Hey Croc...How did you make out???

minir · Post by **minir** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:19 pm

Hi John

I do hope you or your loved ones where not affected by the Cyclone that hit their.

170mph winds is pretty serious stuff.

Drop in and let us know when able as we are concerned.

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regards

minir

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:29 am

Been thinking of them off and on all day today. Lets hope no news is good news in this case!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:48 am

Yeah John how did you and your family fair?

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:49 am

Paging John. You OK man.

Jamie_R · Post by **Jamie_R** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:12 am

They may be w/o power for a while as bad as the storm looked on t.v.

Hope everyone is ok Croc!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:44 am

Jamie_R wrote:They may be w/o power for a while as bad as the storm looked on t.v.

Hope everyone is ok Croc!

I don't think they had a power grid up where he lives.

Croc · Post by **Croc** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:09 pm

Yeah, we're all ok here but wow.... what a mess just to our north.

Most intense storm to hit the coast in living memory. Worse than Cyclone Tracy that flattened Darwin. Thankfully it was moving @ 25kph so it wasn't in one place for long. Tracey moved @ 8kph and flattened everything

Everyone's there. Army, State & Federal Gov't departments, All utilities and the area is off limits to all but those who have a need to be there. We are waiting for the call to bring in our large cherrypickers for some of the power transmission line work but it's too early yet to get there.
90% of the nation's banana crop comes from that area. So does the bulk of the tropical fruit along with the sugarcane. All is flattened.
We have friends who planted an avenue of pine trees as a buffer for their banana farm. Some 40 trees fully grown. 9 are left standing. The farm is wiped out with not one palm standing.We will be there on the weekend to help them out with shifting the logs.

Thanks everyone for the concern shown. All we gotta do now is wait for the next one to arrive. Cyclone Wati (Cat3) is on it's way in now. http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65004.shtml
Pray it doesn't hit the same area.

Oh.......... Thanks GWB for your kind offer of assistance. (Seems he phoned our PM to offer help.)

thepieman · Post by **thepieman** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:13 pm

Glad to hear you are ok Croc.

Pie

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:41 pm

Good to hear John.

Stay safe.

minir · Post by **minir** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:19 pm

Thanks for your reply Croc & pleased your okay. sorry about your Friends losses.

The prayers continue that you are as fortunate with the next one and it simply skips you.

Sounds like your well prepared their.

Good Luck my friend.

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regards

Larry

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:12 pm

Croc wrote:Oh.......... Thanks GWB for your kind offer of assistance. (Seems he phoned our PM to offer help.)

John,
Many here would say that the cyclone(s) are in fact, GWB's fault!

Glad to hear that you and your's are OK!

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:33 pm

Glad things are ok for ya Croc!

Was wondering myself if you were ok.

thepieman · Post by **thepieman** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:24 pm

Strange how Condi was there a few days ago and then the Cyclone.

Evil I tell you.

Croc · Post by **Croc** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:25 am

Thanks for all the thoughts everyone. Appreciate it.

Wati is being a real pain in the butt with it's erratic behavior so we don't know where it will make land.
Up to a Cat4 this morning.

Prepared??? Nah

. Where my comp is there is no room to move. The whole room is stacked with gear our son left behind for us to sell for him. None of it sold yet and we can't store it in the garage/carport because of the weather.

We also have an American ship in for a military exercise. When Larry visited it put to sea leaving 100 tonnes of supplies on the dock.

I guess it will be back later???????????

mmione · Post by **mmione** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:01 pm

Looks like he responded faster to australia then his own country.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:51 am

mmione wrote:Looks like he responded faster to australia then his own country.

Touche~

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:22 am

Hang in there!

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:43 am

[quote="Croc"]Yeah, we're all ok here but wow.... what a mess just to our north.

Most intense storm to hit the coast in living memory. Worse than Cyclone Tracy that flattened Darwin. Thankfully it was moving @ 25kph so it wasn't in one place for long. Tracey moved @ 8kph and flattened everything

Everyone's there. Army, State & Federal Gov't departments, All utilities and the area is off limits to all but those who have a need to be there. We are waiting for the call to bring in our large cherrypickers for some of the power transmission line work but it's too early yet to get there.
90% of the nation's banana crop comes from that area. So does the bulk of the tropical fruit along with the sugarcane. All is flattened.
We have friends who planted an avenue of pine trees as a buffer for their banana farm. Some 40 trees fully grown. 9 are left standing. The farm is wiped out with not one palm standing.We will be there on the weekend to help them out with shifting the logs.

Thanks everyone for the concern shown. All we gotta do now is wait for the next one to arrive. Cyclone Wati (Cat3) is on it's way in now. http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65004.shtml
Pray it doesn't hit the same area.

Oh.......... Thanks GWB for your kind offer of assistance. (Seems he phoned our PM to offer help.)

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Ouch!!! It appears that you are far from out of the woods yet my friend. I have been following the news quite closely and although heartbreakingly sad...it appears that most damage has been done to crops, homes, and material things...devastating enough in its own right...but replacable. Lets hope all your people stay safe!! That means you and yours too!!

Croc · Post by **Croc** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:24 pm

We are out of the woods with Cyclone Wati. It decided to slide south, parallel with the coast and blow out at sea.

Up early to catch the redeye again to drive another truck back here. I need a weekend at home!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the thoughts everyone. Appreciated.

John