Comments on: Today’s Bad News

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:05:55 +0000

The desalination facilities, the self-contained hospital facilities, the ability to transport heavy equipment and lots of people – they are perfect for hurricane response. Rumsfeld refused to let the USS Bataan help in Katrina even though its Captain followed the storm in to render assistance. At least your ships are broken and not waved off by an asshole.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 03:28:53 +0000

It could have been me. 🙂

Back to Debbie…

Cyclone Debbie: Queensland reels at the scale of destruction

It’s being likened to Katrina by some. I’m sure our Government’s response will be quite similar also! Useful as breasts on a snake!

Those useless $billion ships would have been very useful! Typical.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:04:29 +0000

I saw the tanker episode during the Gulf Gusher. Someone, maybe you, put it in comments, or ABC may have re-run it. It wouldn’t take much to edit it for the two RAN ships with the power problems.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:18:17 +0000

John Clarke is an ex-patriot Kiwi (New Zealander). Before joining with Brian Dawe in 1989 for a weekly sketch on the nightly news program “A Currant Affair” he did comedy under the pseudonym “Fred Dagg” 😀

One of my all time favorite was this sketch about the disastrous oil spill & fire off the coast of WA from the Greek tanker Kirki in 1991. Clarke plays Sen. Collins who tried to reassure Aussies everything was under control. he didn’t succeed one bit! *sigh*

Clarke and Dawe – The Front Fell Off

There’s a funny bit right at the end, so keep watching! 😉 😆 It’s not too long. 🙂

Ehhh… Since I’m on the topic of oil spills… They did a sketch on the Deepwater Horizon disaster! I know it one of your… err, *favorite* unnatural disasters! 😉

Clarke and Dawe – The US Oil Spill

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:22:07 +0000

Clarke and Dawe remind me of Bob & Ray, who were on the radio when I was a kid. They do assume a lot of knowledge that most non-Australians wouldn't have about the names of political leaders. It was funnier than hell if you knew who they were talking about. The coast got blown away and things were washed away inland. The storm stalled and then crawled. It lost its steering just before coming ashore and beat the crap out of towns for hours. They are going to have to remap the coastline and check the bottom for new sandbars. The waves are not only going to be high, they will break differently because of changes to the bottom.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 10:24:03 +0000

Oh, the inimitable Clarke and Dawe (Aussie dynamic duo that have been giving the boot to politicians & *business leaders* for over 20 years) have this take (via YouTube - and a knowledge of current Aussie Politicians would help): Clarke and Dawe - Cyclone Malcolm. This is a Watch and Act Warning. :lol: :lol:

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 10:15:27 +0000

There’s another warning in Qld. that 3.5 – 4 meter (12′ – 13′) surf is expected to smash the Sunshine Coast beaches for the next week! Also warned of high tides of around 2 meters (6′ 5″). Councils are warning of increased erosion of coastal areas.

Also, flood warnings announced for Northern NSW.

Chirping of crickets heard from Canberra!

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 06:50:44 +0000

Yeah… a pretty accurate & dismal round up! 🙁

the remnant of Debbie is moving south causing heavy floods, with an evacuation warning just issued between Tweed Heads & Kingscliff.

I recently tweeted that on the plus side of the ISP data mining operation is that people can get personal info on the GOP/Rethugs. After all, they have the most to hide & loose! LOL

Another day, another *SIGH!*