Western Australia braces ahead of "perfect storm"

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03 Jan 2007, 10:22 am

Western Australia braces ahead of "perfect storm"

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian oil and mining companies have shut down operations as communities battened down the hatches ahead of a "perfect storm" experts feared would bring destructive winds and flooding to the country's west.

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03 Jan 2007, 11:11 am

There seems to be a lot of storms happening in the world, these days. This could be the sign that the end of the world is comming.

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05 Jan 2007, 3:07 pm

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There seems to be a lot of storms happening in the world, these days. This could be the sign that the end of the world is comming.

I just asked Jesus about that, and he said to watch out for the lightening. I guess the weather's going to get worse before the end.

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05 Jan 2007, 9:25 pm

It could be a warning to the world's leaders to produce some harmony to the countries and all people throughout planet Earth!

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05 Jan 2007, 10:32 pm

Sounds like what happened just before hurricanes Katrina and Rita (I had to evacuate from the latter).

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08 Jan 2007, 12:44 am

Australians live on a continent that has the Deadliest shark, snake, spider, jellyfish, and 8 of the worlds 10 most venomous snakes. Do you think they really are intimidated by a little storm?

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08 Jan 2007, 1:18 am

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There seems to be a lot of storms happening in the world, these days. This could be the sign that the end of the world is comming.

Jesus, my lord, take me!! ! TAKE ME!! ! Get me off of this hell hole! (I'm not trying to be funny I'm serious)

The thing they call global warming is coming whether we want it to or not.

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08 Jan 2007, 7:43 am

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Australians live on a continent that has the Deadliest shark, snake, spider, jellyfish, and 8 of the worlds 10 most venomous snakes. Do you think they really are intimidated by a little storm?

Well, I was hoping for some live virtual updates.

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09 Jan 2007, 9:21 am

I live just south of Perth, we had a little bit of rain, that's all.
Esperance, in the south, had over 300mm of rain in a very short time. A lot of damage to property and some loss of livestock, mainly sheep.
It was a strange weather pattern for that far south.
In the north, it is cyclone season.

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11 Jan 2007, 8:11 am

Lemmiwinks wrote:

Australians live on a continent that has the Deadliest shark, snake, spider, jellyfish, and 8 of the worlds 10 most venomous snakes. Do you think they really are intimidated by a little storm?

Hell, you're right. I don't think we are. I remember a couple of storms as a child, one that especially stands out was this big wind storm, and my mother running around shouting, opening windows to relieve the pressure inside the house. It was very exciting.

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11 Jan 2007, 9:00 am

danlo wrote:

Lemmiwinks wrote:

Australians live on a continent that has the Deadliest shark, snake, spider, jellyfish, and 8 of the worlds 10 most venomous snakes. Do you think they really are intimidated by a little storm?

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