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

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Wow, world. WOW.

[coffeejunkii.livejournal.com]

that's one big storm :(. when is it supposed to make landfall?

[winterthunder.livejournal.com]

Holy shit. I'm halfway around the world and that thing makes me want to hide.

[brissygirl.livejournal.com]

Remuslives23 is on the outskirts of Yasi and she is getting battered already! I feel sorry for the poor central and north queenslanders, they can't catch a fucking break!

[hollyxu.livejournal.com]

What. Just, what.

*crosses fingers*

[winstonmom.livejournal.com]

That looks really scary. I will be sending all my good karma wishes their way.
I am really concerned about them.

[ineffably-roma.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Yes, carbon tax now!

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

I know, right? M's parents live just inland from Port Douglas. I called this morning to see how they are, and his mum burst into tears. We will ring again this afternoon, but even if we can't get through, we're satisfied they're not on the coast and they have a plan of action, so it's just a case of waiting and seeing.

It's not just the fact that it's so strong, it's that it's so BIG as well.

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

Scary weather all over the place.

[mabonwitch.livejournal.com]

Wow. That thing scares me, and I'm nowhere near it! Crossing my fingers for people...

[shu-shu-sleeps.livejournal.com]

It looks positively malevolent - I've been staring at pictures of it all day and its just getting scarier. Time for QLD to get a break. However, I also don't want VIC to cope it again - seems like it one or the other in quick succession at present. And yes - I'd vote for a carbon tax!

[nenne.livejournal.com]

Now you've really had a whole lot of weather lately. That looks downright scary!

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

That storm's presence is making the news (not quite top, which remains Egypt, but in the headlines) over here. We are also getting lots of pundits muttering about global warming.

Let us hope everyone heeds the warnings and stays safe. (Aussie lady, in Cairns but originally from England, interviewed on the BBC World Service, "We've taken all precautions... filled the bath and everything else we can with water, mattresses to hide under if the roof comes off, planty of chocolate and wine."

Interviewer, "All the essentials, then."

[mrsquizzical.livejournal.com]

i just can't comprehend the magnitude of this thing! holy shit.

following the big floods, too. just like '74, '75 again. SO WEIRD!

[astarael02.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that is HUGE. If that cyclone was up here it looks like it would cover half of Europe at once. That is scary-how would you run away?? D:

I hope everyone in Queensland comes out of this OK. They've had enough difficulties this year already :(

[cinnatart.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to think the world really is coming to and end. What the hell. Between earthquakes, floods, riots/wars, plane/bus/train crashes, and massive storm cells, I mean seriously?

Or maybe I'm just more AWARE of it the last two years than in years prior, I don't know.

[embolinaoz.livejournal.com]

from us down south where we're currently on fire alert (last few days 40+) to our mates up north - we're thinking of you!

I want to offer platitudes like 'keep calm and carry on' but at the rate the weather is carrying on at moment is calm even possible?

and to the carbon tax, HELL YES say I!

[auntpurl.livejournal.com]

W T fucking F is going on down there??? Fucking hell, universe, lay off the Aussies!

[raitala.livejournal.com]

That is just terrifying!

How many 'unusual', 'unseasonal' and 'unprecedented' weather events is it going to take, people?

[alex-s9.livejournal.com]

It is huge. I hope for the best.