Fuuuuuuuck ...

[blamebrampton]

Good luck North Queenslanders.



Cyclone Yasi took out one of the weather stations tracking it this morning. A station that was built to withstand Category 5 cyclones. Up north they have either fled or barricaded themselves inside.

For those of you abroad, yes, that's the same state that spent most of the last two months underwater. Bloody hell.

And you Americans in the Big Snow, keep safe! Stay inside and put an extra dog on the bed!

Can we have a carbon tax now, please? It has to cost less than mopping up after so many extreme weather events.

Comments

[i-autumnheart.livejournal.com]

Not all that weird -it's the la nina with extra-warm sea- surface temps in the Coral Sea that is the trigger for both weather system this time, just as it was then. Water temp was 28 celsius this week according to the lab gossip.

Weird or not, it is very scary, though!

[mrsquizzical.livejournal.com]

yeah. i knew it was part of the la nina, but the extent is still startling. and yes, scary.