http://australiasevereweather.com/ X-Sender: vk3jed-1 at 192.168.15.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 01:06:42 +1100 To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From: "Tony Langdon (VK3JED)" Subject: Re: aus-wx: I'm home Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com At 09:10 PM 31/12/2002 +0800, you wrote: >May I echo Bussy's wishes for a great new year. As I type, it's already >2003 from NSW south to Tas. There's not much on the list because >everyone is busy celebrating. We get going here in a few hours, but at >my age I have a bad habit of sneaking off to bed early so all the >rockets will go off without me watching them. >Anyway all the best to everyone and may you all be blessed in the New Well, I just got in from watching the fireworks. Bit of a fizzer because of having to rush off early, and they seemed to drag the city fireworks out a bit. Saw some more spectacular ones around the city when leaving our vantage point at Williamstown. :) 73 de Tony, VK3JED http://vkradio.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: "Keith Barnett" To: "Weather list" Subject: aus-wx: Seven Hills data Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 11:10:17 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
A happy new year to everyone and here's hoping for a lot more rain in 2003.
 
December's readings
 
 
and the daily rainfall for the year just gone. This was the 7th driest in 53 years of record.
 
 
Keith Barnett
Weather fanatic and classical musician
Website: http://www.wthrman.com
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 From: "R & R McKenzie" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: I'm home Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:08:12 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Well, just at this moment, the New Year is looking better than the old one! I hope NSW and Qld are getting the rain that came through here. It looked as if we were going to have to buy some water as we were perilously close to running out, but we just got a 30mm reprieve, which filled up the tank and overflowed it. Thank goodness, because the town water is ghastly. The rain also watered our block, which we have covered in about 500+ trees, a lot grown from seed by me. We have been watering them, but it takes a lot of time and effort and never replaces a good soaking rain. I would have hated to lose any of them.
 
From our living room we get a wonderful view across a small valley to Ballarat. In summer the storms sweep across from the west and as soon as they hit the hills we get some wonderful light shows - better than fireworks. (although I suspect the farmers who live under the lighning with their tinder-dry paddocks aren't as impressed.)
 
Happy New Year to everyone.
 
Robyn in Ballarat, SE Victoria.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bussy
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 10:50 PM
Subject: aus-wx: I'm home

All the best for everyone for the New Year. It's been a tough one all over Australia, but the Australian spirit will always shine through and we'll get straight back on our horses.
It's been tough everywhere we've looked this year. Politically, environmentally or whatever.
We as Australians are a very proud people and can get over anything, as we have in the past and will do in the future.
Not only to the Aussies on the list but to all, I wish you all the best for the New year.
 
Bussy (Rutherglen NE Victoria)
 From: "stephen galowski" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: I'm home Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 11:31:57 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
so far brisbane has not received any rain yet
as of 11:31 am on 01-01-03
Stephen
 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 11:08 AM
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Well, just at this moment, the New Year is looking better than the old one! I hope NSW and Qld are getting the rain that came through here. It looked as if we were going to have to buy some water as we were perilously close to running out, but we just got a 30mm reprieve, which filled up the tank and overflowed it. Thank goodness, because the town water is ghastly. The rain also watered our block, which we have covered in about 500+ trees, a lot grown from seed by me. We have been watering them, but it takes a lot of time and effort and never replaces a good soaking rain. I would have hated to lose any of them.
 
From our living room we get a wonderful view across a small valley to Ballarat. In summer the storms sweep across from the west and as soon as they hit the hills we get some wonderful light shows - better than fireworks. (although I suspect the farmers who live under the lighning with their tinder-dry paddocks aren't as impressed.)
 
Happy New Year to everyone.
 
Robyn in Ballarat, SE Victoria.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bussy
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 10:50 PM
Subject: aus-wx: I'm home

All the best for everyone for the New Year. It's been a tough one all over Australia, but the Australian spirit will always shine through and we'll get straight back on our horses.
It's been tough everywhere we've looked this year. Politically, environmentally or whatever.
We as Australians are a very proud people and can get over anything, as we have in the past and will do in the future.
Not only to the Aussies on the list but to all, I wish you all the best for the New year.
 
Bussy (Rutherglen NE Victoria)
 From: "Nathan Thompson" To: Subject: aus-wx: Happy New Year Everyone! Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:08:45 +1030 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Hi,
 
We would like to say Happy New Year to everyone and hope you everyone have a better year this year.
 
From Nathan and Phillip Thompson.
 From: "Damian" To: Subject: aus-wx: December Averages for Sydney's North Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 14:06:11 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Here's the averages for December for my house between Chatswood West & North Ryde in Sydney's Northern Suburbs:
 
Average Maximum: 29.8
Average Minimum: 15.6
Highest Maximum: 39.6 on the 4th
Lowest Minimum:  9.2 on the 7th
Rainfall:        94mm
 
 
I have every day of the years weather statistics recorded from my backyard & put onto my weather website, which I have "updated" & "reorganised".
You can find my weather pages at:
 From: "Damian" To: Subject: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 14:52:49 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Reasonably steady rain falling at the moment here in Sydney's Northern Suburbs between Chatswood West & North Ryde.
 
 
 From: "Phillip Basil-Jones" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 15:46:58 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Yep, only drizzling here in Concord (just south of Ryde)
Looks like the band may be clearing, on radar
----- Original Message -----
From: Damian
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 2:52 PM
Subject: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North

Reasonably steady rain falling at the moment here in Sydney's Northern Suburbs between Chatswood West & North Ryde.
 
 
 Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 13:16:46 +0800 From: "Phil Smith" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: I'm home X-Mailer: WorldClient 6.0.7 X-MDRemoteIP: 192.168.0.2 X-Return-Path: SmithP at ics.edu.hk X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com I lived in and around Ballarat for a few years (1960s), where are you in relation to Ballarat? Phil <>< International Christian School E-mail: SmithP at ics.edu.hk Doctor Disk E-mail: phil at drdisk.com.hk MSN Messenger: doctordisk at hotmail.com Web-site: http://www.drdisk.com.hk Testimony: http://www.drdisk.com.hk/PhilSmith/about.htm Weather: http://www.drdisk.com.hk/cyclones.htm -----Original Message----- From: "R & R McKenzie" To: Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:08:12 +1100 Subject: Re: aus-wx: I'm home > Well, just at this moment, the New Year is looking better than the old > one! I hope NSW and Qld are getting the rain that came through here. It > looked as if we were going to have to buy some water as we were > perilously close to running out, but we just got a 30mm reprieve, which > filled up the tank and overflowed it. Thank goodness, because the town > water is ghastly. The rain also watered our block, which we have > covered in about 500+ trees, a lot grown from seed by me. We have been > watering them, but it takes a lot of time and effort and never replaces > a good soaking rain. I would have hated to lose any of them. > > From our living room we get a wonderful view across a small valley to > Ballarat. In summer the storms sweep across from the west and as soon > as they hit the hills we get some wonderful light shows - better than > fireworks. (although I suspect the farmers who live under the lighning > with their tinder-dry paddocks aren't as impressed.) > > Happy New Year to everyone. > > Robyn in Ballarat, SE Victoria. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bussy > To: aussie-weather > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 10:50 PM > Subject: aus-wx: I'm home > > > All the best for everyone for the New Year. It's been a tough one all > over Australia, but the Australian spirit will always shine through and > we'll get straight back on our horses. > It's been tough everywhere we've looked this year. Politically, > environmentally or whatever. > We as Australians are a very proud people and can get over anything, > as we have in the past and will do in the future. > Not only to the Aussies on the list but to all, I wish you all the > best for the New year. > > Bussy (Rutherglen NE Victoria) > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: "Keith Barnett" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 16:22:56 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Clearing slowly over the ranges west of Bowral. Sky 7/8ths here (Seven Hills) and 13mm since 8am. One year in 3 it rains here on New Year's day, with 1 year in 10 getting this much, just for trivia.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 3:46 PM
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Yep, only drizzling here in Concord (just south of Ryde)
Looks like the band may be clearing, on radar
----- Original Message -----
From: Damian
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 2:52 PM
Subject: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North

Reasonably steady rain falling at the moment here in Sydney's Northern Suburbs between Chatswood West & North Ryde.
 
 
 From: "Phillip Basil-Jones" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Personal accounts of very close ligtning strikes Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 17:43:02 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Personal accounts of very close ligtning strikes

Some very galvanizing story's so far! I've had some close-ish calls in my life but the most memorable one was when I was about 5 or 6 years old, I can remember some of it still rather vividly. Anyway, I was up in my room (top south window of a two storey house) watching a nice lightning show (as I always have done, back in the days when we used to get storms in Sydney :P), it was around 8 or 9pm at night and I noticed the lightning (mostly forking cg's) were tending to get closer and closer. All of a sudden there was a brilliant flash of white and an absolutely deafening noise on which just threw me into shock for a few seconds. The bedroom lights started flashing on and off, and some of the electronic toys (some spaceship that made noises) switched themselves on and started going crazy. I ran down stairs as fast as I could, my brother and my dad were already halfway up the stairs wondering what just had happened. It took me a while to calm down, I was rather freaked out for a while and I was too afraid to go upstairs during storms for quite a while. The cg had obviously hit my house or the large palm tree near the window.

 

:)

 From: "stephen galowski" To: Subject: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 17:26:10 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
it has been report on ten news at 5 pm
that there has been a raaf hercurles plane with a cameraman onboard over the soloman islands
 
and the first pictures are back , total destruction, and so far no sign of life at all , and also reported that the  death toll could go higer than 1300
 
Stephen
 
 From: "James Holbeach" To: Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:53:02 +1100 Organization: Trapdoor Ski Club X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com

http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-1jan2003-72.htm

 

Quote:

Few signs of life reported on Tikopia after cyclone

The first plane to fly over cyclone battered Tikopia in the Solomon Islands reported massive destruction and few signs of life, New Zealand's TV3 has reported.

The station's cameraman Jeff Mackley flew over the island, struck Saturday by Cyclone Zoe, from Vanuatu.

"It's the worst damage I have ever seen," he said.

There were few signs of life.

Tikopia, which is believed to have a population of around 2,000, has been cut off since just before the storm hit.

An Australian Hercules was due to fly over later today and a Solomons Government patrol vessel was due to sail from the capital Honiara on Wednesday.

The TV3 pictures showed most of the forest stripped bare on the picturesque volcanic island.

The few houses that could be seen were also destroyed.

Mr Mackley, who chartered the single engined aircraft, specialises in filming storms around the world.

 

 

James Holbeach

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Trapdoor Ski Club

Mt. Hotham, Australia

ph. 0417 553 757

http://www.trapdoor.com.au

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-----Original Message-----
From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com] On Behalf Of stephen galowski
Sent: Wednesday, 1 January 2003 6:26 PM
To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Subject: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation

 

it has been report on ten news at 5 pm

that there has been a raaf hercurles plane with a cameraman onboard over the soloman islands

 

and the first pictures are back , total destruction, and so far no sign of life at all , and also reported that the  death toll could go higer than 1300

 

Stephen

 

 From: "James Holbeach" To: Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:54:23 +1100 Organization: Trapdoor Ski Club X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/01/01/solomons.cyclone.reut/

has an image

 

and

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5781215%255E2,00.html

 

Does not look good L

 

 

 

James Holbeach

--------------------------------

Trapdoor Ski Club

Mt. Hotham, Australia

ph. 0417 553 757

http://www.trapdoor.com.au

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-----Original Message-----
From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com] On Behalf Of stephen galowski
Sent: Wednesday, 1 January 2003 6:26 PM
To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Subject: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation

 

it has been report on ten news at 5 pm

that there has been a raaf hercurles plane with a cameraman onboard over the soloman islands

 

and the first pictures are back , total destruction, and so far no sign of life at all , and also reported that the  death toll could go higer than 1300

 

Stephen

 

 X-Originating-IP: [203.40.233.206] From: "ROBERT HALL" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: Rain also in Darwin Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 07:55:09 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jan 2003 07:55:09.0262 (UTC) FILETIME=[1B0366E0:01C2B16B] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com

Glad to hear about your rain! You needed it.

Here in Darwin we awoke on New Years Day to see what seemed to be the long-awaited Monsoon creeping down from the NW.

But in the afternoon, Berrimah Radar (BOM) showed a rain belt coming up from the South.

This seems to be associated with a cloud belt stretching from the Kimberlys SE to NSW.

We should complain - if this is not the blessed monsoon, we'll settle for it.

Cool grey skies, soft continuous rain, muted rumbles of thunder - YAY! Happy Territorians!

Rob Hall

>From: "Keith Barnett"
>Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>To:
>Subject: Re: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North
>Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 16:22:56 +1100
>
>Clearing slowly over the ranges west of Bowral. Sky 7/8ths here (Seven Hills) and 13mm since 8am. One year in 3 it rains here on New Year's day, with 1 year in 10 getting this much, just for trivia.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Phillip Basil-Jones
> To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 3:46 PM
> Subject: Re: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North
>
>
> Yep, only drizzling here in Concord (just south of Ryde)
> Looks like the band may be clearing, on radar
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Damian
> To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 2:52 PM
> Subject: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North
>
>
> Reasonably steady rain falling at the moment here in Sydney's Northern Suburbs between Chatswood West & North Ryde.
>
>
> Damian
> 'My Website': http://www.geocities.com/weatherdamo/index.html

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Whats your revolution This year for 2003, mine is to say out of (TROUBLE) And to be more nicer to people. Anyway happy new year for 2003
 
Regards
Michael Wright 
 From: "Keith Barnett" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Rain also in Darwin Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 19:38:28 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
This commentary on the developing monsoon which is now in the Arafura Sea (Weekly tropical climate note):
 
The near equatorial troughs in both the hemispheres were reorganised during last week. A good northeast surge was evident over the South China Sea into the active convection over the tropical Indian Ocean west of 120E. The cross equatorial flow from the northwest Pacific fed into the southern hemisphere monsoon trough except over Australian longitudes. SPCZ area was active with the formation of tropical cyclone Zoe in the area.

Time-longitude plots of 200 hPa velocity potential, mean sea level pressure and OLR series show increased convection to the west of the Darwin RSMC* longitude range, with obvious eastward propagation. Consistent with this, station pressure series show good phase agreement. BMRC 's coherent OLR mode displays [http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/clfor/cfstaff/matw/maproom/maproom.html] show the current active MJO pulse which commenced at about 80E during last week propagated eastwards to 120E and expected to progress further to 160E during the next couple of weeks. Current active convection over Sumatra is expected to reach northern Australia during the end of this week, which is consistent with the numerical model forecasts. Climatologically the active pulse of the monsoon prevails for one to two weeks over northern Australia. With the increased convection and active monsoon trough, the chances of tropical cyclone formation in the Australian region increases.

I notice isolated parts of NW Oz had 25mm in an hour this afternoon.

See also

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/nmoc/latest.pl?IDCODE=IDX0016

The South Pacific's still looking alive too:

http://www.met.gov.fj/aifs_prods/0641.html

and

http://www.met.gov.fj/aifs_prods/10140.txt

 

 

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: aus-wx: Rain also in Darwin

Glad to hear about your rain! You needed it.

Here in Darwin we awoke on New Years Day to see what seemed to be the long-awaited Monsoon creeping down from the NW.

But in the afternoon, Berrimah Radar (BOM) showed a rain belt coming up from the South.

This seems to be associated with a cloud belt stretching from the Kimberlys SE to NSW.

We should complain - if this is not the blessed monsoon, we'll settle for it.

Cool grey skies, soft continuous rain, muted rumbles of thunder - YAY! Happy Territorians!

Rob Hall

>From: "Keith Barnett"
>Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>To:
>Subject: Re: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North
>Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 16:22:56 +1100
>
>Clearing slowly over the ranges west of Bowral. Sky 7/8ths here (Seven Hills) and 13mm since 8am. One year in 3 it rains here on New Year's day, with 1 year in 10 getting this much, just for trivia.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Phillip Basil-Jones
> To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 3:46 PM
> Subject: Re: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North
>
>
> Yep, only drizzling here in Concord (just south of Ryde)
> Looks like the band may be clearing, on radar
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Damian
> To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 2:52 PM
> Subject: aus-wx: Rain in Sydney's North
>
>
> Reasonably steady rain falling at the moment here in Sydney's Northern Suburbs between Chatswood West & North Ryde.
>
>
> Damian
> 'My Website': http://www.geocities.com/weatherdamo/index.html

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Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 19:09:27 +0800 From: "Phil Smith" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation X-Mailer: WorldClient 6.0.7 X-MDRemoteIP: 192.168.0.2 X-Return-Path: SmithP at ics.edu.hk X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From Geoff Mackley's site: Fate of 1,300 Unknown After Cyclone Zoe I flew over Tikopia Island at 0900 on Jan 01 in a Cessna and the island is a scene of total devastation..in my experience with severe weather the maximum winds on the island would have been between 300 and 350kph...Tikopia Island would have been in the eyewall of Cyclone Zoe when it was at its peak strength, every tree on the island has been blown over or shredded, the island is completely denuded of vegetation, almost every building has been damaged, a few remain intact, while others have been shredded, and the sea has come through some villages and run into the lake which is the islands only water source, burying them, this sort of destruction is normally seen only after a strong tornado or volcanic eruption, a number of people, maybe 20 came down to the beach to watch us fly over ,, my pilot said he counted about 100 people in total, some signalled us with sheets of white plastic, others just sat there, we were unable to land as the island has no airstrip...I will not speculate on the likely casualties or fatalities, if it is not large it will be a miracle..... Phil's comments: At the moment Geoff is absolutely inundated by media enquiries so it's impossible to phone him. Also, his web site is so popular that it is taking many, many minutes to load even using Broadband. Note that the pilot of Geoff's Cessna counted 100 people on the ground on Tikopia, so it is not absolute destruction of the population as was erroneously reported by some media reports. The survivors need prayer support as they face up to grieving for all their lost relatives and the massive job of rebuilding their homes from scratch. Phil <>< International Christian School E-mail: SmithP at ics.edu.hk Doctor Disk E-mail: phil at drdisk.com.hk MSN Messenger: doctordisk at hotmail.com Web-site: http://www.drdisk.com.hk Testimony: http://www.drdisk.com.hk/PhilSmith/about.htm Weather: http://www.drdisk.com.hk/cyclones.htm -----Original Message----- From: "James Holbeach" To: Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:54:23 +1100 Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation > http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/01/01/solomons.cyclone.reut/ > has an image > > and > http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5781215%255E2,00.html > > Does not look good :-( > > > > James Holbeach > -------------------------------- > Trapdoor Ski Club > Mt. Hotham, Australia > ph. 0417 553 757 > http://www.trapdoor.com.au > -------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com > [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com] On Behalf Of stephen > galowski > Sent: Wednesday, 1 January 2003 6:26 PM > To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > Subject: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation > > it has been report on ten news at 5 pm > that there has been a raaf hercurles plane with a cameraman onboard > over > the soloman islands > > and the first pictures are back , total destruction, and so far no sign > of life at all , and also reported that the death toll could go higer > than 1300 > > Stephen > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: "Rhett & AJ" To: Subject: aus-wx: Christmas Period Reports and Photos from Tamworth and Hunter Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 22:11:15 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi all, Well I finally got back to Sydney and have put together some reports and photos I took over the Chrismas Period. 21 December 2002 - Isolated Storms bring rain to Peel Valley: http://www.wilgatree.com/reporting/20021221_tamworth.htm 22 December 2002 - Severe Thunderstorms brings gusty winds and lightning to Tamworth, Major hail to Guyra: Some lightning photo http://www.wilgatree.com/reporting/20021222_tamworth.htm 23 December 2002 - Thunderstorms Tamworth: Some lightning photos http://www.wilgatree.com/reporting/20021223_tamworth.htm 24 December 2002 - Attunga storm chase: Rain, Lowering, Flanking Line, Rainbow http://www.wilgatree.com/reporting/20021224_attunga.htm 25 December 2002 - Thunderstorm development South of Scone: Series of photos showing development of a storm on Christmas http://www.wilgatree.com/reporting/20021225_scone.htm 25 December 2002 - Severe Storm brings heavy rain to Somerton: Damage photos http://www.wilgatree.com/reporting/20021225_somerton.htm Rhett +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 23:33:24 +1000 From: Anthony Cornelius X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: Aus-wx , Wx-Chase Subject: aus-wx: Latest Chase Reports Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Hi Everyone, I've uploaded some new chase reports on my site at: http://www.downunderchase.com/stormchasing/02-03/index.html There's six all up...the best three are the following: http://www.downunderchase.com/stormchasing/02-03/04_11_02ac.html Supercell hailstorm moved into the Brisbane Valley, gave some awesome lightning and nice hail...followed by some great mammatus! http://www.downunderchase.com/stormchasing/02-03/11_11_02ac.html Once again, some awesome lightning...especially at night (some of it shown on Channel 7) - some awesome CC/CG combinations! http://www.downunderchase.com/stormchasing/02-03/13_11_02ac.html Yet more awesome evening lightning, countless number of CGs from some slow moving storms - a night to remember! The other three can be see at: http://www.downunderchase.com/stormchasing/02-03/index.html Oct 23 Brisbane Duststorm, Nov 14 Granite Belt pulse-storms, and Nov 15 storms (line through Brisbane). -- Anthony Cornelius Vice President & Queensland Coordinator of the Australian Severe Weather Association (ASWA) (07) 3390 4812 http://www.severeweather.asn.au +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ X-Originating-IP: [203.40.233.130] From: "ROBERT HALL" To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 13:42:48 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jan 2003 13:42:49.0227 (UTC) FILETIME=[AC8575B0:01C2B19B] Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com

Prayer support Phil? Oh please. Would prayers have prevented this? If prayers had any effect imagine what a happy place Jerusalem must be tonight. And is it?

Dear Lord, help us stick to science!

Rob Hall 

>From: "Phil Smith"
>Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation
>Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 19:09:27 +0800
>
>From Geoff Mackley's site:
>
>Fate of 1,300 Unknown After Cyclone Zoe
>
> I flew over Tikopia Island at 0900 on Jan 01 in a Cessna and the island
>is a scene of total devastation..in my experience with severe weather
>the maximum winds on the island would have been between 300 and
>350kph...Tikopia Island would have been in the eyewall of Cyclone Zoe
>when it was at its peak strength, every tree on the island has been
>blown over or shredded, the island is completely denuded of vegetation,
>almost every building has been damaged, a few remain intact, while
>others have been shredded, and the sea has come through some villages
>and run into the lake which is the islands only water source, burying
>them, this sort of destruction is normally seen only after a strong
>tornado or volcanic eruption, a number of people, maybe 20 came down to
>the beach to watch us fly over ,, my pilot said he counted about 100
>people in total, some signalled us with sheets of white plastic, others
>just sat there, we were unable to land as the island has no airstrip...I
>will not speculate on the likely casualties or fatalities, if it is not
>large it will be a miracle.....
>
>Phil's comments:
>At the moment Geoff is absolutely inundated by media enquiries so it's
>impossible to phone him. Also, his web site is so popular that it is
>taking many, many minutes to load even using Broadband.
>Note that the pilot of Geoff's Cessna counted 100 people on the ground
>on Tikopia, so it is not absolute destruction of the population as was
>erroneously reported by some media reports.
>
>The survivors need prayer support as they face up to grieving for all
>their lost relatives and the massive job of rebuilding their homes from
>scratch.
>
>Phil
><><
>
>International Christian School E-mail: SmithP at ics.edu.hk
>Doctor Disk E-mail: phil at drdisk.com.hk
>MSN Messenger: doctordisk at hotmail.com
>Web-site: http://www.drdisk.com.hk
>Testimony: http://www.drdisk.com.hk/PhilSmith/about.htm
>Weather: http://www.drdisk.com.hk/cyclones.htm
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "James Holbeach"
>To:
>Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:54:23 +1100
>Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation
>
> > http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/01/01/solomons.cyclone.reut/
> > has an image
> >
> > and
> > http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5781215%255E2,00.html
> >
> > Does not look good :-(
> >
> >
> >
> > James Holbeach
> > --------------------------------
> > Trapdoor Ski Club
> > Mt. Hotham, Australia
> > ph. 0417 553 757
> > http://www.trapdoor.com.au
> > --------------------------------
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com
> > [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com] On Behalf Of stephen
> > galowski
> > Sent: Wednesday, 1 January 2003 6:26 PM
> > To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> > Subject: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation
> >
> > it has been report on ten news at 5 pm
> > that there has been a raaf hercurles plane with a cameraman onboard
> > over
> > the soloman islands
> >
> > and the first pictures are back , total destruction, and so far no sign
> > of life at all , and also reported that the death toll could go higer
> > than 1300
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> >
>
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Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 00:00:29 +1000 From: Anthony Cornelius X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Subject: Re: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com From the moment I read Phil's email I thought some fool would pipe their little nose up about it. It's funny how many people get offended by the mere thought of religion! Would the same reaction have been given had some other type of support been proposed? I think not. AC ROBERT HALL wrote: > > Prayer support Phil? Oh please. Would prayers have prevented this? If > prayers had any effect imagine what a happy place Jerusalem must be > tonight. And is it? > > Dear Lord, help us stick to science! > > Rob Hall > > >From: "Phil Smith" > >Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > >To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > >Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation > >Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 19:09:27 +0800 > > > >From Geoff Mackley's site: > > > >Fate of 1,300 Unknown After Cyclone Zoe > > > > I flew over Tikopia Island at 0900 on Jan 01 in a Cessna and the > island > >is a scene of total devastation..in my experience with severe weather > >the maximum winds on the island would have been between 300 and > >350kph...Tikopia Island would have been in the eyewall of Cyclone Zoe > >when it was at its peak strength, every tree on the island has been > >blown over or shredded, the island is completely denuded of > vegetation, > >almost every building has been damaged, a few remain intact, while > >others have been shredded, and the sea has come through some villages > >and run into the lake which is the islands only water source, burying > >them, this sort of destruction is normally seen only after a strong > >tornado or volcanic eruption, a number of people, maybe 20 came down > to > >the beach to watch us fly over ,, my pilot said he counted about 100 > >people in total, some signalled us with sheets of white plastic, > others > >just sat there, we were unable to land as the island has no > airstrip...I > >will not speculate on the likely casualties or fatalities, if it is > not > >large it will be a miracle..... > > > >Phil's comments: > >At the moment Geoff is absolutely inundated by media enquiries so > it's > >impossible to phone him. Also, his web site is so popular that it is > >taking many, many minutes to load even using Broadband. > >Note that the pilot of Geoff's Cessna counted 100 people on the > ground > >on Tikopia, so it is not absolute destruction of the population as > was > >erroneously reported by some media reports. > > > >The survivors need prayer support as they face up to grieving for all > >their lost relatives and the massive job of rebuilding their homes > from > >scratch. > > > >Phil > ><>< > > > >International Christian School E-mail: SmithP at ics.edu.hk > >Doctor Disk E-mail: phil at drdisk.com.hk > >MSN Messenger: doctordisk at hotmail.com > >Web-site: http://www.drdisk.com.hk > >Testimony: http://www.drdisk.com.hk/PhilSmith/about.htm > >Weather: http://www.drdisk.com.hk/cyclones.htm > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: "James Holbeach" > >To: > >Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:54:23 +1100 > >Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/01/01/solomons.cyclone.reut/ > > > has an image > > > > > > and > > > > http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5781215%255E2,00.html > > > > > > Does not look good :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > James Holbeach > > > -------------------------------- > > > Trapdoor Ski Club > > > Mt. Hotham, Australia > > > ph. 0417 553 757 > > > http://www.trapdoor.com.au > > > -------------------------------- > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com > > > [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com] On Behalf Of > stephen > > > galowski > > > Sent: Wednesday, 1 January 2003 6:26 PM > > > To: aussie-weather at world.std.com > > > Subject: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation > > > > > > it has been report on ten news at 5 pm > > > that there has been a raaf hercurles plane with a cameraman > onboard > > > over > > > the soloman islands > > > > > > and the first pictures are back , total destruction, and so far no > sign > > > of life at all , and also reported that the death toll could go > higer > > > than 1300 > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail > to:majordomo at world.std.com > > with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of > your > > message. > > > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail > to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather > your_email_address" in the body of your message. > -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 01:50:46 +1100 (EST) From: Robert Goler Subject: Re: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation - no religious debate please! X-X-Sender: robert at tornado.maths.monash.edu.au To: aussie-weather at world.std.com Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Anthony Cornelius wrote: > From the moment I read Phil's email I thought some fool would pipe their > little nose up about it. It's funny how many people get offended by the > mere thought of religion! Would the same reaction have been given had > some other type of support been proposed? I think not. Looks like another religion slanging match about to commence on the list. Would it be asking too much for every man and his dog NOT to voice their opinion about religion on this list??? I don't fancy the idea of having my mailbox filled with emails about nothing, which could result in me accidently missing an email of relevance, say something to do with weather which is what this list is about. Cheers -- Robert A. Goler School of Mathematical Sciences PO Box 28M Monash University Clayton, Vic 3800 Australia ph. +61 3 9905 4424 email: Robert.Goler at maths.monash.edu.au http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~robert/ -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: "Michael Wright" To: Subject: aus-wx: Showers Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 01:48:13 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
well same time again last night jsut a vero not must at infact better last night with the showers that came in.
Regards
Michael Wright
S.E.S Member
 From: "Michael Wright" To: Subject: aus-wx: Warning to all user of hotmail and msm Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 11:10:35 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Good Morning all
 
Just letting you no that their is and e-mail called zoedos at hotmail.com witch i recive late last night please be warned he is a hacter and he will destory your pc and live you with fully languish, I stongely sugest you e-mail nine msm  at  customer.service at ninemsn.com.au
if you recive this e-mail.
 
(sorry for the off topic)
 
Regards
Michael Wright
 From: "stephen galowski" To: Subject: aus-wx: tc zoe update on devistations Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 11:37:43 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
   instead of just the 2 atols it has hit
it is now confirmed that 3 atols have been hit
now the fate of upto 4000 people are unknowen
 
Stephen
 
 From: "stephen galowski" To: Subject: aus-wx: update on the solomon islands from abc.net.au Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 11:56:49 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
 
it looks really bad
 
Phill Smith do you have any comments on this type of destruction ?
 
 
Stephen
 
 From: "R & R McKenzie" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: I'm home Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:47:28 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com We are just north of the city in Invermay, abou 2.4 klms from the end of Doveton Street. The area used to be farmland but now houses on 5 acre blocks seem to be the current thing. If you live here you are supposed to have grape vines and make your own Chardonnay, but we think making wine is a waste of drinking time ;-) Besides, we used to be apple orchardists near Orange in NSW, and have an aversion to anything that need to be picked en-mass... Robyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Smith" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 4:16 PM Subject: Re: aus-wx: I'm home > I lived in and around Ballarat for a few years (1960s), where are you in > relation to Ballarat? > > Phil > <>< > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from aussie-weather send e-mail to:majordomo at world.std.com with "unsubscribe aussie-weather your_email_address" in the body of your message. -----------------------jacob at iinet.net.au------------------------------ From: "R & R McKenzie" To: Subject: aus-wx: New Year Resolutions Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:53:41 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
I made a New Year Resolution back in 1981 which I have never broken - I resolved never to make another New Year Resolution... Besides, I could never be more nicer to people, I'm too old and cranky, and I just look for trouble because it is a lot less boring than being good ;-þ
 
Robyn
Pagan (but only if it upsets someone.)
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 7:13 PM
Subject: aus-wx: Happy New Year

Whats your revolution This year for 2003, mine is to say out of (TROUBLE) And to be more nicer to people. Anyway happy new year for 2003
 
Regards
Michael Wright 
 Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:56:59 +1030 (Cen. Australia Daylight Time) X-Mailer: IncrediMail 2001 (1800838) From: "Richard Modistach" X-FID: FLAVOR00-NONE-0000-0000-000000000000 X-FVER: X-CNT: ; To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: New Year Resolutions Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
lol robyn, you sound just like me you great big s**t stirrer.
 
richard
 

 
-------Original Message-------
 
Date: Thursday, 2 January 2003 3:29:50 PM
Subject: aus-wx: New Year Resolutions
 
I made a New Year Resolution back in 1981 which I have never broken - I resolved never to make another New Year Resolution... Besides, I could never be more nicer to people, I'm too old and cranky, and I just look for trouble because it is a lot less boring than being good ;-þ
 
Robyn
Pagan (but only if it upsets someone.)
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 7:13 PM
Subject: aus-wx: Happy New Year

Whats your revolution This year for 2003, mine is to say out of (TROUBLE) And to be more nicer to people. Anyway happy new year for 2003
 
Regards
Michael Wright 
 
____________________________________________________
  IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here Embedded Content: IMSTP45.gif: 00000001,3c4db48d,00000000,00000000 Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:12:33 +1030 (Cen. Australia Daylight Time) X-Mailer: IncrediMail 2001 (1800838) From: "Richard Modistach" X-FID: FLAVOR00-NONE-0000-0000-000000000000 X-FVER: X-CNT: ; To: Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
good on ya robert, you've made your views absolutley radiant, having been bought up as a christian in my early years and turned to science over the next 20, i express my views in the appropriate forums, whilst i agree with your views, your public slap in the face and attack on his beliefs, to phil on his concerned expression toward these people is dispicable and if you've got nothing better to say  other than attack someones beliefs then do your self and everyone else a favour  and don't post into this forum.
 
i'm with you phil, my heart and thoughts go out to these people who have been  basically cleaved off the map.......paradise lost.
 
richard 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
Date: Thursday, 2 January 2003 12:29:16 AM
Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation
 

Prayer support Phil? Oh please. Would prayers have prevented this? If prayers had any effect imagine what a happy place Jerusalem must be tonight. And is it?

Dear Lord, help us stick to science!

Rob Hall 

>From: "Phil Smith"
>Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
>Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation
>Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 19:09:27 +0800
>
>From Geoff Mackley's site:
>
>Fate of 1,300 Unknown After Cyclone Zoe
>
> I flew over Tikopia Island at 0900 on Jan 01 in a Cessna and the island
>is a scene of total devastation..in my experience with severe weather
>the maximum winds on the island would have been between 300 and
>350kph...Tikopia Island would have been in the eyewall of Cyclone Zoe
>when it was at its peak strength, every tree on the island has been
>blown over or shredded, the island is completely denuded of vegetation,
>almost every building has been damaged, a few remain intact, while
>others have been shredded, and the sea has come through some villages
>and run into the lake which is the islands only water source, burying
>them, this sort of destruction is normally seen only after a strong
>tornado or volcanic eruption, a number of people, maybe 20 came down to
>the beach to watch us fly over ,, my pilot said he counted about 100
>people in total, some signalled us with sheets of white plastic, others
>just sat there, we were unable to land as the island has no airstrip...I
>will not speculate on the likely casualties or fatalities, if it is not
>large it will be a miracle.....
>
>Phil's comments:
>At the moment Geoff is absolutely inundated by media enquiries so it's
>impossible to phone him. Also, his web site is so popular that it is
>taking many, many minutes to load even using Broadband.
>Note that the pilot of Geoff's Cessna counted 100 people on the ground
>on Tikopia, so it is not absolute destruction of the population as was
>erroneously reported by some media reports.
>
>The survivors need prayer support as they face up to grieving for all
>their lost relatives and the massive job of rebuilding their homes from
>scratch.
>
>Phil
><><
>
>International Christian School E-mail: SmithP at ics.edu.hk
>Doctor Disk E-mail: phil at drdisk.com.hk
>MSN Messenger: doctordisk at hotmail.com
>Web-site: http://www.drdisk.com.hk
>Testimony: http://www.drdisk.com.hk/PhilSmith/about.htm
>Weather: http://www.drdisk.com.hk/cyclones.htm
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "James Holbeach"
>To:
>Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:54:23 +1100
>Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation
>
> > http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/01/01/solomons.cyclone.reut/
> > has an image
> >
> > and
> > http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5781215%255E2,00.html
> >
> > Does not look good :-(
> >
> >
> >
> > James Holbeach
> > --------------------------------
> > Trapdoor Ski Club
> > Mt. Hotham, Australia
> > ph. 0417 553 757
> > http://www.trapdoor.com.au
> > --------------------------------
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com
> > [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com] On Behalf Of stephen
> > galowski
> > Sent: Wednesday, 1 January 2003 6:26 PM
> > To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
> > Subject: aus-wx: tc zoe deversation
> >
> > it has been report on ten news at 5 pm
> > that there has been a raaf hercurles plane with a cameraman onboard
> > over
> > the soloman islands
> >
> > and the first pictures are back , total destruction, and so far no sign
> > of life at all , and also reported that the death toll could go higer
> > than 1300
> >
> > Stephen
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  IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here Embedded Content: IMSTP46.gif: 00000001,2ffd36da,00000000,00000000 From: "arky dave" To: Subject: aus-wx: DEC. 2002: Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 01:44:58 -0600 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Holiday Greetings & Best New Year Wishes To All:
Heres the December, 2002 weather for Mena, Arkansas:
Avg. High:51.2F(10.6C)
Avg. Low:34.7F(1.5C)
       High:68F(20.0C) Dec 17
       Low:18F(-7.7C) Dec 25
Rain For Month:7.83IN(198.8mm)
                      (+3.53IN/+89.6mm)
Rain For Year (Final 2002):64.58IN(1,640.3mm)
                                      (+8.08IN/+205.2mm)
 
A few 2002 numbers:
High for Year:96F(35.5C) Aug 2, 3, 4, 6, 23
Low for Year: 9F(-12.7C) Mar 3
Wettest Day:4.00IN(101.6mm) Apr 7
Wettest Week:5.20IN(132.0mm) Mar 17-23
Snow for Year:5IN(127.0mm)
 
Enjoy your year (whats left of it!!!)
With Best Regards
Yours David Powell
 
 From: "Keith Barnett" To: "Weather list" Subject: aus-wx: Monsoon..or is it too much to hope for..? Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:57:18 +1100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
It's a while I think since the tropics looked this promising:
 
 
 
What chance I wonder of one of those mobile monsoon depressions, that love to trek westward across the NT and turn into west coast cyclones,  coming south this year and breaking the drought...?
 
Keith Barnett
Weather fanatic and classical musician
Website: http://www.wthrman.com
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 From: "stephen galowski" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Monsoon..or is it too much to hope for..? Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:10:17 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
here is the correct site for the globeflast picture
 
Stephen
 
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Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: aus-wx: Monsoon..or is it too much to hope for..?

It's a while I think since the tropics looked this promising:
 
 
 
What chance I wonder of one of those mobile monsoon depressions, that love to trek westward across the NT and turn into west coast cyclones,  coming south this year and breaking the drought...?
 
Keith Barnett
Weather fanatic and classical musician
Website: http://www.wthrman.com
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 From: "Michael Wright" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: Monsoon..or is it too much to hope for..? Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:55:22 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
it's better it has been over the past couple of year, may just may i say we could be in a good chance for a cat 5 cyclone this year.
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Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: aus-wx: Monsoon..or is it too much to hope for..?

It's a while I think since the tropics looked this promising:
 
 
 
What chance I wonder of one of those mobile monsoon depressions, that love to trek westward across the NT and turn into west coast cyclones,  coming south this year and breaking the drought...?
 
Keith Barnett
Weather fanatic and classical musician
Website: http://www.wthrman.com
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 From: "Michael Wright" To: Subject: aus-wx: The deadlyman Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:00:47 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
The SOI show it's well into the 0 mark, could this been the end to the worst drought that we are having.
 
Regards
Michael Wright
(Nature Cant Storp Anything In It's Path)
 From: "James Holbeach" To: Subject: RE: aus-wx: Warning to all user of hotmail and msm Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 20:01:49 +1100 Organization: Trapdoor Ski Club X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com

It is actually far more prevalent than just that e-mail address.

 

There is a plethora of virus attachments coming through hotmail at the moment.

 

Any attachment that claims to be a free Screensaver or any other suspicious executable (*.pif, *.exe *.bat etc . . .) DO NOT OPEN- delete the e-mail immediately, even if it comes from a known source. Basically, if you did not ask for it, do not use it! J

 

A little bit of common sense is the best virus prevention

 

Cheers

 

James

James Holbeach

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Trapdoor Ski Club

Mt. Hotham, Australia

ph. 0417 553 757

http://www.trapdoor.com.au

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-----Original Message-----
From: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com [mailto:aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com] On Behalf Of Michael Wright
Sent: Thursday, 2 January 2003 12:11 PM
To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
Subject: aus-wx: Warning to all user of hotmail and msm

 

Good Morning all

 

Just letting you no that their is and e-mail called zoedos at hotmail.com witch i recive late last night please be warned he is a hacter and he will destory your pc and live you with fully languish, I stongely sugest you e-mail nine msm  at  customer.service at ninemsn.com.au
if you recive this e-mail.

 

(sorry for the off topic)

 

Regards

Michael Wright

 From: "Michael Wright" To: Subject: Re: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:08:14 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: aussie-weather-approval at world.std.com Reply-To: aussie-weather at world.std.com
I'm a non believer mate it's in your sprits mate,Trust me.  One Thing i hate is people knocking at your door to be prayed on and i really don't think this is the please to put in a thread about relishes people keep it clean i don't want to here it kkeep it to your self.
 
Regard
Michael Wright
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Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:42 PM
Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation

good on ya robert, you've made your views absolutley radiant, having been bought up as a christian in my early years and turned to science over the next 20, i express my views in the appropriate forums, whilst i agree with your views, your public slap in the face and attack on his beliefs, to phil on his concerned expression toward these people is dispicable and if you've got nothing better to say  other than attack someones beliefs then do your self and everyone else a favour  and don't post into this forum.
 
i'm with you phil, my heart and thoughts go out to these people who have been  basically cleaved off the map.......paradise lost.
 
richard 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
Date: Thursday, 2 January 2003 12:29:16 AM
Subject: RE: aus-wx: tc zoe devastation
 

Prayer support Phil? Oh please. Would prayers have prevented this? If prayers had any effect imagine what a happy place Jerusalem must be tonight. And is it?

Dear Lord, help us stick to science!

Rob Hall 

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