Sandy D

[Donweather]

Whilst not born yet, she's looking imminent come the end of the working week (if not before). Question is, when will she come into our swell window, if at all, particularly after being burnt by Freda. GFS not really entertaining her coming into our swell window. Latest EC on the other hand!!!

[el rancho]

Is the dirty slut gonna head east or west??

What say you amateur forecasters?

[alakaboo]

I reckon west.

Inland between Rockhampton and Gladstone, flood a few coal mines, Campbell will sack a few hundred more people and decide that Frontline Services don't include things like Meals on Wheels or anything to do with disabled people. Elderly Liberal voters in the coastal margins (Hervey Bay being the epicentre of this movement) will realise he's a jumped up little dipstick and it will be the start of the revival of Labor at the federal level. Which will last 5 weeks, because some coastal wetland or peri-urban flood plain or other will be opened for development and the construction and trade industries on the Coasts will be spurred into action. NSW will follow suit, as will Victoria. A couple of species of plants and a frog will begin their slow march to extinction.

There'll be a broad continuance of the sharemarket recovery in the second half of the year, helped not least of all by the gradual increase from July 1st in superannuation payments driving up the share prices of the miners and banks, and their investment in listed real estate trusts. This will balance the impacts of the stubbornly high dollar and mean that interest rates stay low. This will confuse and annoy the self-funded retirees, who transferred their money into defensive funds and term deposits after the last global balls-up.

Based on nothing more substantial than the promise of being 'comfortable' again, as made famous by Howard, the Libs will win in a landslide, though the largest swing will be towards Nationals in mining states and CSG electorates.
We'll have 2 terms of the Coalition, in which time they'll sack anyone remotely useful in the public service so that they can outsource their jobs to the private sector consultant buddies they went to high school with. They'll charge 3 times as much, but they'll make up for it in efficiency gains.

Oh, you meant a weather forecaster...

Flooding in central Qld and inland. No surf.

[alakaboo]

I fcuken hate the movie Grease, too.

[steve shearer]

Boo for PM

[el rancho]

Hmmm I reckon bundy, Gladstone and gympie will get munted again

I hope so anyway

[steve shearer]

if this thing crosses I predict a "dustbowl" type migration out of QLD.

car loads of cyclone refugees heading back to the southern states.

[crabmeat thompson]

car loads of cyclone refugees heading back to the southern states.

And to lennox head in particular.

[steve shearer]

we're faring worse than SEQLD.

disaster down here.

[Donweather]

I'm leaning with EC. Sandy D is heading SE parallel to the coast. EC has been consistent with this consensus for some time now and GFS is slowly coming into line with EC, IMO.

Still, current GFS is offtap for Noosa etc!!!!

[el rancho]

I'm leaning with EC. Sandy D is heading SE parallel to the coast. EC has been consistent with this consensus for some time now and GFS is slowly coming into line with EC, IMO.

Still, current GFS is offtap for Noosa etc!!!!

here that Fongss?
here that????

[OddaP]

we're faring worse than SEQLD.

disaster down here.

I drive through your environs last week enroute to Brisbane. From the amount of trees down at the sides of the roads there seemed to be 2 areas that got hit hard. About 20km either side of Coffs, especially the Woopi to Mullaway stretch and the same 20km either side of Ballina. Our beaches here are just destroyed.

[steve shearer]

Sandra was fcuking great.

[Nick Carroll]

Sandra IS fcuken great.

[BA]

Guy drowned at Warriewood. Dunno if he was surfing. Details are sketchy. Also told another guy got washed off at Nth Curly. Near drownings at Bondi and Cronulla too.

Sandy is a nasty bitch.

[Donweather]

I wish all cyclones tracked like Sandy D!!!!

[chrisb]

Guy drowned at Warriewood. Dunno if he was surfing. Details are sketchy. Also told another guy got washed off at Nth Curly. Near drownings at Bondi and Cronulla too.

Sandy is a nasty bitch.

Tragic. The guy at North Curly, a surfer, apparently was trying to help a little girl in trouble. Very sad, especially to those on this website who may have known him:-

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/he-was-a-hero ... 2gbux.html

'He was a hero': surfer swept away trying to help struggling girl
DateMarch 19, 2013 - 8:46AM 253 reading now(0)

Chris Drake: "Our lives will never be the same." Photo: Facebook
Police are continuing their search for 23-year-old surfer Chris Drake, who was swept away by a wave at North Curl Curl on Saturday, with police divers to join the search from 10am.

His mother, Nicolle Drake, said on social media her son had been trying to help a young girl struggling in the water when he was overwhelmed by a wave.

"Our lives will never be the same," she wrote.

"He was a hero and will always be our hero. We will love you forever and never forget you our precious son, brother and mighty warrior."

Advertisement Mr Drake worked for his family business, Solid Racks, with his parents, with the company selling storage for surfboards and other sporting gear.

Mr Drake has been described by friends as a popular, kind-hearted and positive high-achiever.

They wrote messages on their social media pages including: "Chris, you are my hero and I am missing you so much"; "One of the most real, stoked and charismatic people I have had the honour of knowing. Rest In Peace Chris Drake. You are Loved by all mate"; and "Smile like Drake".

He was four years into his Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Counselling and Behavioural Science degree at Notre Dame University, listing studying among his interests along with travelling, surfing and mountain biking.

He was one of two people who died in the treacherous conditions on the weekend, with a 23-year-old man who jumped off a blowhole at Warriewood thrown against the rocks and unable to swim back to shore..