yeah chaos down there this arvo... getting a couple of cartons was a bit of a mission.

Nice little blow coming your way brother

Will be thinking of you and the family mate....

Last cyclone I went through was went the missus found my credit card statement.....passed blood for three days and the dust took a week to settle....

Latest forecast I've seen is that Adam might be a little windswept in 72 hours.

BOM keeps changing the 72 hour position on this thing.
Last night at 10pm WDT it was going to hit Karratha, 7am this morning, it's lining up Exmouth as a CAT 4.

I suppose that's weather and chaos theory for you.

Wouldn't be surprised if it didn't even make landfall... they've been hopeless at predicting this one..

First the prediction was just south of broome, then 80 mile beach, then pardoo, then port hedland, then whim creek, then cape lambert, then karratha and now exmouth.

Not very confident with the current forecast.

Its unpredictability is what has got me worried.  Has been blowing strong here for the last 4 days and only going to get worse I guess.  Better get myself down the shops for my grog and food stores.

Adam, 72 hour projection has it located 21.3S 114.3E at CAT 4.

We're not allowed to post pictures or links for what BOM does up for corporate clients.

I just arrived in Karratha, people im stayin with are thinkin of gettin outa here because they have small baby.

Current maps brought it back towards Karratha... the 72h forecast has it hitting around Onslow at the moment. Wouldn't want a direct hit from a Cat 4 so that's probably a good thing for us. On it's current track I think we'd still cop a bit from it, likely to get a fair bit of rain.

They go don that cyclone alley

We have just finished tieing everything down and packing stuff away.

Tense time here, it could still change direction towards Karratha still :(

Looks like were getting close to Exmouth bound, let the fun and games begin!

that'd be right, you exmouth guys getting all the fun... oh well it'll wreck the fishing for a while down there that won't be good for u guys..

The way its going I reckon it might pass by out to sea by the time it gets to us.  Should be an interesting 24 hours!

I'm more interested in the rain than anything else BJ, would be very nice to get some but at this stage it doesn't look like we will.

I think you might be right Adam, will prob just fizzle as it heads further south..

just finished big clean up,now the waiting game begins!

definately worse Andy... the water usually looks like brown soupy crap after a cyclone up here.

"Looks like it will be us Perth peoples with all the brag photo's for a change (for a couple of weeks anyway."

hehe you might be right no worries..

Obviously I can't speak for everyone and I guess there may be cases where people have done well after a cyclone but I can't say that's ever been the case for us.

The last couple of times we've been out afer a cyclone we've struggled to even raise a scale.

I have done very well after a cyclone but only out wide where the water is still blue.

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Slowly sliding past the cape (here's hoping) but still might cop some of it!

Starting to get some good buildup and wind over the gulf now.

Well, the first rain in 6 months is here and its on in a big way.  Backs already looking like a flood zone and its been about 5 mins!!  Went down to the marina to have a quick look at this front coming through.

squally showers around karratha at the moment, pretty overcast. Had around 20mm in town since yesterday.

Just a normal day here so far.  Bit windy but nothing out of the ordinary, towns certainly got a buzz to it thou.

all the best guys, stay safe, hopefully it moves away.

yeah been windy here too, gusting to 40 knots.

Starting to get a bit of wind and rain here Adam (slowly building through the day).

Beadon Bay is starting to get a bit of a coffee coloured surf break look to it.

Hopefully Nicholas will slide past us tonight/tomorrow.

Having a nice long weekend but being stuck in the house sucks.

John

I head a little FURTHER NORTH each year,
Leave the cities behind, out of sight of mind,
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Starting to really feel it now, bit of sideways rain and full on gales.  Not pleasant out there!  Will try get some pics in the morning.

Getting a nice flogging over here at the moment, she's fired up big time.  Got your message Mitch, musta missed you by 5 mins last night.  Yeh, the old girl has been through a lot worse I'd say, ahh well, looks like a lock in session today.

this will have one of 2 outcomes , either dump a metre or 2 of sand at Tanta or scour it out , heres hoping for the former hey .

Hi Ya,

Heard on the radio this morning that the police closed the pubs and other alcohol outlets.  What's with that!!!

Cheers.


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Guess they don't want you too boozed up for when the cyclone hits incase it does cause significant damage and devastation.  I think I'm going to hold off until the worst of it passes as it's certainly picked up in the last hour!! Then it will be partytime. :)

responsible behaviour was the official line , they must have seen Adam with a skinfull hahaha

Too right mate!

Hi Ya,

Suppose that makes sense.  Wouldn't want a lot of drunk people running around in the middle of sever damage.

Hope the 'picking up' doesn't 'pick up' to far.

Cheers.

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The most we got was 42knots at Karratha AP on Sunday afternoon when the cyclone was at it's closest point to us. Mind you it was a strong Cat 3 at that point. It's pretty bloody windy hehe..