http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/east-coast-bracing-for-another-super-storm/ar-AAh0JqG?li=AAgfYrC&ocid=mailsignoutmd

Oh no. More TV reporters breathlessly standing in the rain wearing their raincoats with their TV Station logo showing us pictures of flowing rivers, windscreen wipers working, cars driving through puddles, surf on the rocks and the obligatory blown over tree! A friend of mine was a reporter for a long time and told me how they would drive around for hours and hours to find a blown over tree or anything damaged to stand in front of to do their story.

And I love how the media says "super storm". How about Typhoon Fengshen, About 600 people were left dead, Hurricane Hanna,
in the Caribbean islands killed at least 500 people, Typhoon Morakot caused massive flooding in Taiwan and left about 700 people dead or missing. Hurricane Ida in El Salvador left almost 280 dead or missing for a start.

But that wont stop our media carrying on like pork chops about our bit of wind and rain.

www.abc.net.au/news/newschannel/weather-in-90-seconds/

But we do have nice weather girls

True trek. I saw it on the news and thought "naaaaaa" they've done it before. Make something out of nothing based on something that happened that got a lot of attention.
I'm from raumati.

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Sectorsteve said..
True trek. I saw it on the news and thought "naaaaaa" they've done it before. Make something out of nothing based on something that happened that got a lot of attention.
I'm from raumati.

Nice beach at Raumati. When I was learning to sail P Classes at Petone if we waited for a day with wind less than 20kts and no rain we would never have got out on the water!

yes I accidentally went to nine msn
and it popped out didn't even read it just pasted on SB
Then went to work
other than ABC news the rest it crap

exactly where on the Storm scale does a "Super Storm" exist ?

^ you will find it on the page marked " media beat up" paragraph " its a storm...we are all going to die...read about it here!".

NOW I've got that ill felt sarcasm out my system.

I sincerely hope it fizzles out....no one on sea or land is hurt

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HG02 said...
yes I accidentally went to nine msn
and it popped out didn't even read it just pasted on SB
Then went to work
other than ABC news the rest it crap

Three mistakes in under a hour!

I agree....get them all out the way early on in the day

None this would have happened if you were sailing

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Bruski068 said..
exactly where on the Storm scale does a "Super Storm" exist ?

Super Storm would have to be 13 because 11 is already taken

7.30 Friday morning ..... as predicted channel 7 just showed a car driving through a puddle and David Koch warned us to brace ourselves for the East Coast Low. Looks like the media has a new buzz word.

Its so major they have a guest meteorologist on next to tell us it will rain and be windy on the weekend. Good grief!!!!!

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Trek said..


7.30 Friday morning ..... as predicted channel 7 just showed a car driving through a puddle and David Koch warned us to brace ourselves for the East Coast Low. Looks like the media has a new buzz word.

Its so major they have a guest meteorologist on next to tell us it will rain and be windy on the weekend. Good grief!!!!!

And I thought it was just winter weather....

Umm Ch9, Ch7 .... where is the super storm I cant see one outside!!

Hell of a hail storm in Alice Springs the other day but our forecasts for the weekend are moderating all the time! It's going to be a pretty boring super storm.

As Roger Badham often says " living memory (as in worst storm in living memory ) is nowdays about 18 months.
Looks like it is getting even shorter.

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madmission said
May have fizzled out ?

How Wrong was I last time 9/5/16
After last effort
Not too game to predict anything any more
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I predict you will have some fun going north this winter Mad Mission

Just noticed the weather as I logged on.

At the Camden Haven we are just getting the leading edge of the rain, be gone by Tuesday BUT

There is another on the way next weekend,

Thanks to the fact I don't work anymore and can enjoy my weekends mid week!

Next weekend is looking very bad for sydney.
Seas are 6.5 m yesterday they were predicting 50 knts Friday night.
Great when I only get one weekend off out of 3 and my last was the previous low

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HG02 said..
I predict you will have some fun going north this winter Mad Mission

If we receive the last minute purchases , charts aus 252 ,241 , solar showers , ctek battery charger and low voltage globes early this week
Thursday we will be dropping the "mooring" and be express at 50 knots to shute harbour expecting a tail wind out of this cold and miserable south till mid august and return to work.



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I have the whits charts here Madmission if Id known Id have posted to to you

And **** is to hit the fan again this weekend coming, Camden Haven is expecting 35 knot winds and 7 m seas


"Blast I just got Bleeeeped!

Seaford pier Port Philip Bay
South Ace sent this across around 4 pm