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Innisfail and the surrounding areas south of Cairns were the worst hit when Larry crossed the coast this morning as a category five system with winds up to 290 kilometres an hour.
Originally posted by Indy
I can't find anything to support the claim made by these news agencies that this storm is a category 5.
Originally posted by Indy
Can anyone post a source that shows this storm having sustained winds of 156+ mph? Wind gusts do not determine the classification. At least not in this part of the world. 111 to 130mph is a cat 3. So this would be on the lower end of a cat 3.
I'd like to point out to the poeple who aren't from Australia that this isn't all that unusual and not very many poeple live up in that area.
I'll give you guys a little lesson about Australia.
#1 Australia is pronounced like Ozstraylia, Aussie is pronounced like Ozzy.
#5 America made Steve Irwin popular, not us.
#6 Hardly anyone really says "crikey".
Glad to hear that most everybody is safe, and living in Florida i can relate to the extra hype these big storms seem to bring along with them. Had this storm hit your area this would have been a big deal though, no?
Originally posted by Rren
Ok but why do you call a person from Queensland a "banana bender?" And would that be pronounced nana ender? [source]
Originally posted by Rren
#5 America made Steve Irwin popular, not us.
Ok but who takes the blame for Crocodile Dundee?
#6 Hardly anyone really says "crikey".
I refuse to believe that... "crikey", "Gday" and "put another shrimp on the barby" are not included in every sentence, i'm pretty sure that's scientific fact. Don't try and spread your Ozzy disinformation here bud... stereotype stands.
Originally posted by Rren
Glad to hear that most everybody is safe, and living in Florida i can relate to the extra hype these big storms seem to bring along with them. Had this storm hit your area this would have been a big deal though, no?