Tropical Cyclone Kate, is it going to stay out at sea???

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Feb 24th 2006, 3:53 am

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Re: Tropical Cyclone Kate, is it going to stay out at sea???

Need to rename this thread to Ex Cyclone Kate.......sh'e deed.....for the time being anyways

Feb 24th 2006, 4:52 am

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Re: Tropical Cyclone Kate, is it going to stay out at sea???

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Originally Posted by annqldau

OK found you next to Rockhampton... yes like the look of some of the costal property but then you notice it is at sea level and think it just takes a good storm not a tsunami to wreck them.

Hills is starting to look more and more appealing but even then they have storm problems and often greater lightening and fire risk...

:scared: .

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Brisbane is at or below sea level - is that right?

Feb 24th 2006, 7:22 am

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Re: Tropical Cyclone Kate, is it going to stay out at sea???

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Originally Posted by moneypen20

And we still have water restrictions. Why do they moan about 85% when obviously 100% would be dangerous and unwanted.

if you think that is weird .... I've just woken up to GMTV breakfast news telling me that there is likely to be a hosepipe ban put in place!!!!!

It's the bl**dy middle of February ... we have had nothing BUT rain since last September. God help this country if it ever had to experience a real sunny spell.

Given the amount of rainfall - we should be exporting the stuff!!!!! It once again proves how the fat cats in Britain - through privatisation have been allowed to continue to drag this country down hill.

And will the UK taxpayer continue to stand for it? Sure they will. We're British. Sh*t on us and we'll apologise for it.

God I love what has become of England.

Feb 24th 2006, 7:26 am

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Re: Tropical Cyclone Kate, is it going to stay out at sea???

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Originally Posted by armorris007

We haven't had much rain down South!!!

Sometimes I think it seems it rains a lot when you get drizzly grey days but the actual preciptation in mm is not very much.

Cheers

Buzzy

Feb 24th 2006, 8:21 am

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Re: Tropical Cyclone Kate, is it going to stay out at sea???

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Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee

We haven't had much rain down South!!!

Sometimes I think it seems it rains a lot when you get drizzly grey days but the actual preciptation in mm is not very much.

Cheers

Buzzy

"not very much" is a very subjective term. I accept that perhaps this winter we've had less rain than normal (even 'Up Norf'). However, my point its that our infrastructure should be able to cope with this. Relatively speaking - not much rain to you is probably the equivalent of a Tsunami reaching Alice Springs!

Just because we Brits are told that we need X amount of rain - doesn't mean we should accept that.

The fact is that our infrastructure is designed to require X amount of rain and if that much rain doesn't fall they call it a drought.

However X is probably a very high number - where in real terms if we had twice as many Dams say-we would only need half of X.

It's all down to a resource hungry growing population and lack of investment.

I just wonder how much more abuse from 60+++ million people this little Island of ours can take.