Cyclone Kerry may move towards Australia

Yahoo Australia News ^ | Sunday January 9, 12:02 PM | Staff Writer

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Cyclone Kerry may move towards Australia.

Weather forecasters are keeping a close watch on a cyclone expected to move slowly towards Australia.

The category three Cyclone Kerry formed near Fiji on January 6 and has moved slowly westwards, weather forecaster Jeff Callaghan said.

"It's way, way out in the eastern part of our area and moving very slowly at the moment," Mr Callaghan told AAP.

"It will probably do that for another 24 hours then just slowly move towards the Queensland coast."

By mid-morning, Cyclone Kerry was in the Coral Sea about 1,200 km east-north-east of the north Queensland city of Mackay.

Wind gusts of 170 kph near the centre which had the destructive power to unroof houses, he said.

A high pressure ridge and the cyclone were expected to maintain strong winds over the Queensland coast for the next few days.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Please help you Aussie friends American Freepers...What should the Aussie authorities do ?

[dirtboy]

Please help you Aussie friends American Freepers...What should the Aussie authorities do ?

Prepare for a hurricane where the winds spin both clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time...

[anniegetyourgun]

Avoid anything named Kerry.......

[GSlob]

Well, given flip-flop (or weather-vane) nature of Kerry, it is highly probable that the said cyclone will dither which way to turn, will get nowhere, and finally will dissipate ingloriously. But still get prepared.

[RepublicanReptile]

Well, let me ask do y'all not get cyclones/hurricanes much?

[Strategerist]

There is unfortunately now a Tropical Cyclone in the Bay of Bengal as well, forecast to move slowly over Sri Lanka.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Should the Aussies wear Flip Flops during the storm ?

P.S. It looks like the cyclone is not really much of a threat, but we will have to keep an eye on it, in-case it gets "above itself".

[blogbat]

Didn't his sister already go there?

[Tribune7]

Dang. I read it too fast. I thought it was the flip-flopper himself.

[RepublicanReptile]

cyclonesurvivalguide

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Didn't this cyclone hit Cambodia on Christmas and was in Vietnam?

[mtbopfuyn]

Kerry? Must be a dummie.

Seriously, y'all take care.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Should windsurfing classes be suspended in the event of Cyclone Kerry making the mainland ?

[traderrob6]

Let him, Howard will kick him in the pants

[mtbopfuyn]

Unlike the authorities in the tsunami devistated area, the Aussie authorities have at least allowed word of a natural disaster out to the public.

[sheik yerbouty]

Is it coming with his wife and her gin soaked raisins?

[Red Sea Swimmer]

It's not a "fair-dinkum" cyclone. More like an irrelevant Willy Willy, i.e. Full of wind and bluster, but not really amounting to much.

[RepublicanReptile]

LOL. I think so. Can't believe the Cyclone is named Kerry.!

[Red Sea Swimmer]

I don't think this cyclone is a big problem. I think the name however of this transient wind form is hilarious.

[Deetes]

Skerry couldn't get his press in Iraq... So now on to try and hog some camera time in Asia .

[kcar]

This cyclone has more plans than you can shake a stick at. If it hits your area they could be swirling about your heads at a dizzying clip, all the while with a hideously scary drone.

Oh, and just when you think it's behind, watch your backs.

[Tench_Coxe]

"What should the Aussie authorities do ?"

Run Cyclone Dean against it.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Kon-Tiki Tours are doing a special Cyclone Kerry Party Cruise around Lizard Island in the Barrier Reef. 4 days. All the gin you can drink. Finger food provided. Free insults for the staff. Special appearance by Bill Clinton at midnight. Euros $8990 plus tax. All monies raised will go the "Hillary 2008" Fund.

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[Red Sea Swimmer]

That would make the weather gods very angry indeed.

[Mad Mammoth]

Cyclone Kerry may move towards Australia

And don't forget, it served in Vietnam.

[KJC1]

The link doesn't go to a cyclone story...

[Red Sea Swimmer]

It was on the news section at - www.yahoo.com.au, thirty minutes ago.

Fair Dinkum mate.

[KJC1]

Here's a link I just found:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Cyclone-Kerry-may-move-towards-Australias/2005/01/09/1105205961309.html?oneclick=true

[Red Sea Swimmer]

You are very quick on the draw mate. I'm not going to join you in a gun fight at the Quickposting Corale any time soon.

[Soul Seeker]

I had to check this wasn't satire!

[fastattacksailor]

Cyclone Kerry ping

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Truth is funnier than fiction.

[Fred Nerks]

Yippee! Us Queenslanders love our cyclones, they are as much a part of our lives as cockroaches and fruit-bats. But calling it Kerry, well that's a bit much!

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Peter Beattie has just announced State Government funding for the building of the "Kerry Institute for the Study of Inconsequential Wind Forms." Queensland will now have another "Big" object to add to it's tourist attractions. "The Big Thong".

[Red Sea Swimmer]

P.S. "The Big Thong" was not a musical recording put out by Ita Buttrose in the 1970's.

[Fred Nerks]

To go with the Big Banana in New South Wales, the Giant Prawn, the huge Merino - and the Big Pineapple on the north coast?
Hey, leave Beattie alone, I'm a crazy Queenslander myself, you know how we are, we vote for Labour in the State and conservative in Federal elections. Good old aussie tradition; two bob each way!
But I'll pass on the giant thong thanks.