phil_taipan117 Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Looks like Cyclone Yasi is going to be a high Category 5 (wind gusts over 300 km/hr) by the time it crosses the coast near Cairns. This is the 1 in 50 year super storm that meteorologists always seem to reference. I remember a couple of cat 5 cyclones crossing the WA coast in the last 10 to 15 years but they did not cause much damage given the sparse population up that way. If I was living in or around Cairns, I would have packed up family, boat, dog, insurance forms and passport about 2 days ago and driven as far out of the place as I could go. I am dreading the destruction that this one will leave behind. I expect Joolia will need to introduce a cyclone levy for us southerns to pay. Good luck if you are still in Cairns and are preparing to sit this one out. Don't expect any sleep tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iOrion Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 My Mum just moved down to Southport from Atherton so she's clear of it. Queensland is having a hell of a year, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderson Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 My entire family are in Cairns. They have bunkered down and gonna sit it out. Apparently THOUSANDS flew out on special chartered flights overnight though. We sure have had quite a few weeks up here! I'm in Toowoomba so we have just had that big flood etc etc here too. We lost a car in it. Cops called yesterday to ask a few questions about it. Apparently they have 900 cars from Toowoomba CBD alone to work out what the heck happened with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoSport260 Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 This is one hell of a storm. Like holly mother of god... Mum's cousin owns a share in Whitsunday Rent A Yacht and they've just got their fleet back after the last big cyclone and now this... They are at Airlie Beach so likely that they will loose some boats again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 It's easy for some Phil, Some of us had to ensure the safety of others and stay until it was too late to leave. We did manage to get our Aircraft & Team through as far as we could. Hopefully I'll sign in tomorrow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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