Discussion of media coverage of Cyclone Alfred
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Rare media conference for a cyclone to potentially hit NSW.
Get ready for reports with umbrellas.
Discussion of impact on AFL. Nothing much on NRL this morning
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Live updates: Preparations underway as Tropical Cyclone Alfred forecast to make landfall on Thursday - ABC News
ABC News with a live blog.
Ok - Who’ll be the first network to have a countdown timer to landfall? I call 7 News…
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Grafton is now officially on cyclone watch. Coffs Harbour isn’t but I can tell you it’s quite windy at the moment.
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That’s their standard graphic isn’t it?
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I mean, given there could be rainfalls of up to 600mm, I say there should be some sort of urgency to be prepared
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Fair enough, I do feel it is a bit larger than normal and a bit overbearing
Er, you do realise this is a cyclone hitting an area that isn’t prepared for them usually right? I think it’s a fair headline.
Residents in cyclone zones like Darwin and Cairns are told to prepare a cyclone kit in September with enough food and water to last them three days. I bet less than 25 per cent of homes in SEQ have enough non-perishable food to last a day without electricity. The advice from the premier himself is to prepare now.
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And more than half the state’s population live in the zone on alert.
Im going to go out on a limb here and bet that the cyclone will fizzle.
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Quite possibly, but that shouldn’t stop people being prepared if it doesn’t die out - the forecast rain amounts alone are enough to cause serious issues, let alone any wind that may come with it.
I suspect we’ll know more tonight after the cyclone makes (or doesn’t) the predicted turn towards the coast
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Schools likely closed in Metro North (Brisbane) on Thursday and Friday, possibly Wednesday. To be updated today.
Update: open Wednesday. Advice re: Thursday will be given after midday tomorrow.
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9News reported that all ferries were pulled from their Brisbane River routes at midnight (QLD time) to be floated to safe harbour, with Moreton Bay ferries to follow later today.
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