On xmas day around midday, a mini ?? tornado went through Mackay and uprooted trees and overturned a couple of moored boats. There has been a lot of rain and some localised flooding which is normal for this place (gives the local bogans a wash they'd not get other wise) but a tornado ffs. Areas around mackay, Eungella got 607mm, Clarke range got 730mm and Finch Hatton got a mere 460mm. I dont know what the town got and i dont give a flying f*** just as long it stayed away from my front door. We spent xmas day in darkness, eating a red rooster and playing scrabble, as enjoyable as it was.
The woman 2 doors up, went away for her xmas dinner and when she returned the next day, her lovely big silver saloon car had been inundated with water making it a write-off. She had only parked it outside at the kerb. My my, she should have known better.

Anyway, my point is that Mackay council couldn't run a raffle. They spend copious amounts of rate payers money (highest in Qld I believe) on shitty artwork dotted around the town to try and entice tourists when all along, the drainage system in the town is f**ked. I would suggest that none of the over-payed councillors live on a street where the drains dont work or they would be fixed pronto. So if anybody is planning on moving to Mackay,,,DONT. Its an overpriced, shit hole infested with local rednecks who care more about their tattoos than their cleanliness....Feel free to comment or ask questions about this small town trying hard and failing to kid itself on, that its a city.

so...you had a good christmas then

only kidding mate, hope you get your drainage sorted and I guess you won't be putting up for mayor this year then

Time you moved out of there....... I had this horrible sinking feeling when we got the reports of a "weather event" going through there, I just kept thinking "please God not Framac again :blink"

maybe we should all club together and buy framac a house boat mate

Can we make one out of empty bottles/cans

Cheers Watty. Hopefully we should out of here sooner rather than later

Cheers Pol. It threatened but didnt do any damage. Ma mates visiting at end of march then anytime after that we should be leaving.

aye, like Polly said - maybe time to move to a safer place hey mate

Could be a good decision I reckon

Don't ****** come to CAIRNS........I'm worried it'll follow you up.

This has been my 5th xmas here in Aus and my 1st xmas not in Mackay and i must say i am glad

Keep well Framac and take care

Uck yer a big lassies bloose.

- so ye gonnae leave yer bogan mobile behind when ye make the big move then?

There is no such thing as a 'mini' tornado. It is either a tornado or it isn't. Severe thunderstorms can produce damaging winds without rotation, therefore non-tornadic.

I was under the impression there was such things as wee tornado's and big tornado's, hence the meaning of a mini tornado.

and when does a wee one become a big one? Is there a tornadometer

and if not, we might be onto summit!