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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #100 on: March 28, 2017, 05:39:35 PM »
Quote from: edz on March 28, 2017, 03:39:01 PM
Had to smile at reporters talking up the great efforts and preparations to protect property against  the storm,camera  cuts to show  a series of  2m x 2m shop front panels of glass with a single X of 25mm painters masking tape [ As if that magic masking tape will hold the glass together if hit with objects hurled by 160 > 200 Kph + winds  ;D ]..
Don't know about a single cross of painters tape, but masking tape does work.
It's not for the debris, but the pressure from the gusts.
My parents house is on the beach, pretty much the whole front wall is glass (sliding doors and windows), these have survived over 40 years of cyclones with just a cross or 2 of masking tape. :)

I can finally return the favor with a YouTube clip for you. ;)

Skip to the 2 minute mark.
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #101 on: March 28, 2017, 07:11:50 PM »
Watching the news before - OK, correction there :-[ - TV was on with the muted news showing :D

Headline across bottom of screen

"Airlie Beach reeling before Cyclone Debbie"

"Being pounded by hurricane force winds" ::)

Umm, maybe they could be cyclonic winds ???
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #102 on: March 28, 2017, 07:13:05 PM »
PS Please stay safe everybody :cup:
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #103 on: March 28, 2017, 07:16:40 PM »
Quote from: Fizzie on March 28, 2017, 07:11:50 PM
Watching the news before - OK, correction there :-[ - TV was on with the muted news showing :D

Headline across bottom of screen

"Airlie Beach reeling before Cyclone Debbie"

"Being pounded by hurricane force winds" ::)

Umm, maybe they could be cyclonic winds ???

No, the term "Hurricane" is the correct term with regard to the Beaufort Scale of wind speed.
Steve
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #104 on: March 28, 2017, 07:27:26 PM »
One thing  for certain you can't beat a Honda motor/generator. I have a 5.8kva & wouldn't have been used in 3 yrs, plus had old fuel in it, 1 pull & it started no problems, been running most of day & hasn't missed a beat.
Also happy that I put a genny switch in switchboard with Reno's a few years back

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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #105 on: March 28, 2017, 07:31:54 PM »
Quote from: Moggy on March 28, 2017, 07:27:26 PM
One thing  for certain you can't beat a Honda motor/generator. I have a 5.8kva & wouldn't have been used in 3 yrs, plus had old fuel in it, 1 pull & it started no problems, been running most of day & hasn't missed a beat.
Also happy that I put a genny switch in switchboard with Reno's a few years back

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You might want to have a chat to Broncos11 as He & I were discussing this setup for him this arvo. I have the board setup here and it's the ducks nuts. I have a 6 kva so you're well powered. Can't have too much hey.
Good to know you're ok too.
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #106 on: March 28, 2017, 07:34:56 PM »
The tropical cyclone capital of Australia is Onslow and despite all the hype about extreme weather increasing not so in Onslow but it has had some doozies-
http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/wa/onslow.shtml
Just that it doesn't get much press with its small population over the years but bear it in mind with the camping


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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #107 on: March 28, 2017, 07:43:51 PM »
What's with channel 9 calling this a 1 in 100 year event?   Some basic research would show cyclone Ada hit the same area as a Cat 4 in 1970. Think I recall our state premier saying the same thing last night also.
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« Reply #108 on: March 28, 2017, 07:47:59 PM »
I read today how a Bowen local embarrassed ch7 live on air. When asked about the weather he responded with something along the line of 'well Debbie has a bit of a reputation of being a wild girl and now she is here to give Bowen  a blow job'
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #109 on: March 28, 2017, 07:51:48 PM »
clamp a camera to a hopefully fixed object & bugger off to safety. lf it gets slammed then show the last 15 sec of film over & over. DONT  STAND IN HARMS WAY   EVER  :'(
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #110 on: March 28, 2017, 08:09:33 PM »
Quote from: Rumpig on March 28, 2017, 07:43:51 PM
What's with channel 9 calling this a 1 in 100 year event?   

Dunno. They're up themselves and haven't been around that long?
"Mainstream television was launched on 16 September 1956 in Sydney, NSW with Nine Network station TCN-9-Sydney. The new medium was introduced by Bruce Gyngell with the words 'Good evening, and welcome to television'," and it's been downhill ever since  ;D
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #111 on: March 28, 2017, 09:08:31 PM »
Quote from: rags on March 28, 2017, 07:47:59 PM
I read today how a Bowen local embarrassed ch7 live on air. When asked about the weather he responded with something along the line of 'well Debbie has a bit of a reputation of being a wild girl and now she is here to give Bowen  a blow job'
heard that on the radio today, Paul Burt was doing the interview https://au.be.yahoo.com/lifestyle/real-life/a/34823604/channel-seven-lives-cyclone-debbie-coverage-interrupted-by-aussie-larrikin-s-gaffe-yahoo7-be/
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #112 on: March 29, 2017, 12:07:04 AM »
Quote from: Steffo1 on March 28, 2017, 07:16:40 PM
No, the term "Hurricane" is the correct term with regard to the Beaufort Scale of wind speed.
Steve

That's true. Confusing however because we call it a cyclone in the southern hemisphere, and elsewhere it's called a hurricane or typhoon.
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #113 on: March 29, 2017, 01:09:14 AM »
Quote from: rags on March 28, 2017, 07:47:59 PM
I read today how a Bowen local embarrassed ch7 live on air. When asked about the weather he responded with something along the line of 'well Debbie has a bit of a reputation of being a wild girl and now she is here to give Bowen  a blow job'
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Reckon it was that blokes way of telling that clown to get out of his face with the mic and camera . Probably had few sherberts under his belt  too  ;D ;D
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #114 on: March 29, 2017, 09:17:12 AM »
Paul burts a wanker.


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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #115 on: March 29, 2017, 09:20:32 AM »
Quote from: Steffo1 on March 28, 2017, 07:31:54 PM
You might want to have a chat to Broncos11 as He & I were discussing this setup for him this arvo. I have the board setup here and it's the ducks nuts. I have a 6 kva so you're well powered. Can't have too much hey.
Good to know you're ok too.
Steve

When I was living in Mackay I did the same thing.  Came in very handy, especially when Ului went over.
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #116 on: March 29, 2017, 09:30:05 AM »
Quote from: Symon on March 29, 2017, 09:20:32 AM
When I was living in Mackay I did the same thing.  Came in very handy, especially when Ului went over.

yea, i've got the plug set up in the meter box, but no generator... :)

any sort of generator be OK, size not withstanding?
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #117 on: March 29, 2017, 10:07:18 AM »
Hopin everyone came out of the big blowy alright... Thats 2 Debbies that I know that have blown hard.


Good to see Koshi and the others driving around in hire cars today showing all the damage "LIVE", cause .. I dont know really


The Bureau of Meteorology has just released some staggering information about the rainfall that fell during Cyclone Debbie.

In the 24 hours to 9am on Wednesday, Clarke Range, west of Mackay, recorded 646 millimetres - the highest in the cyclone-hit region.

Many areas recorded more than 200 millimetres in the same period, the bureau said.
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #118 on: March 29, 2017, 10:48:33 AM »


Quote from: Bird on March 29, 2017, 10:07:18 AM
Hopin everyone came out of the big blowy alright... Thats 2 Debbies that I know that have blown hard.


Good to see Koshi and the others driving around in hire cars today showing all the damage "LIVE", cause .. I dont know really

I got the impression he was disappointed there wasn't any widespread devastation. Had to talk up a couple of fallen trees, stripped palms & a Shitty awning of the front of a house, plus some busted fibro on an old Shit box humpy


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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #119 on: March 29, 2017, 11:26:24 AM »
Kosh looked like a dill yesterday around 7am when I turned on the tv.....they were struggling to find things to talk about...but they were live from 4am (when the rest of aus was sleeping


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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #120 on: March 29, 2017, 11:50:30 AM »
Quote from: paceman on March 29, 2017, 09:30:05 AM
yea, i've got the plug set up in the meter box, but no generator... :)

any sort of generator be OK, size not withstanding?

I,ve had mates connect2kva hondas with no problems just to keep their fridges going and a light or 2.  I had a 5 kva yammie on mine.
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« Reply #121 on: March 29, 2017, 11:52:48 AM »
There should be some sort of enquiry as to the behaviour of the morons passing themselves off as reporters/news correspondants.   If bullShit was music these dolts would all be orchestras.   
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #122 on: March 29, 2017, 11:59:40 AM »
Pioneer looks like it is about to bust banks with a 8.5m high in about 30 minutes. Some places in catchment area such as Finch Hatton, Eungella have had a 1000ml in 48 hours!!!!!
Might be a Barra or two coming down the Pioneer over next few days. Kinchant is at 115%
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #123 on: March 29, 2017, 12:08:54 PM »
I wonder if the Workplace Health and Safety folks have a take on putting reporters out in the wind and rain with crap blowing around 'em.

Lets face it, a sheet of corro in a 220klm wind it gunna remove a head and place it down the street a bit.

Kockies lips would still be moving I reckon.
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Re: RAIN IN MACKAY
« Reply #124 on: March 29, 2017, 12:20:36 PM »
Quote from: paceman on March 29, 2017, 09:30:05 AM
yea, i've got the plug set up in the meter box, but no generator... :)

any sort of generator be OK, size not withstanding?

Yep, most small units would be fine.
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