We have Snowzilla in the USA…
…and Yasi in Oz. Crikey! Look at the size of this thing a day ago:
Jo Nova has a size comparison for the present.
To give you some idea of just how expansive Yasi is, look at the size of it compared to the continental USA, and the UK just for scale.
Yasi 2011 – Cat4
More here at Jo Nova’s including some links to monitor the cyclone
Note to my friends in Townsville, QLD and Cairns: get outta there! Be safe.
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bubbagyro says:
February 1, 2011 at 11:54 am
Can’t be real. It’s spinning the wrong way.
REPLY: Either you forgot the /sarc tag or you don’t know about how the Coriolis force works in the southern hemisphere – Anthony
Just watch the water going down your bath plug-hole if you want to know which hemisphere you’re in.
George, don’t sweat it, the kind thoughts are appreciated.
And just for the record, this is Queensland. We drink XXXX or Bundaberg Rum. 🙂
It was said days ago that Yasi was Katrina’s big ugly sister.
This shows a slightly different scale to my eye.
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2011-02/59168189.jpg
This has got George Bush’s name all over it-why does he hate Australians so much.
I use to have a picture of Hurricane Floyd before it made landfall (that was about 12 years ago) for my wallpaper. It was impressive! Basically smothering the entire east coast (about as bit as Yasi). If anyone has a link to that (NOAA took it down long ago), I would love to get it back.
Cyclones/Typhoons/Hurricanes – they are real monsters!
You knew this was coming with Yasi:
“Cyclone may be tipping point in Australia climate policy debate”
http://www.wgntv.com/news/politics/sns-rt-environment-us-australia-clima20110202,0,7895468.story
It is climate, of course, when the warmers want it to be climate.
The warmers are avoiding comment on the blizzard, it seems. Good thing for them Yasi showed up when it did. Bless their little pointed heads…
“”””” JohnB says:
February 2, 2011 at 4:49 am
George, don’t sweat it, the kind thoughts are appreciated.
And just for the record, this is Queensland. We drink XXXX or Bundaberg Rum. 🙂 “””””
Well Kiwi (s) have a saying: If you can’t find a Kiwi to root for, find an Aussie and cheer for him(er) ! And I already heard from my Mate Harro, and he says he’s too far south to get the worst of it, although, because of the cockeyed rotation, the Southern regions will get more storm surge, than Cairns.
Being multi-lingual has its drawbacks. Even here, I have to explain to my Texas Mates, that Yank, and Yankee are not synonymous. One would have to have grown up in the South Pacific during the war, to understand Yank; a term of endearment applicable to nearly all Americans; and not to be confused with their historical homeland unpleasantness. Of course today, Yankee, could also be an overpriced baseball (rounders) club member; come to think of it, a lot of folks still despise them; although most of them are Dominican Republicans. And then I am legally related to a native Texican, so I get my San Francisco or San Jose happenings news from Mexico City, in Spanish.
Come to think of it, I could have a good Negra Modello, instead of either a Foster’s or a Stein Lager.
Stay safe Mates, and don’t sweat it; she’ll be right, and it’ll all come out in the wash.
Looks like it did.
Much damage but zero casualties (so far). So with the 3 babies born at the height of the storm the score is
Queensland 3 – Yasi 0