This ABC online story quoting an experienced north Queensland storm chaser starts to reveal the truth that Yasi was unlikely to have been a category 5 cyclone as it hit the coast – the damage simply is not there for that. Luckily for residents windspeeds must have decayed quicker than we have been told. Just to remind us what cyclone damage can look like –
here is a photo of Darwin after Tracy (thanks National Archives)
and here is a website with other photos.
I have thought all along that the BoM sticking with their first 295km/h “estimate” has been misleading – and we have all heard the Govt hype then further media hype on top. Even now 8am on the 4th the Ch9 Today TV show is beating up pictures of damage – which show many houses near intact – luckily for most residents.
This photo from the ABC on an article about damage at Cardwell
– on examination shows only moderate damage. Click for larger version. My comments – in a cyclone prone region shops and houses are built this near the coast ? I see two places with roof damage yet the row of beachfront shops with their verandahs and service station with forecourt roof are pretty intact. Also at far right the quite large pretty fragile looking carport/leanto looks OK.
My graphic of weather obs data from Lucinda – ~80km south of Mission Beach which has been quoted as where Yasi crossed the coast. These are the closest obs to the Yasi track I can find on the coast. Note the temperatures up to +60C – obviously some instruments went haywire for a while.

The ABC reports that – “Category five Cyclone Yasi has knocked out….the weather bureau’s radar and wind..” instruments.
I note that the Willis Island observations page shows no wind obs for 4 days.
Other nearby reefs – for example Holmes and The 100mg of this Jelly produces fast comes about, as with the perfect measure of sexual incitement, it creates comes about inside no time (normally 30 minutes). discount viagra The latter cashes in on their branding to charge a higher price than pdxcommercial.com canada viagra cheap tablets. viagra is available at lower rates despite offering the same results. Sexual issues are seen in adult female viagra uk men of all ages. discount bulk viagra These procedures determine the place of misalignment and the extent of the deformity. Flinders reefs still show all obs recording.
Perhaps someone can explain to me why if aircraft can fly at +3000km per hr – it is beyond the wits of a wealthy nation to have wind meters designed to withstand a sixth of that.