Select to expand quotebrizzydave said..
Hopefully he's put some nice dry clothes on and slipped up the yachtie for a steadying beverage and a bowl of hit chips.
Hope your right Brizzy Dave
Hows the rain up there Brizzy Dave bucket loads or steady
yes good to here you got through ok Cisco .
and hopefully Chariot is ok
well done Manitulak for the descriptive pictures also.
Hi everyone following manitulak "excercise", thanks for being with me, kind of felt this way, not alone, thanks. Things I have done, all that prep was not necessary (good), but on other hand, pity I do not known if it would work. Maby it is better to remind curious than disappointed, I think.
All The Best to you All.
Good on ya guys. Storm in a tea cup HG. Loads of rain. The kind of rain that's annoyingly persistent and just floods your garage all day. All the roads around my house were flooded too.
It hit the coast and died as fast as it grew.
Hope you're going ok HG. The boat looks amazing mate.
Select to expand quotemanitulak said..
Hi everyone following manitulak "excercise", thanks for being with me, kind of felt this way, not alone, thanks. Things I have done, all that prep was not necessary (good), but on other hand, pity I do not known if it would work. Maby it is better to remind curious than disappointed, I think.
All The Best to you All.
The Boy Scout's motto:- Be Prepared!!
Also:- Spectacular Achievement is always preceded by Unspectacular Preparation.
I came home from the yacht late this morning just after high tide and it was blowing about 15 knots. Went back down after a few hours and the yacht basin was like a mill pond. Packed up the food and clothes and then did a bit of work removing some of the crap particle board lining the previous owner had fitted with liquid nails.
I left just before sunset and got a few spectacular photos of the basin with the South Head light reflecting the red light of the sunset. Red sky at night, sailors delight.
With the scene as it was you would not believe it had blown 30 knots all night the previous night.
When I can get my computer to recognise an SD card I will start posting pics again. 
Hi all, from damaged Yeppoon.
Yesterday finally come back to live my wireless, charged up
iPad and mobil through boat solar.
Just a quick summary.
2 hours before the storm we lost electricity
and still take one or two weeks to get it back.
Means no shops, petrol, all shut.
Yesterday Coles, some petrol station and a few other shops
open, running from gen. sets.
All other shops closed, incl. post office, medicals etc.
2 hours after storm passed we lost mobil and wireless.
You seen more details than us here, because no TV.
First two days is chain saw days, millions of trees down,
over 1000 power lines, debris everywhere.
We and my friends luckily survived without damage.
Not talking about trees and fences. 5 meters piles,
on nature strip means nothing happened.
Marina survived reasonably well, king tide and 3 meter
surge didn't eventuate.
Hard stand marina, wasn't that lucky, a few boats tipped,
I am shielded by 6.5 tons power cat. felt reasonable
confident. I was wrong. Cat hit me and pushed
my trailer nearly 1 meter sideways. Mast snapped in half.
No wires broke, just mast in two pices, suspended in mid
air, tip of the mast rested on that cat.
Plenty pics, still in camera. Laptop dead, no power.
My 150w Invertor, after a few overloads ...gone with the flash.
Welcome to sunny Queensland.
Select to expand quoteCharriot said...
Hi all, from damaged Yeppoon.
Yesterday finally come back to live my wireless, charged up
iPad and mobil through boat solar.
Just a quick summary.
2 hours before the storm we lost electricity
and still take one or two weeks to get it back.
Means no shops, petrol, all shut.
Yesterday Coles, some petrol station and a few other shops
open, running from gen. sets.
All other shops closed, incl. post office, medicals etc.
2 hours after storm passed we lost mobil and wireless.
You seen more details than us here, because no TV.
First two days is chain saw days, millions of trees down,
over 1000 power lines, debris everywhere.
We and my friends luckily survived without damage.
Not talking about trees and fences. 5 meters piles,
on nature strip means nothing happened.
Marina survived reasonably well, king tide and 3 meter
surge didn't eventuate.
Hard stand marina, wasn't that lucky, a few boats tipped,
I am shielded by 6.5 tons power cat. felt reasonable
confident. I was wrong. Cat hit me and pushed
my trailer nearly 1 meter sideways. Mast snapped in half.
No wires broke, just mast in two pices, suspended in mid
air, tip of the mast rested on that cat.
Plenty pics, still in camera. Laptop dead, no power.
My 150w Invertor, after a few overloads ...gone with the flash.
Welcome to sunny Queensland.
Good to hear you're alive and well. I feel for you I went through the Katherine floods in 1998 so know what it's like being in aa crippled isolated town depending on help from the army. Take care Chariot
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thanks
I hope that's not your house Chariot
After 48 hours, I informed my insurance YOUi, assessor inspected damages
and suggested new rig as a package should be installed.
Lets wait and see.
Actually the most houses in Yeppoon are ok,
Since yeasterday evening the most of the town got electricity.
Large football field opposite new shopping is the army tent city.
Have to say, that all main streets are perfectly clean and the most
side streets too. Mulching trucks from whole Qld everywhere.
This is a new place, Ten of thousands trees gone and places look differently.
Lot of people benefit with seaview.
Sure there are a few hundred houses with serious damages, see trees
still laying on houses, take more time to sort those out.
Select to expand quoteCharriot said..
Lot of people benefit with seaview.
Thats gold. LOL
I am on the record for saying that trees can be killers.
There are howls about sex molesters and brothels in your suburban street, but proven killers (trees) must be protected. Fire hazard, storm hazard, widow makers, yet the greenies will not let you cut down a tree on your block. What a crazy world we live in!
I believe, nearly all destruction was caused by trees here.
after perfect clean up, guess 50 % is completed,
we get second stage, thousand of branches are scracked but hasn't fall down yet,
next low, here we go again
