Cyclone Larry

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Not the cable guy, the category 5 cyclone that hit australia some time last night (US time). Did it really hit only one town? How is that possible?
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― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 20 March 2006 14:19 (twenty years ago)

Maybe Larry was just targeting a specific person he was pissed off with.

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Monday, 20 March 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)

gods gonna get ya

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 20 March 2006 14:34 (twenty years ago)

It's amazing how friendly a category 5 Tropical Storm can be made to sound when you call it Larry.

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Monday, 20 March 2006 14:35 (twenty years ago)

Yes, instead of being visited by Tracy and Larry, who sound like two loveable cousins on a visit, it would be more honest to call these storms and cyclones names like 'Ripper' or 'Countess Bathory', or maybe 'Misanthropia'or 'Hatespawn'.

― ratty, Monday, 20 March 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

I wrote to a pal in Brisbane but haven't heard anything yet. The locals seem pretty blanche about it in all the news reports, even if their roofs were torn off.

― andy --, Monday, 20 March 2006 20:52 (twenty years ago)

Not one reported fatality. Incredible.

Wonder if Cyclone Darryl and The Other Cyclone Darrell will be next.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 20 March 2006 20:56 (twenty years ago)

It didnt land ashore at any major population centre (it mostly missed Cairns for eg) but it did fair decimate Innisfail and Mission Beach, which is a real resort touristy area.

It also wiped out - this is staggering - 80% of Australias's banana crops. So we'll have next to no bananas for 18 months now, they're saying. Lucky I dont eat them.

Sugar crops were flattened as well. I better stock up in case the prices go haywire.

Amazingly no one was killed. There's a second cyclone heading their way tho which is a worry :(

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:25 (twenty years ago)

Also everyone gave me shit as a kid for cyclone Tracy. "Haw, you smashed up Darwin good!" etc. Yeah real funny.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:26 (twenty years ago)

I wrote to a pal in Brisbane but haven't heard anything yet

Brisbane is something like 1500km away from Cairns, I think they're fine :)

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:37 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I heard from him and he said it was way, way further north. He's concerned about banana prices and not much else.

― andy --, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:45 (twenty years ago)

It didnt land ashore at any major population centre (it mostly missed Cairns for eg) but it did fair decimate Innisfail and Mission Beach, which is a real resort touristy area.
It also wiped out - this is staggering - 80% of Australias's banana crops. So we'll have next to no bananas for 18 months now, they're saying. Lucky I dont eat them.
Sugar crops were flattened as well. I better stock up in case the prices go haywire.
Amazingly no one was killed. There's a second cyclone heading their way tho which is a worry :(
-- Trayce (spamspanke...) (webmail), Monday 6:25 PM. (trayce) (later)

no nanies!

trayce you need to eat bananas to prevent nighttime charley horses but not right before bed because they give you nightmares.

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

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