Category Archives: Cyclones

I finally got an email from David, and before that, I got an email from one of his friends, both with the good news that David’s okay.  The solar panels blew off the roof of his house (as expected) and the dunny didn’t make it.  (A dunny is what’s known as an outhouse in America.  see picture below.) Replacing the dunny will have [...]

Ten days after the storm… Recovery news reports say that tropical Cyclone Yasi caused widespread damage when it crossed the Queensland coast at Mission Beach at midnight on February 3, 2011, with a large destructive eye that extended between Innisfail and Cardwell.  More than 80 schools in far north Queensland were shut down, including Tully State High [...]

I’m worried about David.  David is my friend in northern Queensland who chose to stay in his custom built wood frame stilt home while the eye of Cyclone Yasi was predicted to pass overhead.  Shortly after building to a category 4, Yasi grew to a category 5.  Had there been a category 6 (there’s no such thing), I believe [...]

“YASI IS A LARGE AND POWERFUL TROPICAL CYCLONE AND POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO NORTH QUEENSLAND COMMUNITIES,” reports the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Queensland.  Everyone is on high alert. What we call hurricanes in the USA are called cyclones in Australia, and Cyclone Yasi is a whopper.  Northern Queenslanders living in NE Australia are advised [...]

This image, dated Feb 1, 2011, shows a massive storm headed toward Queensland, Australia, an area that covers most of the NE quadrant of the country.   Queensland is still recovering from the worst flooding in history, an event that has affected thousands.  The country of Australia is similar in size to the continental United States.  With [...]