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Mar 27^th, 2017 at 5:04pm

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THE Police Commissioner of Queensland has revealed a tourist has died in a two-vehicle crash near Proserpine, with conditions caused by Cyclone Debbie a likely factor in the crash.

Emergency services were called to a two vehicle crash at Shute Harbour Rd, Cannon Valley at about 8am Monday, where a 31-year-old female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver of the same car was not injured.

Police Commissioner Ian Stewart told media that the woman was a tourist to the area and said conditions caused by tropical cyclone Debbie could have been a factor in the cras

shes taken a life already...

fingers crossed she blows out of steam by the time she hits the coast.....

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Reply #2 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 5:16pm

cods wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 5:04pm:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/cyclone-debbie-a-monster-on-the-h...

THE Police Commissioner of Queensland has revealed a tourist has died in a two-vehicle crash near Proserpine, with conditions caused by Cyclone Debbie a likely factor in the crash.

Emergency services were called to a two vehicle crash at Shute Harbour Rd, Cannon Valley at about 8am Monday, where a 31-year-old female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver of the same car was not injured.

Police Commissioner Ian Stewart told media that the woman was a tourist to the area and said conditions caused by tropical cyclone Debbie could have been a factor in the cras

shes taken a life already...

fingers crossed she blows out of steam by the time she hits the coast.....

It won't unfortunately

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34535 Gender:	Re: cyclone debbie Reply #3 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 5:25pm Gordon wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 5:11pm: My thoughts go out to anyone caught in the throat of this storm. x2
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Reply #4 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 8:56pm

BigOl64 wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 5:16pm:

cods wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 5:04pm:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/cyclone-debbie-a-monster-on-the-h...

THE Police Commissioner of Queensland has revealed a tourist has died in a two-vehicle crash near Proserpine, with conditions caused by Cyclone Debbie a likely factor in the crash.

Emergency services were called to a two vehicle crash at Shute Harbour Rd, Cannon Valley at about 8am Monday, where a 31-year-old female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver of the same car was not injured.

Police Commissioner Ian Stewart told media that the woman was a tourist to the area and said conditions caused by tropical cyclone Debbie could have been a factor in the cras

shes taken a life already...

fingers crossed she blows out of steam by the time she hits the coast.....

It won't unfortunately

you can never tell... the last biggy did.....mother nature unpredictable as ever...

QUEENSLANDERS are being warned to brace for what the Premier has described as “a monster of a cyclone”, with mass evacuations in place considered to be “the largest we’ve ever had to do” as Tropical Cyclone Debbie approaches.

The system was upgraded to a Category 4 at 8pm.

“Severe tropical cyclone Debbie has strengthened into a category 4 system. It may intensify further as it continues to move west-southwest towards the north Queensland coast tonight,” the Bureau of Meteorology said.

Debris caused by Cyclone Debbie's strong winds in the streets of Airlie Beach on Monday. Picture: Liam Kidston
The BoM’s 8pm update said the cyclone was expected to make landfall as a Category 4 just south of Bowen at about 10am Tuesday, with high tide at 9.44am.

The “very destructive core” could pack wind gusts of up to 275km/h when it hits, according to the BoM. Debbie had sustained winds near the centre of 165km/hr with wind gusts to 250km/hr by 8pm today, the BoM said.

Authorities say it could take up to 18 hours for the cyclone to pass and that the core could be up to 100km wide.

hang on to your seat belts..

its gonna be a bumpy ride..

do you go into shelters like they do in America Bigol??..

or is everyone left to battle as best they can?...

Lucky me I have never been in anything like this..

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Agnes Gold Member Offline fish dinner Posts: 6081 Bedford Park rnd	Re: cyclone debbie Reply #5 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 9:03pm Have had dealings with QLD cyclones and good luck to anyone who is caught in this one...usually they are never as bad as they are reported and hopefully the same with this one.. as long as you know where the evacuation centres are all should be well..
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: cyclone debbie Reply #6 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 9:10pm I guess you get used to it... well almost.....like why do people live in tornado country like Oregon...I mean nothing is saved after one of those.. yet they dont leave... I do hope the govt hasnt let their insurance lapse this time round.. just sayin....sorry agnes I know you are a lefty.. I am sure its all covered...
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Agnes Gold Member Offline fish dinner Posts: 6081 Bedford Park rnd	Re: cyclone debbie Reply #7 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 9:12pm I am neither right nor left these days cods.. NSW will get some fall out from this one as well..I bet. But I do hate Turnbull Govt..lol
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Australian Legend Posts: 21749 Rockhampton, Q Gender:	Re: cyclone debbie Reply #8 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 10:11pm We have had some casual rainfall all day today. Everything feels like it could go mouldy just from all the moisture. I hope we get a heap of rain over the next two days. I will need to mow the yard in a few days. But I can wait to do that in a week.
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Reply #9 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 11:30pm

Agnes wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 9:03pm:

Have had dealings with QLD cyclones and good luck to anyone who is caught in this one...usually they are never as bad as they are reported and hopefully the same with this one.. as long as you know where the evacuation centres are all should be well..

I've never been in a cyclone.

How come those with boats there did not sail away a week ago ?

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Reply #10 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 11:54pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 11:30pm:

Agnes wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 9:03pm:

Have had dealings with QLD cyclones and good luck to anyone who is caught in this one...usually they are never as bad as they are reported and hopefully the same with this one.. as long as you know where the evacuation centres are all should be well..

I've never been in a cyclone.

How come those with boats there did not sail away a week ago ?

I have no idea Sprint, maybe the owners were away..
I only heard about Cyclone Debbie today...when my girl was a little one we were camped on a beach park and during the night water flowed into the camp ground and I woke that night I saw her bobbing around on a pool of water ( she had a blow up camp bed under her) that had invaded our tent..we upgraded to a room..lol..it didn't feel like a cyclone because we were told next day that we were in the "eye"...so it was very calm..later next day I had to call out the coast guard because my partner decided because it was rather calm that he could go fishing after all, but his motor went dead... he was struck in bad weather and not happy that he had to be towed in by coast guard.. Next day the bad weather really hit and we had to wait it out...we were at Lucinda.

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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 80331 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: cyclone debbie Reply #11 - Mar 28^th, 2017 at 5:24am My youngest sister is loose in Queensland now? Wondered where she got to...
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Reply #12 - Mar 28^th, 2017 at 5:29am

Agnes wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 11:54pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 11:30pm:

Agnes wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 9:03pm:

Have had dealings with QLD cyclones and good luck to anyone who is caught in this one...usually they are never as bad as they are reported and hopefully the same with this one.. as long as you know where the evacuation centres are all should be well..

I've never been in a cyclone.

How come those with boats there did not sail away a week ago ?

I have no idea Sprint, maybe the owners were away..
I only heard about Cyclone Debbie today...when my girl was a little one we were camped on a beach park and during the night water flowed into the camp ground and I woke that night I saw her bobbing around on a pool of water ( she had a blow up camp bed under her) that had invaded our tent..we upgraded to a room..lol..it didn't feel like a cyclone because we were told next day that we were in the "eye"...so it was very calm..later next day I had to call out the coast guard because my partner decided because it was rather calm that he could go fishing after all, but his motor went dead... he was struck in bad weather and not happy that he had to be towed in by coast guard.. Next day the bad weather really hit and we had to wait it out...we were at Lucinda.

Hello - the 'eye' is the middle - nobody goes fishing (see face palm below) ..... and a tropical cyclone is a rotating mass of cloud rain and wind - nothing uncommon - the only difference can be that the extra heat up there can make the winds stronger.

Sounds like your 'partner' needs to use his brain first times many..... I'm sure the CG were not happy about having to tow in some turkey who went fishing with a motor that died. It's their lives, too....

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Reply #13 - Mar 28^th, 2017 at 5:31am

Sprintcyclist wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 11:30pm:

Agnes wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 9:03pm:

Have had dealings with QLD cyclones and good luck to anyone who is caught in this one...usually they are never as bad as they are reported and hopefully the same with this one.. as long as you know where the evacuation centres are all should be well..

I've never been in a cyclone.

How come those with boats there did not sail away a week ago ?

We've all been in cyclones - every mass of air, cloud, rain moving clock-wise is a cyclone..... it's not just the really intense ones.... the high pressure systems that move counter-clock-wise are anti-cyclones.

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: cyclone debbie Reply #14 - Mar 28^th, 2017 at 5:32am Agnes wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 9:12pm: I am neither right nor left these days cods.. NSW will get some fall out from this one as well..I bet. But I do hate Turnbull Govt..lol hahaha.... why?
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