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**plantBanceper** · 03-07-2009, 03:34 PM

Well, it will stop the fire danger.

**9mm_fan** · 03-07-2009, 09:38 PM

hmmm... i wonder if Plato would have described Australia as an island as big as europe and africa (as known to him) taken together...

**SDorothy28** · 03-07-2009, 11:36 PM

Is this near Mackay?

When I lived in Mackay, we were hit by a Cat 5 Cyclone. At the very last minute, it made a u-turn and totally destroyed some Papa New Guinea area.

It was great fun! I love disasters.

**feroiodpiop** · 03-08-2009, 05:59 AM

Hamish as expected by the forecasters has now started to weaken and is now a category 4 cyclone, at the same time it has begun moving SE, rather than an earlier SSE track, this minor change in direction if continued will keep it away from the coast.
The major threat seems to be to offshore islands and resorts, more of which are being evacuated now.

**Encannavalf** · 03-09-2009, 05:18 AM

That's what I thought too, I guess it wasn't PNG then, but memory tells me it was, maybe it was some island off the coast of Australia. It was in 88 or 89.

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SDorothy28 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 571 Senior Member	Is this near Mackay? When I lived in Mackay, we were hit by a Cat 5 Cyclone. At the very last minute, it made a u-turn and totally destroyed some Papa New Guinea area. It was great fun! I love disasters. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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feroiodpiop Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	Hamish as expected by the forecasters has now started to weaken and is now a category 4 cyclone, at the same time it has begun moving SE, rather than an earlier SSE track, this minor change in direction if continued will keep it away from the coast. The major threat seems to be to offshore islands and resorts, more of which are being evacuated now. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Encannavalf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	That's what I thought too, I guess it wasn't PNG then, but memory tells me it was, maybe it was some island off the coast of Australia. It was in 88 or 89. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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