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Where is Cyclone Alfred really?
The BOM weather map shows it offshore at the latitude of Brisbane and heading toward New Zealand but the satellite photo shows the cyclone already well south of the NSW border!
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Try: ventusky dot com
Click on the items on the left, such as clouds and precipitation.
This will get you different images and a “feel” for what is happening with your storm.
Get the Lat/Long by clicking on the center of the storm, and then you can calculate distance from land.
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I posted this yesterday –
“Cyclone Alfred: Monday update as Brisbane, SE QLD, NE NSW prepare for direct hit –”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGjmlaY_84
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And from yesterday, a 7 day Forecast –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv1DOpeNG1Y
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They are both right. BOM tracks the low pressure or eye of the storm. The satellite shows the cloud which, strangely, is well south of the eye.
https://www.windy.com/-Satellite-satellite?satellite,-28.864,154.644,6,i:pressure,p:metars
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Thanks,
That is a strange thing. I thought the cloud had to be coincident with the centre of the cyclone.
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One thing that I hadn’t noticed is that the satellite image I was looking at was a night time image with false colour. The coming of daylight shows the true picture.
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Zelensky said:
President TRUMP responded:
You’ll have to see the link for the rest as the text is in the form of a photo and I can’t copy and paste:
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1896602544618840468
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There are many borders in dispute. The Pakistan/India border, Korean Border, Cyprus, .. Trump’s point is that hundreds of billions in cash and munitions is pointless and devastating in lives and quality of life for tens of millions. Mass murder for nothing is not acceptable. America wants no part in it. And Zelensky insists on American troops on the ground. It’s the recipe for WWIII.
After more than three years, the fantasy of ‘winning’ has to stop. Unless there is another agenda. De facto absolute power, massive theft, internal oppression of Russians and the end of any rule of law. Zelensky’s revealed his agenda. It is not victory. And whatever he says, he is in fact an absolute dictator, not bound by a parliament of elected representatives. Even Mussolini was fired but Zelensky cannot be fired. The war gives Zelensky his absolute power and the fawning governments of Europe and Australia.
But when you have countries saying we will fight to the end and fully support your war, they really mean America. Australia cannot defend itself! As China just demonstrated. And Zelensky’s behaviour knows he can get away with a public international shirtfront of his ultimate protector with no consequences. The Democrats will use the war to undermine Trump and get back to war as usual.
In having a meeting with with Zelensky immediately before the White House signing ceremony, Democrats including congressman Chris Murphy have taken their ‘resistance’ to the level destroying critical international peace negotiations, where Congress does not belong. Murphy was interviewed and says the WhiteHouse has become an arm of the Kremlin.
Donald Trump was elected President and Commander in Chief of the Armed forces. Not Murphy. America cannot speak with two voices. No negotiation can succeed if opposition politicans can legally and openly advise Zelensky not to sign. Even having a meeting is treason. That Zelensky would attend a meeting with Trump’s enemies shows intent as he looked for a way out of signing. Yes, Trump was forcing him to sign. That’s not ‘bullying’ as claimed by Hollywood. It’s Trump’s difficult job, to force a settlement.
I would not be surprised if the CIA investigates what was said at the Murphy meeting. The cost to America and American negotiating power is great if Democrats act as if they are a legally legitimate rebel group at war with the President even in international affairs. What did they promise Zelensky? And on whose behalf? Will Trump can ignore blatant Democrat undermining of very difficult international negotiations or will Murphy and friends be interviewed and charged?
Murphy and friends are gambling that Trump will not dare.
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Mass murder for nothing is not acceptable.
Fully agree.
President Trump should also urge Putin to stop slaughtering his own people (and North Koreans as well) through unimaginable front line tactics being forced on his troops, even injured on crutches, in senseless frontal charges.
The Kremlin could also show its willingness to negotiate and stop this senseless bloodshed by ceasing nightly indiscriminate drone/missile attacks on Ukrainian civilian buildings and infrastructure well away from the disputed territories.
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Zelensky was well schooled by Demo/RINO stirrers in order to engage The Trump Cabinet in a negative and antagonistic fashion. His body language alone was sufficient to cause temperatures to rise. Later Zelensky said that his retirement would be pointless as an election in Ukraine would just reelect him. The USA should Call his and Europe’s bluff and just slow walk further support for a week or two!
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President TRUMP banned men in women’s sports but a 21 year old transgender (actual male) has found a loophole by competing in female children’s sports:
https://youtu.be/KlJ_-j1k14M
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EU like UK trying to accelerate the impossible energy transition. Hitting the wall harder!
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/28/all-eyes-on-eu-as-it-presents-clean-industrial-deal-to-future-proof-energy-sector/
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So the EU (and the UK) are going to bring cheaper electricity by installing a most expensive method while also going to war?
Does that mean they think war is cheap?
I wonder what psychiatrists can do (if anything)?
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I have wondered about the vulnerability of off shore electricity generation for any country if all out war occurs. A few well directed air burst bombs would render wind farms inoperative and have no hope of being brought back on line within any sort of time line at all. The old on shore generators while still open to attack are at least defensible to a degree and also have the ability to be gerry rigged for damage repairs. Off shore, not so much.
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From the song “The Impossible Dream”, from my high school days:
“….this is my quest, to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far…….to be ready to march into hell for a heavenly cause…”
Ursula is now so far detached from worldly realities that she risks meeting Major Tom, of Space Oddity fame.
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US men’s restaurant chain Hooters decided to go woke and employ transgender as well as morbidly obese servers, not the traditional female servers they used to have. This is not what their traditional patrons wanted to see.
Obviously their management team didn’t understand the adage “get woke, go broke“.
[Note that Hooters is a franchise so I guess employment policies for servers may vary place to place and state to state, some restaurants may not have adopted the above policies.]
So now they are in serious financial trouble.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-21/hooters-in-talks-to-prepare-a-bankruptcy-filing-in-coming-months
The following video says it like it is but is definitely not PC if you feel you might get “triggered”:
https://youtu.be/o5Tl–3jEWg
Apparently an alternative restaurant chain along the same business model but without the wokeness is doing very well and I guess will ultimately replace Hooters:
https://twinpeaksrestaurant.com/
Incidentally, I am not saying I endorse the concept of these restaurants.
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Noticed Wivenhoe dam is still at 86.9%, the word is that the ginger beers will wait until the first rain falls before thinking about releasing water.
Have they learned nothing from past episodes.
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Doesn’t Wivenhoe hydro act as a backup battery for wind and solar?
They have to choose between catastrophic flooding due to the dam overflowing and a slighly less catastrophic blackout.
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Deep State Dutton calls Zelensky a hero.
The following is copied from Farcebook:
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Vitamin D update from Dr John Campbell and Prof. David Anderson.
It’s tragic that most of the medical profession and government medical “authorities” ate utterly ignorant about the benefits of correcting Vitamin D deficiency.
Perhaps wilfully ignorant, as why use a cheap substance to treat or prevent a condition when an expensive one from Big Pharma will do?
https://youtu.be/eUfv_y-Zeq0
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