Cyclone Ului

[numpty]

Things are getting interesting here on Hamilton Island. Latest tracking of the cyclone has the eye passing over us tomorrow morning, sometime after 0500. The Airport is closed (apart from us of course) ie no ATC, no aircraft on the ground or flying and no ferry traffic either. Both Jetscare and Virgin have cancelled all movements over the weekend, so it will be a quiet place. Austar will get a workout no doubt. Is a little windy at the moment but no moreso than it has been for the past week and the rain has eased off.

Everything is battened down on the Island awaiting natures pleasure. I shall update this over the next couple of days if at all possible.

[olbod]

We all gunna dye.
But just in case we bought 4 extra tins of sardines, so we are prepared.
Bugger.

[numpty]

We all gunna dye.
But just in case we bought 4 extra tins of sardines, so we are prepared.
Bugger.

That's what I reckon. Storm in a teacup.

[TwoUp]

We have had enough rain here for the year so I guess you lot are welcome to it

Take care

Regards,
PeterW

[Sprint]

I'll worry about it when it gets here.......

[Outlaw]

Good time to try your hand at windsurfing up there i take it

[Bearman]

I am near Hay Point and it is starting to get a bit interesting now. This is the 2nd cyclone I have been through and I wouldn"t say it is a storm in a teacup. The unknown factor is the biggest worry. They can predict a lot these days but until it actually hits no one knows what can happen. You can prepare to the best of your ability but if your neighbour or someone further down the road doesn't then their debris can cause the destruction of your house/shed. So you sort of rely on everyone else doing the right thing. Latest forecast shows it landing just north of here as a cat 2 or maybe 3 so I anticipate strong gusts up to 175k when it does and heavy rainfall up to 200mm. Thankfully it has gone down from a cat 5/4 like it was earlier in the week. I have spent the last 2 days preparing and am going to relax a bit now and just wait for it to happen. Time for a rum or two I think......Brian

[Barge]

Sit tight guys. Hope you all stay safe. I've been through (or near!) a couple of cyclones - was living just north of Bundy in '92 when Fran came through; and was living in Townsville when poor ol' Innisfail got smashed by Larry a few years ago. Not fun. But by the same token, there was a part of me that found it a bit exciting...

I'm supposed to by flying into Mackay for work on Tuesday, so we'll see how that goes.

Julian.

[Bushie]

IDQ20018
TROPICAL CYCLONE TECHNICAL BULLETIN: AUSTRALIA - EASTERN REGION
Issued by BRISBANE TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE
at: 0701 UTC 20/03/2010
Name: Severe Tropical Cyclone Ului
Identifier: 09U
Data At: 0600 UTC
Latitude: 19.9S
Longitude: 151.5E
Location Accuracy: within 20 nm [35 km]
Movement Towards: west southwest [259 deg]
Speed of Movement: 15 knots [28 km/h]
Maximum 10-Minute Wind: 65 knots [120 km/h]
Maximum 3-Second Wind Gust: 90 knots [165 km/h]
Central Pressure: 975 hPa

Martyn

[Sprint]

well it seems it might get a lil interesting for me just yet, the gale force wind warning is extending to where i am, and the breeze is picking up