Cyclone Monica is heading for Darwin (which was devastated by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. Ken Parish is getting out of town. Fingers crossed for Darwin and Darwinites.
Update: It was category 5 at landfall, but fortunately it was down to category 1 when it reached Darwin.
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Yikes. Australia got slammed today, or yesterday--not sure as to the timing, but it was apparently a Category 5 storm, perhaps even up to the time of landfall. Australia's last really big one was Tropical Cyclone Tracy, which devastated the city of Darwin in 1974, and which had the distinction of…
While reading an AP attributed article on Huffington post about Super Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Yolanda), I did a double take at this paragraph:
Weather officials said Haiyan had sustained winds of 235 kilometers per hour (147 miles per hour), with gusts of 275 kph (170 mph), when it made…
UPDATE: There are significant changes (as of Friday mid day Middle America Time) in the track and strength of the storm, mostly good news for china. See here for updates.
A large typhoon (hurricane) is heading for China and is expected to make landfall in the vicinity of Shanghai. The image…
Update: Saturday Morning
The storm is likely to start affecting land Sunday, and to make landfall late Sunday or some time Monday, probably as a Category I equivalent.
Meanwhile this is the first tropical storm I've ever seen associated on the Internet with sites that seem to want to plant viruses…
It's a Category 5, too. More powerful than New Orleans...
Blame global warming, watch the headlines!
As everyone knows, this is just nature giving Darwin another big blow. At least it is not an unwanted Xmas present this time.
Regards
Peter bickle
Sorry if this is a bit academic in the face of impending disaster, but how has this year's cytclone season compared to last year's record-breaking Hurricane season? Is it in a similarly active state?
The Intelligent Creator's revenge for Evolution (which as we all know is Just a Theory Never Been Proved).
"The Intelligent Creator's revenge for Evolution"
Evolution.
Darwin.
Get it?