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Originally Posted by natasha_fawn
We did *not* get nearly the sleeting that was predicted. There's about 3 feet total, and huge plow piles and drifts, but no power outages thank goodness.
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Three feet in the ski resorts and mountainous areas in Oz would be considered an absolute monstering. In most other areas of Australia any snow would be considered a sign of the End Days.
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Is everyone down in Oz okay?
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I don't know anyone in the region affected myself, and can't recall any MR folks from the region. There are a lot of power-outage-affected homes and damaged communications, so an MR person from the area might have some difficulty keeping in touch at the moment. For what it's worth, a good place for up-to-date news on TC Yasi can be found here:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/cyclone-yasi/
and Bureau of Meteorology stuff on current tropical cyclones (such as Yasi), amongst all the other weather data, can be found here:
http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/index.shtml
Cheers,
Marc