Storms

Darrell, G'day, Google Cyclone Larry, That will possibley give you some to look at.

G'day Darrell,
I was in the RAAF in Townsville during Althea. Cars in carparks surfaced with crusher dust were all sand blasted on one side, even the glass. One VW had a gash in the engine cover, just like a tin opener had done it. Besser block walls were just tipped over on the ground, as if you could just stand them up again. Roofs were ripped off and the roofing tin and red insulation was draped over power lines for miles. The whole city was a mess for weeks. Houses were demolished, nothing left but the floor on high blocks and furniture just sitting there. There were really quite some amazing and strange sights.
Sorry can't find any photos, but see this link Cyclone Althea
Rod

I was running the pub on Daydream Island when Althea hit.

It ripped the verandah off the hotel and threw it 100 metres out to sea. It picked up a Cabin Cruiser and threw it 20 metres up on the rocks.

The windows at the resort were made of some sort of plastic and bent with the wind but never bleep tered. We stayed out of sight in the bunkers downstairs.

I can't remember if I took photos.

Here is a photo of a dust storm at work at 2 in the afternoon, 200k south of of the CurryImage Could Not Be Found

Darrell. We got larried up on the Atherton Tablelands. We live direct West from Innisfail about 30k as the Crow Flies. I can stand on the hill just up the road and see the coast near Innisfail. Lots of damage and I did take 100s of photos. My job was to record and claim cyclone damage. What amazes me is that is only ever mentioned as Innisfail when you hear of it. We were in the eye the same time Innisfail was. Not as much house damage up here but houses are not as close together. Massive amounts of tree and Power line damage. It took over six months of constant work to clear away the trees and there is still many areas where trees still lay. We were lucky it moved so quick, if it had not the damage would have been a lot worse. The wind was tremendous the noise hard to speak over - thankfully houses are built to strict Cyclone Ratings - if the wind found a fault in construction it did not take long to break it apart. Might get around and dig up the photos, have them buried deep around here somewhere. Cheers Tony

Google Cyclone George and you should be able to pull up some photos of the demolition job it did in 2007 on a construction village 100km INLAND from Port Hedland. Was still a Category 4 at that point.