Photos of Cyclone Yasi aftermath

[canetoad]

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/cyclone-yasi-pictures/

[babylonsister]

1. Holy mackeral! Are you okay? I've been wondering...

and the crops, the crops!!!! Now I'll go look at the other pix. Thanks for sharing!

[canetoad]

3. All pretty relaxed here, thanks

Yasi was about 2,000 km north of me. I'm happy to report absolutely no crop damage in my part of the world. We may get a bit of residual wind from the weather system in the next few days but nothing bad is forecast.

:hi:

[gateley]

2. Good god! Amazing, terrifying photos coming out of that area recently. nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Whoa! Poor Australia. :^(

[Lisa0825]

5. The news I read said no reported deaths or injuries.... thank goodness.

(((((hugs))))) to the locals. Having been through major hurricanes, I have been thinking about them and hoping for the best.

[Suich]

6. Did the coastal towns get flooded by the storm surge?

Do you know?

Thanks for posting the pics!

[canetoad]

8. Have seen no reports so far

that confirm last night's fears of 9m waves. The damage reports are coming in slowly. There was a lot of flooding but it seems nothing like Katrina.

A second storm surge would have hit with high tide, about 10am this morning AEST the ABC reports, with indications that it could be worse than the first.

[AnnieBW]

7. I keep thinking about the Kuranda Sky Rail north of Cairns

That sucker was pretty high off the ground as it is. I hope that it survived all right.

[canetoad]

9. I'm reading in various places

That Cairns didn't sustain a huge amount of damage. Along the cyclone coast, some places are still cut off so we won't really know the full extent for days.

[Beaverhausen]

10. I rode that a few years ago- one of the most magical times of my life

[AnnieBW]

11. It scared the crap out of me

We booked the trip down from Kuranda when we were in Cairns. I didn't think that it would be that high. I rode 90% of it with my eyes closed. Fortunately, my husband is NOT afraid of heights, and he got great pictures.