Dirty Larry

Weather enthusiasts may know that a big cyclone, codename Larry, struck Queensland last week.

(Footnotes: Queensland is a state of Australia, and I live in queensland. A cyclone is the same thing as a hurricane, only it's in the southern hemisphere and hence spins clockwise instead of anti-clockwise.)

My wife and i were on holiday in the affected region at the time. It was exciting, windy, etc. We survived and we're back.

Here's a diagram.

'pds' on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:17:10 GMT, sez:

That's the only way you can truly enjoy destruction on such a massive scale--when it's someone else's stuff. That way, you can just focus on taking pictures and whatnot--that's not your Honda thrown into the front window of (someone else's) business. You're just there on vacation!

I'm kidding. :) Natural disasters are serious business and I feel for the victims, etc

'Magnus' on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:08:12 GMT, sez:

Hey, any photos to prove/disprove that pigs will fly??

'lb' on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:19:35 GMT, sez:

lots of pictures mm, but nothin' that shatters any old maxims.

'Andrew' on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:33:52 GMT, sez:

A software developer holidaying in glamorous Port Douglas? - pigs must fly

(Port Douglas is my not-to-scale guestimate based on the "just north of Cairns" location of your blue cross :) )

'lb' on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:37:57 GMT, sez:

good guess axr.

port douglas isn't so glamorous as it was in the Scase days. now it's mostly just burnt out caravans and tenements full of squatters. ;-)

'Ad' on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:58:41 GMT, sez:

Yeah mate, but they still have the palm trees ;)

'Doekman' on Mon, 01 May 2006 19:32:52 GMT, sez:

And you can get a free ride from Cairns, if you stay in some hostel (I forgot the name)

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