Recent weather anomolies

[noises]

But you have to stop offending the rain gods.

with a sense of humor like that, you could just about live here. (saw a sign today heading back towards town, "so long Yasi, and thanks for the blowjob." crazy, carved from granite, stoic as a general, but funny as all get out are the people around here. Must be something in the water.

Humor is so important to resolving the stress of an event like this. Nobody knows where it will hit until it hits, literally everyone along 600km of coastline spent two days preparing for a direct hit, both in terms of readying their properties and their supplies for afterwards, and building up emotional tension from just sheer worry.

The best way, and I know from experience, to release all that stress and tension if your place didn't get hit, is to get out with an organised charity and work (pardon french) bloody hard from sunup to sunset helping those who were not as fortunate as yourself.

Sure, you release your own tensions with the physical work and the knowledge that you're bringing tears of gratitude to the eyes of people who've lost everything is pretty special too, but more importantly, it gets things back to normal faster for the worst hit areas, and it lets those people know they're not alone, it builds real faith and friendship in the community.

On a more sombre note, response teams have found the body of a man who asphixiated in his home during the cyclone. He had been running a diesel generator inside the small room he took shelter in, and died from the fumes.
We're all quite upset, that such easily preventable death was the only casualty from such a destructive event is truly tragic in every sense of the word, especially as the man's house survived intact. He really, truly, didn't have to die. That's what makes it so sad, you know?

I just want to stress one thing, the only reason we all survived is because we all listened to the evacuation orders when they were given, and we all prepared accordingly using information that was freely and widely available. The fact everyone survived the destructive force of the cyclone is a great story, but the moral of the story is what should be highlighted. In times of natural disaster, follow the directions of emergency services, police and local government. Don't be a hero, and don't think you're bulletproof.

And yeah, when it's all over, be a dude (or dudette) and get involved in showing the love to those who need help the most.

World needs more angels imo.

[Mad Scientist]

Had a call from my landlord, no damage and no flooding at my place (I evacuated inland,) and the power is back on already But I'm not going home. I'm going in as a volunteer with the red cross to help people who no longer have homes.

That is good news, but somehow that doesn't surprise me.

Those pictures are amazing, a house literally broke in two.

But you have to stop offending the rain gods.

[noises]

hi mate can you posts links for this brother so i can verify?

Cyclone Yasi - no deaths, much destruction | News | Pbo

Cyclone Yasi downgraded; no deaths in Queensland | AHN

there's two people missing who haven't been accounted for, but bare in mind nearly 70% of the population ran for cover, and now there's no mobile phone coverage across the effected coastal areas, so there's a good chance the two missing people sheltered with friends elsewhere and just can't find a way to contact anyone. Finger crossed, anyway. I love the idea there being a net gain of human life after such a potentially devastating cyclone.

By the way, if you're moved to contribute to the recovery effort, my advice would be direct any donations to the Red Cross, they're always the first NGO to focus on the quality of life for people effected by natural disasters. I'll be volunteering with them as of today.

Had a call from my landlord, no damage and no flooding at my place (I evacuated inland,) and the power is back on already But I'm not going home. I'm going in as a volunteer with the red cross to help people who no longer have homes.

[forumposting253]

Re:

here has long been speculation that the PTB (Powers That Be) have had some had in the extreme weather the entire world is getting.

[future pather]

So glad people are safe.

Looks like some of those trees got a bad deal

[ashtweth]

hi mate can you posts links for this brother so i can verify?

[noises]

you sure there was no casualties? its till running

it's down to a catagory one storm (lowest possible rating for a cyclone) and it's 900km inland, approaching the Norther Territory border. Nobody is missing, nobody is dead. phenomenal example of we we we, rather than me me me.

[noises]

over 180,000 residencies without power, five towns have over 30% of the buildings there severely damaged (code for tear it down, can't rebuild it.). The eye crossed the coast about 150km south of me. and the eye was 100km wide.

here's one severly damaged house from near where the eye crossed the coast.

[ashtweth]

you sure there was no casualties? its till running

[noises]

photos of the aftermath
Cyclone Yasi Pictures
when you see houses split in half, and a marina worth of luxury yachts thrown up on the shores, you get an idea of what we went through last night. But actually experiencing it is something else. the wind sounded like a jet plane landing 100 yards away, but it sounded like that for over 5 hours.

Makes it even more incredible when you consider nobody died.

[noises]

Sun has risen on a natural disaster of incredible proportions.

who wants to estimate the death toll, anyone?

1000? lower. 500? Lower. 200? keep going lower. 50? nope. 10? lower.

2? lower? 1? no. 0? lower.


what?!?!?! how can the death toll be lower than zero?

yes, lower than zero. three babies were born in cyclone evacuations centers last night as the storm crossed the coast, tha tmakes the death toll for this katrina sized, 290kmph monster storm cell *drumroll* minus three.

My hat is off to the people of the region, the govt disaster mitigation effort, the clear, constant updates of threats and the excellent advice on how to prepare that made this miraculous outcome a reality.

We're all ok, but an area of coastline almost 500km long is looks like a bomb hit it, and there's huge infrastructure damage. we're already in the recovery phase.

Thanks so much for all your positivity, prayers and well wishes.

[ImBill]

I find my thoughts and prayers are with you and your countrymen quite often...

[noises]

TC Yasi compared to USA

here's a map of teh cyclone (hurricane) bearing down on me, overlayed on a map of teh USA, to give you an idea of how large it is. Winds already up to 130kmph here. I'm safe, retreaded well inland and in a very strong building.



It's happening now, pretty mad. enjoying a beer, keeping safe.

[noises]

that. I just watched it, projecting healing, calming thoughts out o sea. May it help diffuse Yasi's boom boom!

[future pather]

Here is another more convincing theory: The power-that-be releases this bull-sh1t on the internet to make you guys believe that they are still almighty. You guys still believe that they are power-that-be, but I choose to believe that they are about to bend over.

According to Sai Baba, Nikola Tesla and your most hated environmentalists, earthquakes, floods and droughts are caused by soil erosion. And what causes soil erosion? According to Sai Baba (and possibly Tesla), soil erosion may be caused by prolonged bombing, oil production, mining, deforestation, etc, etc.

Perhaps this is a nice time to focus and meditate on healing the lands and waters.

Here's something for some inspirations, we need to increase this kind of thing in our minds and in life:

YouTube - Kaho'olawe - A Sacred Island Restored