Hmmm… it would be nice if our national networks (including CNN and FOX) would pay more attention to our strongest wartime ally. It turns out that Cyclone Larry is bearing down on the northeast part of Australia (Queensland) where the resort city of Cairns is located — the stepping off point to the Great Barrier Reef. All of my information comes from blog-ally Tim Blair in Australia.
It is now early morning of Monday, March 20 in Australia… and here’s some of the latest on what appears to be the most devastating storm in 35 years to hit that continent:
The VERY DESTRUCTIVE CORE of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE LARRY with EXTREME GUSTS of approximately 280 km/hr should cross the coast near INNISFAIL between 7am and 9am MONDAY MORNING. GALES are already being experienced along the exposed coast
in the warning area and DESTRUCTIVE winds are expected to commence along the coast between INGHAM and PORT DOUGLAS in the next hour or so.Coastal residents between Cairns and Cardwell are specifically warned of the dangerous storm tide as the cyclone crosses the coast. The sea is likely to steadily rise up to a level which will be significantly above the normal tide, with damaging waves, strong currents and flooding of low-lying areas extending some way inland.
More here from the FOX News Corp affiliate network in Australia:
RESIDENTS in far north Queensland are bracing for Cyclone Larry, expected to be the worst storm to hit the area in decades.
Thousands of residents last night fled the state’s far north as authorities compared the violent storm to America’s Hurricane Katrina. Mandatory evacuations have been enforced in numerous low-lying seafront areas, including in the Johnstone and Cardwell shires, expected to bear the brunt of the cyclone and its 4m storm surge. In addition to the evacuation of island resorts in the path of the cyclone, emergency authorities have also warned residents in low-lying areas between Cairns and Townsville to “seriously consider” leaving.
God Bless to our fellow patriots in the great nation and continent of Australia. Our prayers are with you here in the States!
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
Ditto to:
“God Bless to our fellow patriots in the great nation and continent of Australia. Our prayers are with you here in the States!”
Good piece. Thanks.
One thing I don’t miss about Indiana are the tornadoes.
I wonder if their government will leave the residents to die also.
Hey! Maybe there’s some aborigines for the liberals to exploit.
One thing’s for sure, the liberal Katrina chickens will sit on their ass and whine about what should have been done and not lift a finger to actually help out.
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I wonder if their government will leave the residents to die also.
How many of them made the decision on their own to stay home?
My prayers go out to all the people in Larry’s path! Im from Florida and know the nightmare that it causes. Katrina was the worse Hurricane yet so I can relate to what they must be going through.
I read that no one was killed. Maybe they knew it was coming and took precautions. Ya think?
I’ve just done a Google search to see if the USA has any stories on this storm. It is good to see that there has been some, This being one of them. To update you all, the strom crossed the coast on Monday morning at approx. 7:30 am and was catagory 5 at the time. Wind speeds in excess of 300km/hr. The are is devastated, values have been estimated in the region of 1 billion dollars due to personal and crop losses. Many people will not have employment due to the destruction of sugar cane and banana crops. There were a number of injuries but no fatalities. The state premier (like a govenor) was on site in Innisfail the next day, the prime minister (Like the president) the following day. Army and civil emergency services as soon as the weather allowed. SES crews from the South of the state flew in today. The goverment is to provide emergency financial aid, and is putting pressure on insurance companies to get things happening so people can rebuild. It early days but a lot is happening, trouble is there is another cyclone catagory 3 and expected to intensify about 700km off the coast heading to roughly the same area. We aussies tend to laugh in the face of adversity so its a good thing everything blew away from the first one we haven’t much to loose from the next one.