Australia: It's a f'ing disaster

[Spec8472]

Current, or recent natural disasters in Australia:

Queensland: Record Floods covering approx 2/3 of the state, and Multiple Cyclones. As of posting, being hit by a Category 5 or above Cyclone (TC Yasi, Winds at 290 KPH, or 170 MPH)
New South Wales: Floods, and Bushfires.
Victoria: Floods and Bushfires.
Western Australia: Cyclones
South Australia and the Northern Territory: Risk of Bushfire
Tasmania: Dunno, havn't heard word from them.. they may have sunk.


The national broadcaster had a live webcam from someone in the path of Cyclone Yasi... and I just recorded this little gem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UemHueHNY8

FWIW: Live stream of the Cyclone coverage http://www.abc.net.au/abcnews24

[J-Man5]

Very Nice on the Video Spec.

J-Man5

[Mad Monk]

Current, or recent natural disasters in Australia:

Queensland: Record Floods covering approx 2/3 of the state, and Multiple Cyclones. As of posting, being hit by a Category 5 or above Cyclone (TC Yasi, Winds at 290 KPH, or 170 MPH)
New South Wales: Floods, and Bushfires.
Victoria: Floods and Bushfires.
Western Australia: Cyclones
South Australia and the Northern Territory: Risk of Bushfire
Tasmania: Dunno, havn't heard word from them.. they may have sunk.


The national broadcaster had a live webcam from someone in the path of Cyclone Yasi... and I just recorded this little gem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UemHueHNY8

FWIW: Live stream of the Cyclone coverage http://www.abc.net.au/abcnews24

You missed out losing the Ashes.
And the Snakes.
And the Spiders.
And the Crocs.
And the Box Jellyfish.
And the Blue Ringed Octopus.
And the Tasmanian Devil Cancer.

Still, it is a beautiful country and a nation of battlers, and you'll bounce back.

[dellstart]

Its totally fucked up. It really is.

Those poor bastards up in Queensland , cant just score a break. Bloody Floods and now a Fucking cyclone. New south wales (My home state) isn't doing that crash hot either.Throw in Victoria , Western Australia South Australia and the northern territory . like speccy said the only place that's hasn't been (as of yet) is that little island off the mainland called Tasmania.

Its fucking insane , is what it is. I cant ever remember a year so bad and whilst i might live in the US ,its no question that i ( any expat for that matter ) really do call Australia home.Right now ,its close to my heart and in my prayers as well.

[dellstart]

Was speaking to a lady i know, who her folks live in Melbourne.She was telling me that they were suffering from flooding and rising waters !
I honestly thought for a moment, she was pulling my leg.It never floods in Melbourne,its almost unheard of!! Its almost like saying that there is major flooding in NYC , it just doesn't happen.yet here it is. Bloody unbelievable. WTF is going on??

[andy_t_roo]

you missed the cyclone which just hit darwin -- apparently they have set a new all-time record for the most rain in February (840mm), and there is still a fair portion of Feb left.

[dellstart]

http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/news.html lots of work to be done but some semblance of normalcy is returning.

[andy_t_roo]

I believe something like 99% of Queensland is currently eligible for disaster relief (1,730,648 km2 is the total area of QLD - ( France (674,843 km2) + Spain(505,992) + Germany (357,114)+ United Kingdom (242,900))

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/weat ... 6019344042

several places have had 2M of rain recently ... and the rain is continuing.

[dellstart]

throw japan in on top of that , and it doesn't make for good news.

[DigitalMaestro]

They prayed for rain after the recent drought. Guess they got a bit more than expected...