GULP!!! Look what is heading our way!!!

[gibbo_335]

Uh OH!!!! Still hovering about at Cat 2 (out of 5) everyone on the northern east coast is watching this one intently!!!!! 

[Frank N. O.]

Wow that looks mean. How many people are living up there, aren't most centered around the south-eastern corner area (and then the big city in the other end, Perth?)?

Btw, not to make a joke of a serious storm, even in Denmark have there been fatal storms the last couple of years besides the usual ton of broken trees and regularly 1-3 meter floods of the western part of the country but I just noticed your quote from Sparks in your signature and thought it was a nice signature, although this thread is sadly not the best place to say it.
My sincere best wishes for all that might be hit by that.

Frank

[gibbo_335]

Hi Frank,

Weather guys are saying if the high level winds decrease tonight we are in a spot of bother  All of the really big cities Sydeny and Melbourne are in the lower south east, we in Brisbane are just a bit closer (see map) North Queensland (the heart of the Great Barrier Reef area) usually gets hit the hardest....they had a big one last year and will be like "Not again PLEASE"......keep you informed.

I didn't know the Scandanavian regoins got huge storms??? Wow

PS Thanks the signature comment....it was at the time one of the funniest things i had read and was doing EFATO training the week i read it

[gibbo_335]

They have dropped it back to Cat1 which is a good sign, but the latest updates last word is a bit of a worry

Details of Tropical Cyclone Odette, Category 1, for 10:00 am EST
Central Pressure   : 991 hectopascals
Location of Centre : within 40 kilometres of
                   : latitude 16.6 degrees south
                   : longitude 154.8 degrees east
                   : which is 790 kilometres east northeast of Bowen
                   : and 780 kilometres northeast of Mackay
Recent Movement    : near stationary
Maximum wind gusts : 95 kilometres per hour and INTENSIFYING

[tundra_flier]

Woah!    I don't feel so bad about the -43C forcast for tonight. 

Phil 

[Gulfstream Driver]

yikes

[TheSoccerMom]

Cool shots gibbo!  It was impressive to see how fast the weather built there, when we did that study, and it was also surprising to see how fast it would all collapse, and rebuild.  Very dynamic!!  And, beautiful...... 

Good luck mate!!!!!!       

[gibbo_335]

PHEW funny you said that SoccerMom.....the weather bureau has just downgraded us to watching only!!!! YAY can go flying next sunday 

[TheSoccerMom]

I just caught the tail end of the TV news, showing folks wading in pretty deep floodwaters...  all it said for location was "Northern Territory" --  I'm going to check the Aussie news and see!  They were warning about the saltwater crocs possibly lurking in the flooded areas...  YIKES!!!!!!!!!!   

  

[gibbo_335]

Salty's...EEEK not something to be taken lightly they're ALWAYS hungry, probably nastier than sharks 

yeah the NT got a lot of rain, it looked like they were in  for a Cyclone too at one stage as well, just shows you what the high level winds can do to weather patterns in a matter of hours

Local news links for you SoccerMom

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21315859-17001,00.html

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21319388-17001,00.html

[TheSoccerMom]

Thanks for the links -- some interesting weather for sure!!  I like how the articles mention it is NOT unusual for this time of year...  one guy they showed on the TV was up to his waist in murky brown water and just shrugged, with a big grin on his face!  Yeah, you Aussies really ought to learn how to COMPLAIN, and WHINE, a bit more...  when we were down there flying and asked for some strange clearances, even the guy in the tower would cheerfully answer, "Oh, no worries! You're cleared...blah blah blah..."   

HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gibbo_335]

We leave most of the complaining up to the people from Sydney  they're best at it    so we leave it up to them 

You don't hear people from "the Top End" complaining that much 'cause they have built such a sense of humour and a "got something better to do" attitude that floods etc really don't bother or stop them.  CROC's do though