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Australia Cyclone: Monica claims Anzac ceremony
Herald Sun ^
| 24 April 2006
Posted on 04/23/2006 11:02:36 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
CYCLONE Monica has forced the cancellation of Darwin's Anzac Day dawn service and march.
The maximum strength, category five cyclone is about 550km east, north-east of Darwin and should reach Arnhem Land's west coast later today.
Monica, which has winds of up to 350km/h at its core, is expected to reach Darwin and the Tiwi Islands by tomorrow.
The cyclone has prompted the Darwin RSL to announce tomorrow's Anzac Day dawn service will be cancelled along with the 10am (AEST) march through Darwin's main streets.
Darwin RSL manager Mussy Shaw today said the decision was made to protect both marchers and military equipment.
"We made the decision because we didn't want to damage some of the old war equipment we use in the march and obviously we need to protect the people as well," he said.
Mr Shaw said the decision was not made lightly.
"It's Australia's biggest day and we have to cancel it, so people are very upset," Mr Shaw said.
Cyclone Monica is moving in a north-westerly direction at 15km/h and Darwin residents have been urged to secure their homes and stock up on essential supplies.
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anzacday; aussies; australia; cancelled; cyclonemonica; diggers
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Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: axes_of_weezles
I was ZOTTED last week for saying that!!!
The AM has no sense of humour at all :)
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posted on
04/23/2006 11:08:08 PM PDT
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
Maybe he just didn't like how you spelled humor. :)
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posted on
04/23/2006 11:09:55 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: doug from upland
Obviously went to the wrong school (on the wrong side of the Pacific, that is)...:)
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posted on
04/23/2006 11:16:12 PM PDT
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
The link doesn't work. Do you have a link to the article?
To: Admin Moderator
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posted on
04/23/2006 11:31:12 PM PDT
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Admin Moderator
NOW I'm confused.
The link posted is not the same story of the thread. Toatally different newspapers, in fact. Very strange.
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posted on
04/23/2006 11:34:29 PM PDT
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Admin Moderator
The link works fine for me...
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posted on
04/23/2006 11:39:48 PM PDT
by
sourcery
(Either the Constitution trumps stare decisis, or else the Constitution is a dead letter.)
To: doug from upland; axes_of_weezles; Aussie Dasher
To: sourcery
To: axes_of_weezles
It will suck evey edifice in its path..
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posted on
04/23/2006 11:51:24 PM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: nwctwx
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posted on
04/24/2006 12:11:26 AM PDT
by
JustPiper
(In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
04/24/2006 12:12:48 AM PDT
by
JustPiper
(In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
To: Aussie Dasher
Hmm... some claim that it has become an annular cyclone. Certainly looks like it.
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posted on
04/24/2006 1:08:57 AM PDT
by
burzum
(A single reprimand does more for a man of intelligence than a hundred lashes for a fool.--Prov 17:10)
To: Aussie Dasher
Just think how bad it would be if it were spinning in the correct direction.
Prayers for the safety of all in her path.
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posted on
04/24/2006 1:15:31 AM PDT
by
TN4Liberty
(Sixty percent of all people understand statistics. The other half are clueless.)
To: Aussie Dasher
Brendan Loy is noting that Cyclone Monica has been measured at 879 mbarr, and that previous satellite images indicated that it might have been as low as 868 mbarr. This would be even lower than Cyclone Tip, the current measured record holder at 870 mbarr, though it doesn't look that Cyclone Monica is anywhere near the physical size of Cyclone Tip (over 1000 miles diameter).
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posted on
04/24/2006 1:16:17 AM PDT
by
burzum
(A single reprimand does more for a man of intelligence than a hundred lashes for a fool.--Prov 17:10)
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
04/24/2006 1:23:37 AM PDT
by
chemicalman
(Many have skeletons in their closets. In New Orleans, we have skeletons in our attics.)
To: Aussie Dasher
It's working from this end. I'll try again: http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18910050%255E1702,00.html That is the same link you had originally posted which still produces the following error message:
An error occurred while processing your request.
Reference #97.505ce245.1145867561.ed21e5c
After I requested a working link to the story, I searched and found what appeared to be the same story, but it was on another source.
Please try again. Thanks.
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