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I'm not sure if it's been reported outside of Australia, but we will have the biggest cyclone every to hit Australia cross the coast in about 6 hours time. It's a category 5 - about the size of Katrina - and ten times bigger that the cyclone that flattened Darwin in 1974.
Some statistics: the cyclone front is 100 kilometres across (about 650 miles) and winds up to 400 km/h (about 240 miles per hour) may be experienced. It will wipe out cities, towns & communities, wipe out crops, and will damage the Great Barrier Reef. Waves of up to 20 feet are expected to flood the coastal towns. Evacuation Centres have been set up, but sadly people have had to leave their pets at home to fend for themselves.

It's going to be an horrific 24 hours in the beautiful north of our country.
Please lend a thought or prayer for those who will lose everything.

I'm scared for them.
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Not a pleasant time ahead Keith. I'll be thinking about them

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Keith,

Best of luck to all of you guys, our prayers are for all in it's path.

Keep us posted as I have not heard anything on my news stations as of yet.

Later,

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God bless tyou all. Lets hope for a miracle. Love from South Africa


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My younger daughter lives in Australia with her family.

The cyclone is coming right after the terrible floods, and so it's a really grim situation in Queensland.

Rest assured that my good wishes and prayers will be with you guys down there during this tragic time.

Australians tend to be tough and resilient, so you will bounce back in good order.

In the meantime, God bless all of the victims.


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Hi Keith,

Our thoughts and prayers are for those caught up in the midst of all this.

We pray for them and I'm sure they are doing some praying also.

Don S.

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Been following it on another forum, so best wishes to Keith and other Aussie friends down under. Hang on tight!

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The category 5 cyclone crossed the coast at midnght as expected, but fortunately bisected the two major cities in the area. Lots of damage to propery & crops, power lines & trees down everywhere, but thankfully there have no reports of death or serious injury.
Let's hope it stays that way.


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My thoughts and prayers are with you.

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It's all over the news here. Our thoughts are with you too.
Stay save and take care of each other.

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An old friend of mine who's touring Australia with Joe Cocker got out of town just in time.

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May all of you be safe. Hunker down and hold on, and let us know when the danger has passed.


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keith, you know i'm thinking of you and yours. hope the worst is past you tonight. our governor declared a state of emergency for oklahoma. weather records are falling fast and we are totally unprepared as for snow removal equipment. no food delivery here, most roads closed. worse weather approaching over next several days. national guard poised to relieve emergency crews.

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Hi Don,
Well it seems that it doesn't matter whether you live in the Northern OR Southern Hemispheres, Mother Nature gets angry in February. I just want to make it clear that we weren't affected by the cyclone, it all happened way, way north of us.
Only one death has been reported, but not directly attributed to the cyclone. When the power went out a guy brought his diesel powered generator into the house, shut all the windows & doors and fired it up. He was overcome by the fumes & died.


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I'm happy to hear that you and your's are safe and that overall it wasn't as bad as it could have been,

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Former President Bush isn't too busy these days. Maybe he could fly over it for you.


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I'm happy to hear that you and your's are safe and that overall it wasn't as bad as it could have been,

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+1 from in South LOuisiana.

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Former President Bush isn't too busy these days. Maybe he could fly over it for you.



No thanks...we've got enough hot air & wind here.


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Floods, a cyclone, and now wildfires? May God have mercy on you all.

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