Cyclone Ian intensifies to Category 5

TarJak · 01-10-14, 08:52 AM

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-1...inds-t/5195038

Tonga looks like bearing the brunt of it. I foresee a significant aid mission required to get them back to normal if the damage is severe. Cat 5 is a biggie. Hope they've battened down the hatches and there is no loss of life.

Gerald · 01-10-14, 09:13 AM

Great forces in motion here.

Jimbuna · 01-10-14, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-1...inds-t/5195038

Tonga looks like bearing the brunt of it. I foresee a significant aid mission required to get them back to normal if the damage is severe. Cat 5 is a biggie. Hope they've battened down the hatches and there is no loss of life.

A little over 3,000 mile distant...pleased the old colony shouldn't be affected (many friends and family there) but sad for those islanders.

Tchocky · 01-10-14, 10:05 AM

The implicit terror of a Cetgory 5 is quite diminished by calling it....Ian.

ExFishermanBob · 01-10-14, 11:01 AM

Well, it's better than "Bawbag", which induced hilarity in Scotland, the land where Ball rhymes with raw (and also Glass is a verb).

TarJak · 01-10-14, 03:46 PM

And better than Trevor. There is a large Tongan community a couple of suburbs away from my home and their church has been full every night for the past few days.

Jimbuna · 01-10-14, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

And better than Trevor. There is a large Tongan community a couple of suburbs away from my home and their church has been full every night for the past few days.

Not surprising

01-10-14, 08:52 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Cyclone Ian intensifies to Category 5 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-1...inds-t/5195038 Tonga looks like bearing the brunt of it. I foresee a significant aid mission required to get them back to normal if the damage is severe. Cat 5 is a biggie. Hope they've battened down the hatches and there is no loss of life.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Great forces in motion here. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	The implicit terror of a Cetgory 5 is quite diminished by calling it....Ian. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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ExFishermanBob Difficulties Numbing Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: AN19 Posts: 470 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Well, it's better than "Bawbag", which induced hilarity in Scotland, the land where Ball rhymes with raw (and also Glass is a verb).

01-10-14, 03:46 PM	#6
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	And better than Trevor. There is a large Tongan community a couple of suburbs away from my home and their church has been full every night for the past few days.