Tropical Cyclone Marcia

[mfxr]

So this is happening right now in Queensland Australia.

TC Marcia

CATEGORY 5 (severe tropical cyclone)Extremely dangerous with widespread destruction.
A Category 5 cyclone's strongest winds are VERY DESTRUCTIVE winds with typical gusts over open flat land of more than 280 km/h.
These winds correspond to the highest category on the Beaufort scale, Beaufort 12 (Hurricane).

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I am down in Brisbane, so we should be fine, just lots of rain here. Those further North like Rockhampton are gonna get pounded I think unfortunately.

[deepcdvr]

Donna's in rockhampton, no?

[AtomicTom]

Category five ?!! That's scary Matt. Keep us updated on things.
I hope everyone gets through this alright down there.

[mfxr]

Donna's in rockhampton, no?

Not sure Paul. Everybody up there has battened down the hatches I would hope.
live news reports are not showing anything much apart from rain.

Hopefully it will run out of puff before it gets too wild.

[CGSshorty]

That sounds scary as hell. Stay safe everyone.

[River Rat]

Stay safe been through a typhoon when in the Navy all ways wondered why we had those seat belt type straps in the racks we sleep in to hold you in so you don't fall out when sleeping when going through a typhoon. No one was allowed on main deck it was so rough there no joke. Category 5 is the highest level ?

[mfxr]

Yea I think it is the highest category Mike. Good info here:

http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/about/intensity.shtml

[jimyritz]

be careful, let us know how you are doing..

[rockmastermike]

keep your head(s) down and good luck to everyone in the path!

[toxicavenger]

I hope all of guys are safe. I don't remember where Jamie is but I wish him the best also.

[Terpits]

Hope everyone will be safe. My sister is in Sydney. Checking the map, it's less than an inch from Queensland.

[kfalk]

Scary shit. Stay safe guys.

[mfxr]

It is getting downgraded as it grinds down the coast. Potentially still very damaging to those more northern towns though.

Sydney might get some rain, but they are well away from this (it is a long inch away )

[amckiwi]

Cat 3 now but could still take your house as easily as an X wife
Stu

[mfxr]

Yea, you are not wrong. Some severe damage in Yepoon and down the coast from there.

Meanwhile, here in Brisbane we are still waiting for our share of the tail end of this probably tonight /tomorrow

Rain has slowed and it is really calm now at my house. Hopefully my roof wont leak later

[pete26]

Yep lots of rain here, hoping the damage is minimal. Here in Brisbane the rain is slowing.

[mfxr]

Rain has stopped, and we barely got a breeze down here in Brisbane.

Many poor folks have lost their homes or have severe damage in Yepoon and Rockhampton area though (Cyclone crossed land in the Yepoon area at full Category 5 strength). Lots of flooding in central QLD, which will be ongoing for a few days at least.

Fortunately no loss of life or serious injuries that I have heard of.

All in all it could have been a lot worse.

[pete26]

Sunny day in Bris Vegas today, I hope our northern cousins didn't suffer too much damage. Stay safe

[GGD]

Donna's in rockhampton, no?

Hey Paul -

all good with me thanks I'm down South but I have family in Rocky..... the phones have been down for the last two days but I'm pretty sure they're OK..... folks are very well prepared in that part of the world.

Hope everyone else is good

[matt.wu]

Glad to hear DWCers down under were all good.

[hoppyjr]

Damn, I missed this altogether. Glad all are well.