Australia braced for CATEGORY 5 cyclone

[Niall!]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12342031

Just to put this in perspective hurricane katrina was CATEGORY 3.

[Nemo]

Its just not australia's day is it?

Jeeeeesus thats a big'n though.

[Catzsy]

My goodness me. They really have had it bad this year. :(

[Nationalism]

Seen this this morning on sky news before i went to work.
Hopefully there won't be too many causalities or deaths, best of luck to everybody bracing themselves for this terrible event.

[Josh]

Queensland (let alone Australia) is getting hammerd right now.

I'm in Rockhampton (south of the expected hit places) and it has been very cloudy all day. (10pm right now). It has also started raining really heavily, however that has been on and off.

http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2011/02/02/1225998/738290-tc-yasi-superimposed-on-europe.jpg

[le harry]

ffs i hate my state

might see u guys in heaven

afk

[Josh]

ffs i hate my state

might see u guys in heaven

afk

This state is lovely; it's just wayyyyyyy hazardous. :(

[le harry]

haha our state budget is gone just a month and a bit into the year, wooo!

[-:Undertaker:-]

Poor Queensland, goodluck to you all is all I can say!

[Jessicrawrr]

austraillia seem to be having it real bad this year, and it's only just turned february, good luck to you guys!

[GommeInc]

Thankfully it seems Australia have given people enough warning and evacuated areas likely to be hit. The State Premier made a fantastic speech too, telling everyone to not pack too many bags - that human life is more valuable.

[Stephen]

ffs i hate my state

might see u guys in heaven

afk

harry i hope you don't die. I'd cry and cry and cry and cry

[Jordan]

I read somewhere that the whole thing is as nearly as big as the USA, jeeeeeeeeeesus. I'm not sure if it says it in that article or not, but best of luck in the coming hours!

[Special]

poor aus, i read somewhere they're putting tax up a bit so they are able to pay for the damage

[Chippiewill]

I'm in Rockhampton (south of the expected hit places) and it has been very cloudy all day. (10pm right now). It has also started raining really heavily, however that has been on and off.
Woah it's cloudy AND raining, this is a full on cyclone, brace for impact.

Seriously: Good luck, but I fear the worst will be the aftermath, paying for the damages.. well, ouch. And in this economic climate? Double ouch.

[xxMATTGxx]

I have family who live in Queensland and thankfully they haven't been damaged badly or hurt for that matter. Although I believe 1000s of other home have been damaged though :(

[Catzsy]

It was downgraded to a category '3' which is some blessing but pretty bad destruction from what I hear. What's going to happen to Queenslands next? A plague of locusts? They really have had it bad.

[le harry]

It was 5 when it hit but downgraded fast as it moved across land

[Stephen]

nice to see you are still alive

[HotelUser]

A Category 3 is still one heck of a storm, I'm glad it wasn't a 5 though.

[Josh]

It was downgraded to a category '3' which is some blessing but pretty bad destruction from what I hear. What's going to happen to Queenslands next? A plague of locusts? They really have had it bad.

A plague of locusts? haha. We hardly have enough crops for them to survive.


A Category 3 is still one heck of a storm, I'm glad it wasn't a 5 though.

It was, wasn't it?

[le harry]

It was a 5.

[Nick]

I feel sorry for the people who lives there because like imagine if you had ALL your furnitaure, valuables w.e in there and it just get crushed :l like i would be sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooo pissed.

Thank god the cyclone has died :)