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No I lived in Tully until Cyclone Yasi destroyed everything we owned, stayed another three years for my oldest son to finish highschool then moved to Brisbane at the beginning of 2014. But leaving my location as a memento of that night, when we lost our house around us, while we cowered in a room that had a tree stuck in it.

I lived near Innot Hot Springs in the middle of nowhere when Yasi struck. I had never known a cyclone to move so slowly before. That was the scariest night I ever remember being through....the noise! But next morning there was hardly any damage, nothing like we had when Larry struck, we had a theory that when it struck the range it tilted and the damaging winds were above us, because you could bloody hear them...but not many branches broken, hardly any leaves anywhere only a ripped gutter from one fallen branch. I am sorry you lost so much that night :(
 
I lived near Innot Hot Springs in the middle of nowhere when Yasi struck. I had never known a cyclone to move so slowly before. That was the scariest night I ever remember being through....the noise! But next morning there was hardly any damage, nothing like we had when Larry struck, we had a theory that when it struck the range it tilted and the damaging winds were above us, because you could bloody hear them...but not many branches broken, hardly any leaves anywhere only a ripped gutter from one fallen branch. I am sorry you lost so much that night :(
I wrote a massive article about the night, and the ABC did a piece on us, from the footage we submitted, but we didn't film once the house started falling apart. It was too scary.
 
I wrote a massive article about the night, and the ABC did a piece on us, from the footage we submitted, but we didn't film once the house started falling apart. It was too scary.

I probably saw it. Yes, Yasi was so powerful that even after climbing the range, which usually weakens cyclones back to a low, it was still a cat 3 storm as it approached Mt Isa
 

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I probably saw it. Yes, Yasi was so powerful that even after climbing the range, which usually weakens cyclones back to a low, it was still a cat 3 storm as it approached Mt Isa
It was a beast. Also some idiot (who has clearly never lived through a cyclone), told everyone on weatherzone's forums' Yasi thread not to open the leeward side windows, which caused the initial problems that led to the destruction of the house.
 
It was a beast. Also some idiot (who has clearly never lived through a cyclone), told everyone on weatherzone's forums' Yasi thread not to open the leeward side windows, which caused the initial problems that led to the destruction of the house.

Wow, you have to to equalize vacuum/pressure
 
Wow, you have to to equalize vacuum/pressure
The problem occurred when the front door came off its hinges on the windward side, the doorway instantly became the inlet for air like the mouth of a party balloon. The entire house filled with air, and inflated. All the windows i the house blew outward including those facing the wind. Part of the roof blew off at the same time due to this increased pressure. Of course the windows at the front of the house has the glass blow back in at 300 km/h which lacerated everything.
 
The problem occurred when the front door came off its hinges on the windward side, the doorway instantly became the inlet for air like the mouth of a party balloon. The entire house filled with air, and inflated. All the windows i the house blew outward including those facing the wind. Part of the roof blew off at the same time due to this increased pressure. Of course the windows at the front of the house has the glass blow back in at 300 km/h which lacerated everything.
That is some real scary stuff. Glad your ok.

Give me thousands of tripped mouse traps any day.;)
 
The problem occurred when the front door came off its hinges on the windward side, the doorway instantly became the inlet for air like the mouth of a party balloon. The entire house filled with air, and inflated. All the windows i the house blew outward including those facing the wind. Part of the roof blew off at the same time due to this increased pressure. Of course the windows at the front of the house has the glass blow back in at 300 km/h which lacerated everything.

Which is why people are advised to at least leave one window open on the opposite side to the wind
 
Which is why people are advised to at least leave one window open on the opposite side to the wind
This meteorologist full of all "the latest research" had said that it is no longer correct. He is an imbecile.
 

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The problem occurred when the front door came off its hinges on the windward side, the doorway instantly became the inlet for air like the mouth of a party balloon. The entire house filled with air, and inflated. All the windows i the house blew outward including those facing the wind. Part of the roof blew off at the same time due to this increased pressure. Of course the windows at the front of the house has the glass blow back in at 300 km/h which lacerated everything.

Bragging about your "doors" and your "windows"

If either is filled with something other than a used Billabong tshirt, you're whining too much to bitch about this problem
 
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Bragging about your "doors" and your "windows"

If either is filled with something other than a used Billabong tshirt, you're warning too much to bitch about this problem
I don't understand this post.
 
*Furies don't have doors at the hippodrome. Our change rooms are the skip at the back of the stadium
Ah, you must be using the pile of rubble that used to be our house.
 
That is some real scary stuff. Glad your ok.

Give me thousands of tripped mouse traps any day.;)
We used to live in Carnarvon in WA. We never copped a direct hit from a cyclone, but one moved inland around 30 miles north of us once. That was scary enough - I can only imagine what it's like to cop the full force!!!
 
We used to live in Carnarvon in WA. We never copped a direct hit from a cyclone, but one moved inland around 30 miles north of us once. That was scary enough - I can only imagine what it's like to cop the full force!!!
At least there's not much in Carnarvon to blow over. Nice place though.
 
Gets bloody hot though. I remember one night it was 40C at midnight!!!!!!
True. Thankfully I was only there on a six-month contract during dry season. Lovely time to be there.
 

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