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Better pack the bike away safely, Falcopops!

#1 Post by Viking » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:16 pm

Hey FP, (and for anyone else interested)

There's a bloody great big cyclone headed your way - category 4 according to the news last night. (That means winds up to 250km/hr!)

Better pack the poor Falco away safe and sound!
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#2 Post by Samray » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:49 pm

uhoh. :smt012
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#3 Post by Viking » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:58 pm

More bad news for FP: It's now a category 5 cyclone...

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/we ... 1acgp.html
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#4 Post by D-Rider » Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:44 pm

Ah well ..... every cloud .....

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Hope you ride this one out OK
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#5 Post by Nooj » Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:03 am

Hope you've all done the side stand mods!
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#6 Post by Falcopops » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:48 am

Scary shit for sure, but fortunately I'm in Melbourne, was meant to be flying into townsville early tomorrow morning (Thursday), but all the flights have been cancelled, so not sure when I'll get back, just hope there's something left to get back to.

On the upside there is a evac centre set up just across the road from me and the flood predictions don't reach my place, so fingers crossed.
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#7 Post by Samray » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:17 pm

Townsvillle even got a mention on the National news back here.
Hope all goes well Dale.
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#8 Post by HowardQ » Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:34 pm

Yeh same from me.
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#9 Post by DavShill » Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:56 pm

Good luck Dale. Hope you and the family stay safe and your home stays in one piece.
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#10 Post by BikerGran » Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:29 pm

Hope all is well with your place.

As an aside - is the Melbourne likely to suffer at all? I have an elderly sister in Rushworth, it's difficult to contact her as she's not too good with email and I don't like to phone unless it's an emergency as it confuses her even older husband.
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#11 Post by Willopotomas » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:16 pm

All the best fella. I know a chap in Gladstone and in the far north reaches of Queensland.. A bit hairy to say the least. :smt009
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#12 Post by Viking » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:20 pm

Hey BG,

We might get a bit of rain here in Melbourne, but nothing to worry about. This country is so damned big that people (even us) forget just how far it is from anywhere to anywhere.

To give you a comparison:

http://professori_au.tripod.com/australian_comparison.html
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#13 Post by Samray » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:39 pm

Yes, but your storms are big too. :smt002


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#14 Post by Viking » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:09 am

To give you an idea of how big that cyclone is, here's Yasi superimposed on a map of Europe.

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Samray wrote:Yes, but your storms are big too.
Yep, everything is bigger down here.
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#15 Post by Falcopops » Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:07 am

managed to get through to a few workmates and alls well in Townsville, most of them sustained some minor property damage, but no injuries and seemingly the preparations paid off.

No idea when I'll be able to fly yet.
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