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Australia: Under Water?
Patrick:
Jesus. Some places, shit's gone completely under. It's really scary to look at that and ask myself, "What the fuck where'd the freeway g--- OHHHHHHHH"
Lunchbox:
So Mother Nature doesn't like Queensland very much this year.
A Katrina-esque cyclone is due to hit this evening. :(
jodizzle:
Poor old QLD really is copping it! :( It's crazy! Lucky I am very far inland!
Lunchbox:
Just saw this news article - I don't know if it is visible to outside viewers though.
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/floodrelief/how-cyclone-yasi-compares-around-the-world/story-fn7ik2te-1225998762870
This is the cyclone superimposed over a map of the US.
--- Quote ---IF you're struggling to grasp the magnitude of Tropical Cyclone Yasi, consider this: it is so large it would almost cover the United States, most of Asia and large parts of Europe.
Most of the coverage about the scale of Yasi has tried to compare it with storms of the past - it's bigger than Larry, more powerful than Tracy.
But just as powerful is this comparison, showing this storm is continental in size. The main bloc of the cyclone is 500km wide, while its associated activity, shown above in a colour-coding to match intensity, stretches over 2000km.
The storm's scale of destruction is as shocking as it is inevitable. In the map above, the United States from Pennsylvania in the east to Nevada in the west, from Georgia in the south to Canada in the north and well into Mexico would be battered with 300km/h winds and up to one metre of rain.
The economic impact would be felt around the world.
--- End quote ---
jwhouk:
Actually, we have something like that going on right now. It's called a major blizzard. Most of the Midwestern US is shut down right now.
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