Family in Cairns, they have all evacuated to the tablelands which is inland. I am in Brisbane and even at this distance from the Yasi we are starting to feel the effects. The cyclone that flattened Darwin in the 70s was a cat 5 with an eye 40 kilometres across, this one is a cat 5 with an eye 70 kilometres across on par with Katrina. Lates news is that it has started heading slightly south of Cairns but Ingham is the firing line now. Lots of people leaving the area. Thanks for the hello and concern :-)
On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:37:01 +1300, "Alan James" <alanjames@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
Wouldn't want to be out on a yatch Laurie.I've been following the progress on the news here in N.Z.Are you living up that way?Alan----- Original Message -----Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 9:59 AMSubject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Cyclone Yasi and the power of the ocean...
They just upgrade the cyclone warning to a Cat 5, ouch!Apparently for every two days this monster runs wild it outputs enough energy to power the entire world for a year.They have a text message emergency service you can subscribe too here. The last few texts are full on. The Australian army has been ferry out people all along the coast ahead of a 4 to 5 m storm surge which they reckon will come in very fast.There was really odd story on the news, the banks in inland towns have emptied out their cash to make their vaults available as children shelters. I neve thought I would see the day when a bank would value human beings above cash lol. I suppose these days there is no much cash in banks on account of all the plastic and electronic banking these days.Cheers, LawrieWeather report from Oz