Posted on 02/01/2011 9:23:47 PM PST by TonyfromOz
Yes. Much of the area that was flooded is also the area that’s getting hit now. Not only that, the town of Innisfall-
nearly destroyed by Cyclone Larry not 6 years ago- is right in the path of Yasi, and Yasi is far more powerful than Larry was.
I am listening to ABC Radio in Australia via the Internet. The Premier of Queensland is giving press conferences every hour on the half-hour. In the last one, they mentioned they’ve received the first call from someone who waited until now to decide to evacuate. Problem is, they can send no one to help them...it’s too dangerous to go outside.
The winds near the eye are at approx. 180 mph. The main winds have NOT yet reached land. As of this post, they are still 2 hours away.
That is terrible news .
Hopefully there will not be much rain with this storm as with the ground already saturated it wouldn’t be good.
I’ve been through a lot of hurricanes . There is nothing anyone can physically do till it passes to aid anyone.
If you stay you just have to hunker down.
Sounds like Tully and nearby got the worst of it. Countryside stripped of vegetation, hospital damaged, roofs torn off.
From the earlier forecast maps I looked at, it appeared that Cairns would experience no more than ordinary stormy conditions (whew!).
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