The calm before Ului
Submitted: Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 07:39
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Member - Old Girl (QLD)
Woke up to quiet morning at Kinka Beach only the normal sound of the waves of our beach, Kookaburra's were singing as usual, good
sign.
This
Link tells of another story. Looks a bit like a comit at the moment.
Have a safe ride up further.
Sharon
Reply By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 07:59
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 07:59
Fortunately it looks like reaching landfall at Cat2 which is a relief from predictions earlier in the week.
Must be getting close up here in the Whitsundays......all the baked beans, candles and
water have disappeared off the shelves again. LOL I'm not sure why people buy 10 loaves of bread in a humid environment where 1 loaf will keep for only 2 days.
We are monitoring this Event carefully up here with good plans in place to handle any likely situations. The concern is one of the rain depression associated with this cyclone after crossing the coast. All the dams are full or nearing capacity, and with a rain event typical we may see some flooding in areas. I believe
Emerald is one such location that may have some flooding again.
Stay safe on the roads and heed ALL warnings.
Andrew
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Follow Up By: Mike DiD - Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:22
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:22
"in a humid environment where 1 loaf will keep for only 2 days."
Put in the fridge or freezer and it keeps a lot longer - and I prefer the taste of bread just out of the fridge.
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Follow Up By: Tonyfish#58 - Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 13:38
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 13:38
DiD - FRIDGE & FREEZERS NEED POWER
Cyclone may = No Power for quite some time :-)
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 20:16
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 20:16
exactly Tonyfish :)
With one major road in and out, chances are power will be affected in our area.
Management plans are in place, time for some sleep now.....
Andrew
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Follow Up By: Mike DiD - Sunday, Mar 21, 2010 at 16:56
Sunday, Mar 21, 2010 at 16:56
???? I don't even live in a Cyclone area, but one of the main reasons for having a generator at home is to run the fridge during power outages so food doesn't spoil.
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Follow Up By: Tonyfish#58 - Sunday, Mar 21, 2010 at 19:16
Sunday, Mar 21, 2010 at 19:16
Mike - ???? Not everyone can afford and run a generator - What about flats, units etc that do not have back up power
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Reply By: Rockape - Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 16:30
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 16:30
Sharon,
We are starting to get a bit of puff in Mackay now.
Looks like the islands are going to get a bit of stick, all the neihbours have tied
down all the bits.
Have a good one
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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 17:52
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 17:52
We have just started to get heavier patches of rain but wind most of the day. Few of us have just finished moving our vans away from trees. Its a bit humid now so I guess we are just starting to get the weather off the cyclone. Went into
Yeppoon earlier to stock up on the bottlo items, it was blowing a gail there in
places. Had a tourest ask me a while ago If I thought we were going to get the cyclone!!! I told her its a couple hundred Ks up the road we will just get wind and rain. How many others are out there not understanding whats going on. Heading out across the road shortly to see how high our low tide is.
cheers
Sharon
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