Severe Heat, Drought, and Now a Cyclone. What Can Australia Expect Next?

[longknife]

Cyclone Ita: Queensland braces for category five storm

The Australian state of Queensland is bracing for the arrival of Cyclone Ita, a category five storm set to hit its far north coast

Makes one wonder. Read more @ BBC News - Cyclone Ita: Queensland braces for category five storm

 

[bianco]

Cyclone Ita: Queensland braces for category five storm

The Australian state of Queensland is bracing for the arrival of Cyclone Ita, a category five storm set to hit its far north coast

Makes one wonder. Read more @ BBC News - Cyclone Ita: Queensland braces for category five storm

Cyclones come every year, some worse than others.
Every few years a bad one strikes;

Cyclone 'Larry' struck in 2006;

Cyclone Larry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cyclone devastates Australia's banana crop - National - smh.com.au

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Cyclone 'Yasi' struck in 2011;

Cyclone Yasi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-07/cyclone-yasi-destroyed-150-homes/1933632 ]

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Cyclone Tracy destroyed Darwin in 1974:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Tracy

Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974. It is the most compact cyclone or equivalent-strength hurricane on record in the Australian basin, with gale-force winds extending only 48 kilometres (30 mi) from the centre and was the most compact system worldwide until 2008 when Tropical Storm Marco of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season broke the record, ...

Tracy killed 71 people, caused A$837 million in damage (1974 dollars), or approximately A$4.45 billion (2014 dollars). It destroyed more than 70 percent of Darwin's buildings, including 80 percent of houses.[4][5] Tracy left more than 41,000 out of the 47,000 inhabitants of the city homeless prior to landfall and required the evacuation of over 30,000 people.[6] Most of Darwin's population was evacuated to Adelaide, Whyalla, Alice Springs and Sydney, and many never returned to the city.

There is a song;

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJi_kBIiZ4A [/ame]

 

[bianco]

Severe Heat, Drought, and Now a Cyclone. What Can Australia Expect Next?

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More of the same...it has ever been so.

The farmers have just about had enough of it all though, some are suiciding...the drought has ruined them.
Many others are selling their farms to China etc.
The best agricultural land is being sold off to China etc...or being destroyed by fracking and mining.
"Greedy, corrupt, and useless/no-idea politicians" are being blamed.

Tha nation as we know it is just about finished.

 

[R.C. Christian]

I dunno, a three way between Mothra, Godzilla and a giant squid?

 

[Moonglow]

Na matta tha weatha, it's always a good time for Foster's...

 

[bianco]

Na matta tha weatha, it's always a good time for Foster's...

'VB' [Victoria Bitter] has take over from Fosters

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Also;

Mid-strength beers and wines gaining popularity among drinkers | News.com.au

Drinkers want mid-strength craft beers with the full flavour and pronounced malt and hop characters of more artisan craft brews but with less clout.

Popular sellers include Little Creatures Rogers' ale, Murray's Punch and Judy (NSW), Bruce from SA's Lobethal Bierhaus, Burleigh Brewing's Bighead and in New Zealand, McCashin's 2 Stoke.

Sydney's Malt Shovel Brewery recently launched Constable Copper Ale in the style of a British Ordinary Bitter, with just 3.4 per cent alcohol by volume.

Its brew master, Chuck Hahn, says the market for this kind of beer was destined to happen as demand for light beer dropped while craft beer and mid-strength demand lifted.

"It was a matter of time before the two merged," Hanh says.

"People like to talk and linger over a few beers,'' he says.

"There is a bigger appreciation of craft beers. People are switching to drinking two or three craft beers rather than drinking more light beer - and life's too short for light.''

Likewise, lighter alcohol strength wines, registering between five per cent and around 10 per cent by volume, rather than the more traditional 12-13 per cent for whites and 13.5 to sometimes 17 per cent for reds, are gathering pace among younger and especially women consumers.

Jacob’s Creek enlisted Naomi Watts (above left) to spruik its new lower-alcohol wine range, Cool Harvest. Source: Supplied