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Better pack the bike away safely, Falcopops!
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:16 pm
by Viking
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!
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:49 pm
by Samray
uhoh.
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:58 pm
by Viking
More bad news for FP: It's now a category 5 cyclone...
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/we ... 1acgp.html
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:44 pm
by D-Rider
Ah well ..... every cloud .....
Hope you ride this one out OK
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:03 am
by Nooj
Hope you've all done the side stand mods!
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:48 am
by Falcopops
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:17 pm
by Samray
Townsvillle even got a mention on the National news back here.
Hope all goes well Dale.
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:34 pm
by HowardQ
Yeh same from me.
Hope all goes well mate!
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:56 pm
by DavShill
Good luck Dale. Hope you and the family stay safe and your home stays in one piece.
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:29 pm
by BikerGran
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:16 pm
by Willopotomas
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:20 pm
by Viking
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
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:39 pm
by Samray
Yes, but your storms are big too.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:09 am
by Viking
To give you an idea of how big that cyclone is, here's Yasi superimposed on a map of Europe.
Samray wrote:Yes, but your storms are big too.
Yep, everything is bigger down here.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:07 am
by Falcopops
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.