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19 Mar 2006 07:13:53 PM |
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Good luck to those Down Under |
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
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| User: "John Wilkins" |
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19 Mar 2006 08:20:59 PM |
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wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
It's up North, where the population density is pretty low (not that will help
the poor buggers that go through it). It's not like NO, or Florida.
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John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Who are you going to believe? Me, or your own eyes?
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| User: "Stuart" |
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20 Mar 2006 08:47:21 PM |
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wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
180 MPH winds..
Oh boy... You can gab onto a flag pole and the wind will blow you
horizontal at that speed.
Stuart
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| User: "Marc" |
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20 Mar 2006 09:59:26 PM |
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Stuart wrote:
chris.linthompson@gmail.com wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
180 MPH winds..
Oh boy... You can gab onto a flag pole and the wind will blow you
horizontal at that speed.
The trouble is that all the bananas in Australia are
1) no longer bent, and 2) not on the trees anymore.
and the suger cane crop is also wiped out, which
might even put up the price of rum.
(signed) marc
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| User: "John Wilkins" |
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20 Mar 2006 10:34:59 PM |
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Marc wrote:
Stuart wrote:
chris.linthompson@gmail.com wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
180 MPH winds..
Oh boy... You can gab onto a flag pole and the wind will blow you
horizontal at that speed.
The trouble is that all the bananas in Australia are
1) no longer bent, and 2) not on the trees anymore.
It's OK, though because we have an entire state of people who can bend the
bananas.
and the suger cane crop is also wiped out, which
might even put up the price of rum.
Good thing I drink beer then.
(signed) marc
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John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Who are you going to believe? Me, or your own eyes?
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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21 Mar 2006 01:34:50 AM |
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On 20 Mar 2006 19:59:26 -0800, "Marc" <mbuhler@mail.usyd.edu.au>
wrote:
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Stuart wrote:
chris.linthompson@gmail.com wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
180 MPH winds..
Oh boy... You can gab onto a flag pole and the wind will blow you
horizontal at that speed.
The trouble is that all the bananas in Australia are
1) no longer bent, and 2) not on the trees anymore.
and the suger cane crop is also wiped out, which
might even put up the price of rum.
(signed) marc
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It made me quite sad when the Beenleigh distillery stopped making the
best rum in the universe...
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| User: "Earle Jones" |
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25 Mar 2006 02:12:17 PM |
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In article <l1bv12lf0kd3r2dp1usb273top1jf0n97i@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On 20 Mar 2006 19:59:26 -0800, "Marc" <mbuhler@mail.usyd.edu.au>
wrote:
- Refer: <1142913566.005040.150950@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Stuart wrote:
chris.linthompson@gmail.com wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
180 MPH winds..
Oh boy... You can gab onto a flag pole and the wind will blow you
horizontal at that speed.
The trouble is that all the bananas in Australia are
1) no longer bent, and 2) not on the trees anymore.
and the suger cane crop is also wiped out, which
might even put up the price of rum.
(signed) marc
..
It made me quite sad when the Beenleigh distillery stopped making the
best rum in the universe...
*
I visited Cuba a couple of years ago (before president Bush decided
that such visits might corrupt our morals) and tried several of the
local Cuban rums. The cheap stuff was about US$2 or $3 per bottle.
The best 'anejo' (aged) was seven years old and cost US$7 per bottle.
The best aged rum should be sipped in a snifter like a good brandy.
Never tried the Beenleigh in Oz.
earle
*
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| User: "Marc" |
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25 Mar 2006 06:22:08 PM |
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Earle Jones wrote:
In article <l1bv12lf0kd3r2dp1usb273top1jf0n97i@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On 20 Mar 2006 19:59:26 -0800, "Marc" <mbuhler@mail.usyd.edu.au>
wrote:
- Refer: <1142913566.005040.150950@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Stuart wrote:
chris.linthompson@gmail.com wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
180 MPH winds..
Oh boy... You can gab onto a flag pole and the wind will blow you
horizontal at that speed.
The trouble is that all the bananas in Australia are
1) no longer bent, and 2) not on the trees anymore.
and the suger cane crop is also wiped out, which
might even put up the price of rum.
(signed) marc
..
It made me quite sad when the Beenleigh distillery stopped making the
best rum in the universe...
*
I visited Cuba a couple of years ago (before president Bush decided
that such visits might corrupt our morals) and tried several of the
local Cuban rums. The cheap stuff was about US$2 or $3 per bottle.
The best 'anejo' (aged) was seven years old and cost US$7 per bottle.
The best aged rum should be sipped in a snifter like a good brandy.
Never tried the Beenleigh in Oz.
In the early 70's I did a couple of marine science courses
on St. Croix, a US Virgin Island. Twelve "fifths" of the local
"Old St. Croix" white rum (a case of rum) cost just $8. Total.
(The USVI are tax free.)
That was $0.67 a bottle (a fifth of a gallon each).
Coke cost more than that - needless to say we used to mix
some rather strong drinks. (Small wonder I'm not a career
marine biologist.)
(signed) marc
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| User: "Marc" |
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21 Mar 2006 02:21:06 AM |
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Michael Gray wrote:
On 20 Mar 2006 19:59:26 -0800, "Marc" <mbuhler@mail.usyd.edu.au>
wrote:
- Refer: <1142913566.005040.150950@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Stuart wrote:
chris.linthompson@gmail.com wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
180 MPH winds..
Oh boy... You can gab onto a flag pole and the wind will blow you
horizontal at that speed.
The trouble is that all the bananas in Australia are
1) no longer bent, and 2) not on the trees anymore.
and the suger cane crop is also wiped out, which
might even put up the price of rum.
(signed) marc
..
It made me quite sad when the Beenleigh distillery stopped making the
best rum in the universe...
My family has spent a lot of holiday time (and for a while
I lived and worked) on Culebra Island, just east of Puerto
Rico, and some of the rums there have become traditions
for us - Ron del Barrilito two and three star rums especially.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Fernandez
http://www.polishedpalate.com/press/ronbarrilito.html
I also quite like the Mount Gay Eclipse Barbados rum,
but ours has been a Bundaberg rum household here
in Sydney for a while now.
(signed) marc
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| User: "Marc" |
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19 Mar 2006 07:44:07 PM |
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wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
Nothing at all like Katrina, the reports here in Sydney are saying.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/one-in-three-roofs-gone/2006/03/20/1142703252564.html
A few people hurt... possibly a couple missing and a whole lot
of roofs taken off houses.
There are a lot of people still at risk in make-shift housing
out in the bush (they do that up there a lot), but again it is
not like New Orleans.
John - up in Brisbane but still a long way south of the storm -
will have to take great care if he goes surfing. (Very big waves!)
(Brisbane should have fine weather today, sayeth the SMH.)
(signed) marc
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| User: "John Wilkins" |
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19 Mar 2006 08:22:05 PM |
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Marc wrote:
chris.linthompson@gmail.com wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
Nothing at all like Katrina, the reports here in Sydney are saying.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/one-in-three-roofs-gone/2006/03/20/1142703252564.html
A few people hurt... possibly a couple missing and a whole lot
of roofs taken off houses.
There are a lot of people still at risk in make-shift housing
out in the bush (they do that up there a lot), but again it is
not like New Orleans.
John - up in Brisbane but still a long way south of the storm -
will have to take great care if he goes surfing. (Very big waves!)
(Brisbane should have fine weather today, sayeth the SMH.)
(signed) marc
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It's just about as far to where the cyclone will be a problem as it is from
Brisbane to Melbourne. A *long* way away. I do feel sorry for the marine
biologists - they're going to lose a lot of data and setups.
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Who are you going to believe? Me, or your own eyes?
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| User: "Rodjk #613" |
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19 Mar 2006 09:25:13 PM |
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John Wilkins wrote:
Marc wrote:
chris.linthompson@gmail.com wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
Nothing at all like Katrina, the reports here in Sydney are saying.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/one-in-three-roofs-gone/2006/03/20/1142703252564.html
A few people hurt... possibly a couple missing and a whole lot
of roofs taken off houses.
There are a lot of people still at risk in make-shift housing
out in the bush (they do that up there a lot), but again it is
not like New Orleans.
John - up in Brisbane but still a long way south of the storm -
will have to take great care if he goes surfing. (Very big waves!)
(Brisbane should have fine weather today, sayeth the SMH.)
(signed) marc
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It's just about as far to where the cyclone will be a problem as it is from
Brisbane to Melbourne. A *long* way away. I do feel sorry for the marine
biologists - they're going to lose a lot of data and setups.
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Who are you going to believe? Me, or your own eyes?
I should have known:
Wendy and I are headed that way in a few days.
We also had plans to go to Phuket in Thailand a week after the tidal
wave.
We had plans to go to London around the time of the bombings.
Went to Mexico instead of London, and left just before a cyclone; we
went back home to Houston in time for Katrina and Rita.
Now this...
Oh, and for good measure:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/second-cyclone-not-yet-a-threat/2006/03/20/1142703251287.html
I feel like "The Cooler". Think tourist towns will pay for me to stay
away?
(Wendy called the hotel in Port Douglas, and they say the storm hit
south of them. Tours to the GBR are still on, no real damage to report.
Too early to tell about the next one.)
Rodjk #613
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| User: "Stuart" |
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19 Mar 2006 11:05:05 PM |
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Rodjk #613 wrote:
John Wilkins wrote:
Marc wrote:
chris.linthompson@gmail.com wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
Nothing at all like Katrina, the reports here in Sydney are saying.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/one-in-three-roofs-gone/2006/03/20/1142703252564.html
A few people hurt... possibly a couple missing and a whole lot
of roofs taken off houses.
There are a lot of people still at risk in make-shift housing
out in the bush (they do that up there a lot), but again it is
not like New Orleans.
John - up in Brisbane but still a long way south of the storm -
will have to take great care if he goes surfing. (Very big waves!)
(Brisbane should have fine weather today, sayeth the SMH.)
(signed) marc
..
It's just about as far to where the cyclone will be a problem as it is from
Brisbane to Melbourne. A *long* way away. I do feel sorry for the marine
biologists - they're going to lose a lot of data and setups.
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Who are you going to believe? Me, or your own eyes?
I should have known:
Wendy and I are headed that way in a few days.
We also had plans to go to Phuket in Thailand a week after the tidal
wave.
"tsunami". It had nothing to do with tides.
Sorry, but this an uncontrolable reflex on my part.
Stuart
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| User: "John Wilkins" |
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19 Mar 2006 09:34:32 PM |
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Rodjk #613 wrote:
John Wilkins wrote:
Marc wrote:
chris.linthompson@gmail.com wrote:
I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
Nothing at all like Katrina, the reports here in Sydney are saying.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/one-in-three-roofs-gone/2006/03/20/1142703252564.html
A few people hurt... possibly a couple missing and a whole lot
of roofs taken off houses.
There are a lot of people still at risk in make-shift housing
out in the bush (they do that up there a lot), but again it is
not like New Orleans.
John - up in Brisbane but still a long way south of the storm -
will have to take great care if he goes surfing. (Very big waves!)
(Brisbane should have fine weather today, sayeth the SMH.)
(signed) marc
..
It's just about as far to where the cyclone will be a problem as it is from
Brisbane to Melbourne. A *long* way away. I do feel sorry for the marine
biologists - they're going to lose a lot of data and setups.
I should have known:
Wendy and I are headed that way in a few days.
We also had plans to go to Phuket in Thailand a week after the tidal
wave.
We had plans to go to London around the time of the bombings.
Went to Mexico instead of London, and left just before a cyclone; we
went back home to Houston in time for Katrina and Rita.
Now this...
Oh, and for good measure:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/second-cyclone-not-yet-a-threat/2006/03/20/1142703251287.html
I feel like "The Cooler". Think tourist towns will pay for me to stay
away?
(Wendy called the hotel in Port Douglas, and they say the storm hit
south of them. Tours to the GBR are still on, no real damage to report.
Too early to tell about the next one.)
Rodjk #613
I doubt you'll find your holiday much affected. But you might like to offer
your services to competitors of holiday resorts - if they'll pay you to go to
their competitors' hotels, you can cause a major disaster there and have a
nice time anyway.
BTW: I gather hotel prices are very cheap in Baghdad these days...
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Who are you going to believe? Me, or your own eyes?
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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20 Mar 2006 04:41:15 AM |
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On 19 Mar 2006 17:13:53 -0800, "chris.linthompson@gmail.com"
<chris.linthompson@gmail.com> wrote:
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I just read about Cyclone Larry.
My best wishes to all you folks.
Chris
Nobody hurt, so far...
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