Cyclone Yasi to hammer the North East coast of Queensland.

[Calz]

Posted by ascendingstarseed (here)
It's interesting that there's a cyclone of biblical proportions off the coast of Australia and at the same time here in America a blizzard of biblical proportions is bearing down on North America, the storm covers a 2500 mile spread and is bringing Chicago to a near stand still - a city that takes pride in it's ability to weather even the worst of winters...but this one is fiercely crippling, firefighters helping police cars out of the ditch. Missouri called out the National Guard, 50mph winds in Oklahoma and a foot of snow in OKC...unbelievable!

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GpysHu4R2gg

I was going to make a post with the same observation and send the satellite shot but it seems I am still too new to post photos.

Despite the size and scope of the blizzard it seems more appropriate to be keeping our friends from down under in our thoughts and prayers.

This is a Katrina style system and in an area not far from the recent massive flooding.

[Fractalius]

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR211.loop.shtml#skip
'live' updated map

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=4896
radio feed from cairns police (click speaker)

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/caillins13
Private webcam in Townsville with 10000 people watching.

[ascendingstarseed]

These are both deadly storms Calz, its appropriate that our thoughts and prayers go out to anyone endangered by weather in any way. If it's by water, winds or sub-zero temps there are dangerous conditions being presented in both storms systems creating challenges for most any human caught in the wrong place, unprepared facing elements of an extreme nature.

But, my point really was how much extreme weather is going on in both hemisphere's right now...more of a scientific observation. IMO it only goes without saying that we keep everyone in our prayers...

[bluestflame]

rang the old girl , they are riding it out , I think the old man might start smoking again

they're in townsville (kirwan)

[Fractalius]

If anyone watches that webcam, reading the chat beside it is good practice in tolerance. lol

[Calz]

Posted by ascendingstarseed (here)
These are both deadly storms Calz, its appropriate that our thoughts and prayers go out to anyone endangered by weather in any way. If it's by water, winds or sub-zero temps there are dangerous conditions being presented in both storms systems creating challenges for most any human caught in the wrong place, unprepared facing elements of an extreme nature.

But, my point really was how much extreme weather is going on in both hemisphere's right now...more of a scientific observation. IMO it only goes without saying that we keep everyone in our prayers...

Thanks.

Didn't mean it quite the way it sounded ... caught up in the immediacy of the moment when it was ready for landfall.

Blizzard is certainly nasty. We live in the midwest not too far from some of the worst hit areas. We have good friends in Kansas City and they were supposed to get 2 feet with drifts up to 10 feet.

Point taken on the severity of the 2 weather systems hitting at the same time. That's what I was trying to echo in my first post.

[jsb_swampfox]

I would like to think of it as a "seekers of the truth forum"

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I hope you all can stay safe down under. I imagine you all are ready for some dry sunshine...keep safe...someone in America is thinking of you

[LM-R]

Posted by jsb_swampfox (here)
I would like to think of it as a "seekers of the truth forum"

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I hope you all can stay safe down under. I imagine you all are ready for some dry sunshine...keep safe...someone in America is thinking of you

No casualties or injuries as of yet.
The Queenslanders need some sunshine, We in Sydney however have been going through a heat wave the past few days and wouldn't mind some rain.

[ascendingstarseed]

Thank God everyone made it through alive and there appear to be no casualties...that's a miracle considering the enormity of that storm and what you have been through the last few weeks! Yeah!

[frangapanni]

Sorry to inform you guys but there has been one fatality. A young man in his 20's died from the fumes of a generator that he was using in a complety closed room during the cyclone. So freaky, makes one wonder if it was his time to go anyway.

[Anchor]

Posted by frangapanni (here)
Sorry to inform you guys but there has been one fatality. A young man in his 20's died from the fumes of a generator that he was using in a complety closed room during the cyclone. So freaky, makes one wonder if it was his time to go anyway.

Darwin award candidate ?

I am sure that looks really unsympathetic - but WTF? Which warning sign of the many plastered usually plastered all over dangerous things in Australia did he not read ?