Category 5 cyclone hitting upper north Queensland

[Megatran]

As many of you are already aware, upper north Queensland is facing a Category 5 Cyclone. Anyone living in that area please take care and stay safe.

[1AZRAEL1]

Anyone living in that area please take care and stay safe.

Seconded. Hope everyone gets through it unscathed.

[liegeprime]

oh my, they scaled it higher again have they? I've only heard it was a category 4 yesterday afternoon while I was at the tea room in the afternoon, seems it got stronger even... hope no one up there gets hurt. :(:(

[Ravagecat]

Stay safe and take care Nth Queenslanders. Hope it doesn't hit as hard as predicted.

[1AZRAEL1]

oh my, they scaled it higher again have they? I've only heard it was a category 4 yesterday afternoon while I was at the tea room in the afternoon, seems it got stronger even... hope no one up there gets hurt. :(:(

Laat I heard last night was gonna be winds in excess of 200km/h. So pretty bad I guess.

[Deonasis]

Laat I heard last night was gonna be winds in excess of 200km/h. So pretty bad I guess.Winds up to 300km/h near the core. :(

[Hursticon]

This certainly paints a very vivid picture, courtesy of NOAA (http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail2.php?MediaID=1532&MediaTypeID=1):

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a409/Darkone666au/Webpics/Bk4_r8aCMAAaglgpnglarge_zps1e94efca.png


I certainly hope that everyone up north takes care and remains safe. :(

[twincobra]

Have been through a few cyclones before, expecting heavy rain at the very least. Time for the transformers to go to higher ground.

[Megatran]

Good to hear on the news this morning that the Cyclone Ita has been downgraded to Category 4. Lets hope it passes quickly and without too much destruction or loss of lives.

[iamirondude]

well we atm are getting the remains of the cyclone and the winds are blowing stuff everywhere and the worse bit is i'm now up to my ankles in water in the mancave. i'm really pissed about this now as i'm trying to save my gold box OP(well the box got wet). the water is running down the walls and is wetting everything atm, rains hitting sideways.

[Hursticon]

well we atm are getting the remains of the cyclone and the winds are blowing stuff everywhere and the worse bit is i'm now up to my ankles in water in the mancave. i'm really pissed about this now as i'm trying to save my gold box OP(well the box got wet). the water is running down the walls and is wetting everything atm, rains hitting sideways.

Really very sorry to hear that dude, I hope the waters subside and the rain buggers off for you swiftly - My fingers are crossed that as little damage is done at all. :(

[Burn]

You go through Larry, it shakes you to your core.

You find out Yasi is heading your way, you really have trouble dealing with it in such a short time.

And only a few years later you find out history may be repeating, what do you do? Hope and hope and hope for the best. And thankfully that's what happened.

I had a lot of water blow in under my back door, thankfully we got didn't get much in the way of wind, not much in the way of rain either. In fact when the core of it was passing over us I was flaked out in bed.

Like Yasi though, what pissed me off the most was the media. The Cairns Post put this on their Facebook page.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/1621916_713786185330827_4479436635292125461_n.jpg

Unfortunately when it comes to the cyclone season, The Cairns Post is very notorious for scare mongering.

Oh well, that should be it for another six months hopefully.

[Hursticon]

Glad to hear that you pulled through relatively unscathed Burn, hopefully this is a continuing trend going forward eh? ;)

[Burn]

I'd rather it be an unnecessary trend.

Admittedly I stressed myself out more with Yasi than I did Ita, mostly because I put myself in what I dubbed "my happy world" where Ita followed the track of the BOM (which saw it hitting Cooktown and continuing inland to weaken) and NOT the trend of the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre which had it bouncing down the Queensland coast line at Category 5 which would have been catastrophic.

In the end both scenarios happened, though luckily it only bounced down the coast as a low. (Which is what iamirondude got)

[Megatran]

On the news Category 4 Cyclone Debbie heading for far north QLD sometime early next week. It may seem odd to non-locals like myself but the lady being interviewed didn't bat an eyelid. Seemed like she'd experienced a few in her time.

For those in the area stay safe.

[DELTAprime]

On the news Category 4 Cyclone Debbie heading for far north QLD sometime early next week. It may seem odd to non-locals like myself but the lady being interviewed didn't bat an eyelid. Seemed like she'd experienced a few in her time.

For those in the area stay safe.

We don't get too worked up over cyclones, it's semi common up here and very common further north.

[kovert]

Hope our north Queensland forumers are doing OK.

[Burn]

Well I'm dieing from heat and humidity. Debbie has sucked any potential cool weather south with her.

Self whinging aside. I feel for all those people who had to endure 24+ hours of waiting. The next few days...weeks...months will not be easy for many of them. Hopefully the emergency crews can get into the worst affected areas soon.

While Debbie may not have been as large and powerful as the likes of Yasi/Larry/Marcia ... the fact she moved so slowly may make her just as damaging.

And here's hoping any flooding she brings doesn't cause too much damage.

[shockNwave]

We don't get too worked up over cyclones, it's semi common up here and very common further north.

My brother and my nephew would agree with you, they also live in Gladstone:). I wish all the best to those who endured the cyclone and now have to endure it's aftermath.

[Jetfire in the sky]

The Southern media come up here expecting us to be all running around screaming like maniacs, we were well prepared for this one, (Debbie) like we are for most of them. Sadly the flood waters that follow usually claim lives like they have in SEQ and NNSW.
I think fire like the black Saturday ones in Victoria or the Brisbane and Lockyer Valley floods a few years ago would be worse than a cyclone. Not much can stop those but most places up here are built for a nasty breeze, yes there will be destruction but you can rebuild stuff, you can't bring people back to life...................yet. :p

[PROVOST]

Here in North side Brisbane,had some flooding etc but my best wishes to all who may have found themselves in the worst affected areas and hope you all are well and safe.

[UltraMarginal]

The Southern media come up here expecting us to be all running around screaming like maniacs, we were well prepared for this one, (Debbie) like we are for most of them.

I thought Sunrises coverage was appalling, Kochie driving around with a camera man (for at least 5 minutes) trying to focus through rain soaked side window at trees that had suffered wind damaged and a cross to a guy interviewing a fish and chip shop owner who's storage space had been destroyed. His questions went on and he seemed to be just digging to get the poor bastard to break down on camera. appalling media.