 o'clock last night, the TV weather chappy said that the cyclone was 30 km north of Mackay...we are 30 km NW of Mackay, (straight line distance), at that point there were some gusts, one was so strong a witch's hat was blown over...A fair amount of rain, but certainly not ' flooding rain' Rather a bit of a damp squib, really. 5.20 AM and too dark to see any damage. Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 6 AM and a measly 70.2 mm of rain for the last 24 hours...(2.76") Squillions of stars Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 That's the side of Queensland I still cant picture. I suppose the reality only hits when you are living in that moment. It looks like a whole different country. I hope your all keeping safe and warm. Just out of interest, I read an article that stated that houses built since 1985 should be able to withstand cyclones up to level 5. What is your opinion on that? I would say it is incorrect. When Yasi was heading our way even the cyclone shelters were only built to Cat 4 standard same as our house so we stayed home. I think though that most houses built after 1985 will have been built to withstand up to a Cat 3 with the modern ones now being built to Cat 4/Cat 5. this may help There is an Australian Housing Standard for wind loading (Cyclone Ratings) which WA,NT and QLD follow. Cyclone House Ready document. A combined WA/NT/QLD governments cyclone prep guide which as information on cats of cyclones, wind speeds, ratings etc. http://www.dlgp.qld.gov.au/resources/newsletter/newsflash-406-homeowners-guide.pdf The new Cyclone Rating building codes are as follows: Wind Specification: C1 180 kph C2 220 kph C3 266 kph C4 310kph Combined with the wind specifications there are the following: Region Terrain Shielding Slope Location i.e. A house in Townsville (Kirwan) built in a suburb surrounded by homes on a slope of less than 1 metre in 10 situated on the lower 1/3 of the slope would be considered: Region: C Terrain: 4 Shielding: 2 Slope: 1 Location: 1 Estimated wind rating would be C1 A house fronting the ocean at Pallaranda would be: Region: c Terrain: 1 Shielding: 3 Slope: 2 Location: 3 Estimated wind rating would be C3. Click on the link below to find out what rating your house should have. To check what rating your home has you would need to find out from your local council. Please note these are recent cyclone ratings. for homes built before these came into force the old W ratings where used. Again you would have to go to your local council to find out what your present rating now is. http://www.shedsonline.com.au/WindRating.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 6 AM and a measly 70.2 mm of rain for the last 24 hours...(2.76") Squillions of stars Cheers, Bobj. It doesn't seem like it was anything like Yasi (although cooktown may disagree) for Cairns it was the usual flooding but the drainage up there is excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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