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Tom Andraszek<p>Riding my bike to work first time after tropical cyclone Alfred. Footpaths, which generally are poorly maintained in Gold Coast, are now also blocked in places by broken branches. The side of the road, where a footpath has been missing for 20 years (this road is an only access to 2000+ homes), is blocked by fallen trees in some places.</p><p>Bonus: an Audi running a red light.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoldCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldCoast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p>
David Ingram 🌻🍍🥝📡⚡<p>I'm really glad I didn't need anything in my cyclone prep kit other than gaffa tape, but there sure is a lot of stuff I need to return to its rightful place. Pole lopper and garden tools don't really suit the living room. Also have to remember where I stashed stuff in "safe places" outside. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tcalfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tcalfred</span></a></p>
Mary<p>Four major floods in 50 years is an interesting framing: it was one flood 50 years ago, 35 years passed, and then there's been three just in the last 15 years.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/15/brisbane-flood-proof-housing-developments" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/mar/15/brisbane-flood-proof-housing-developments</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brisbane</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cyclonealfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyclonealfred</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tcalfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tcalfred</span></a></p>
John Englart<p>The economic cost of <a href="https://c.im/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> could be $1 billion a day. Also: short term inflationary effect on food prices, and rising insurance premiums. <br>HILDA survey indicates extreme weather damage to homes has lifted from 1-1.5% to 4.5% <a href="https://c.im/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/economic-cost-ex-tropical-cyclone-alfred-insurance/105032864" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/eco</span><span class="invisible">nomic-cost-ex-tropical-cyclone-alfred-insurance/105032864</span></a></p>
LesleyDee 🏳️‍🌈<p>Well, that was a wild few days. Now that <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> has departed and the flood waters receded, I've fired up the PC ready for a day of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a></p>
Tom Andraszek<p>First day of regular public transport in Gold Coast after tropical cyclone Alfred. 58k homes still without electricity in South East Queensland (SEQ).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoldCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldCoast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
Wesley Moore<p>Back in Mudjimba again this morning before my flight.</p><p>Bit of erosion, but nothing too serious. Also somewhat amazingly there's basically no signs that anything out of the ordinary happened on the drive up—no damage or standing water, just a very full Maroochy River.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/CycloneAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CycloneAlfred</span></a></p>
loz Wood<p>A little touch of twilight ... keep looking up ... the darkness transforms ... after every storm <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23clouds" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clouds</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23storm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#storm</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23tcalfred" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tcalfred</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23bundjalungcountry" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bundjalungcountry</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Australia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a></p>
Elliott Bledsoe<p>Here's WTF happened last week:</p><p>1️⃣ Facebook hid Cyclone Alfred posts which is concerning, especially during emergencies. It is a matter of public safety. An apology isn’t enough.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CycloneAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CycloneAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a></p><p>2️⃣ With the shift from bipartisanship towards the arts, the ongoing Creative Australia Venice Biennale debacle could make it a target if Dutton gets into power.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CreativeAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeAustralia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eb.wtf/3QTLbyK" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">eb.wtf/3QTLbyK</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
kaffando<p>Watching videos and reading articles about people who are ripping up carpeting (some of my friends included) and having to replace furniture because of the effects of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alfred</span></a> and the subsequent storms and massive rainfall and thinking...this is just becoming the norm. People just going oh well, at least no one was hurt.</p><p>WTF is wrong with people? Of course people are HURT. This costs every single one of us.</p><p>WHY AREN'T WE DOING ANYTHING AT ALL TO STOP THIS <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CLIMATECATASTROPHE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLIMATECATASTROPHE</span></a>? </p><p>Why?</p>
kaffando<p>Going through all of the many, many reports on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alfred</span></a> and current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> in Queensland and none of them include maps of the locations in question. I have no idea where most of these places are, so a map overview would be very helpful.</p><p>Even looking at the Brisbane City Council flood maps - they aren't current. There are no "live" maps available, from what I've found. </p><p>How on earth are people in the locations managing to work out what's going on?</p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/@sbs_bot/114134168821003916" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.chinwag.org/@sbs_bot/11</span><span class="invisible">4134168821003916</span></a> So many online &amp; other media reports of all the damage &amp; dislocation caused by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a>, even though the actual cyclonic aspect, wrt sheer wind speeds, had greatly diminished by the time of the eventual landfall.</p><p>Ergo, can we grasp the immensity of the damage &amp; carnage that <em>will</em> result, next time the luck runs the other way, &amp; direct hits on high-population centres arises with rating still at 2, 3... or higher?</p><p>Do we keep sticking our heads in the sand &amp; denying / ignoring all this, so that we can continue being climate criminals?? </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoteGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteGreens</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProgIndies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProgIndies</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreSelfishCruelBastards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreSelfishCruelBastards</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckOffDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckOffDutton</span></a>! <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShitParty1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShitParty1</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShitParty2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShitParty2</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComeOnTanya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComeOnTanya</span></a>! <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FuckRacists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckRacists</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TuckFrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TuckFrump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NonLinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonLinear</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveFeedbackLoops</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChangeTheSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangeTheSystem</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLoggingNativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a></p>
Wesley Moore<p>After managing to avoid major effects from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred the rain finally found us overnight. Emptied 230mm out of the rain gauge this morning.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/CycloneAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CycloneAlfred</span></a></p>
butterscotch<p>Normally you can tell where the thunderstorms in Brisbane are by just looking at the Radar map - where there’s rain looking angry and moving quickly, there’s the thunderstorm. But the radar is a constant moving band of rain with <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cyclonealfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyclonealfred</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a>, so it’s impossible to distinguish thunderstorm from rain depression. I’m just gonna assume everything is severe thunderstorm today.</p>
Tom Andraszek<p>Still raining in northern Gold Coast. We lost electricity for 20 hours. Some people are without electricity since Wednesday. Mobile internet is still not working. Water level in the nearby pond is higher than usual. Some broken tree branches. No public transport tomorrow.</p><p>Up to date information on ABC Radio Gold Coast at 91.7 Mhz FM.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoldCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldCoast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a></p>
Bern<p>Big shout out to the work crews out in this blustery weather who got our power back on almost exactly 24hrs after it went out. </p><p>Those people deserve a bonus.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a></p>
Bern<p>Well, it's been 14 hours since <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> was downgraded to a tropical low, but the wind and rain have only increased, as it has sat almost stationary just off the coast. It's forecast to come ashore in the next few hours, hopefully conditions will start to ease rapidly then.<br>The power is still out here. The car is down to 78% charge from 96% after running the fridge for 15 hours, so I think it won't need to start the engine to recharge the battery until possibly the day after tomorrow. It's only an 18kWh battery, but it's really demonstrating the value of vehicle-to-load capability.<br>Anyway, my Kobo Libra has a built-in backlight that uses hardly any power, so I'm going to read for a bit before calling it a night.</p>
Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)<p>Lotta water out there...currently over the water. But if that's dragged inland, it'll get wet!<br>Ex <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a></p>
Peter W<p>The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CARROT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CARROT</span></a></span> weather app has a lot of fun achievements, including cow dodger. You get it for “Find an area with an active tornado or hurricane hazard”. I was waiting to see if being in the cyclone warning area would tick it off but no ☹️</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/CycloneAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CycloneAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CarrotWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarrotWeather</span></a></p>
Elliott Bledsoe<p>We brought a bunch of old towels and things from the garage up in case water got in under the doors or there was a leak anywhere. Thankfully we didn't need them. But the cats now think they are for them.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BePreparedStaySafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BePreparedStaySafe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatsNotCyclones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatsNotCyclones</span></a></p>
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