Isabel Pic from the Sea

[BrianFD]

A friend sent this to me today:<br />

 

[Homerr]

Re: Isabel Pic from the Sea

Whoa...<br /><br />If that's not a bung-hole tightening experience...I don't know what is!<br /><br /> <br /><br />H.

 

[Jack Shellac]

Re: Isabel Pic from the Sea

Super picture! Assume they changed course somewhat. A real spincther tightener.

 

[Homerr]

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Kinda looks like that fx on the movie 'Independence Day' when the UFO came through the clouds...<br /><br />Hmmm....<br /><br />Maybe that's not Isabel?<br />Maybe that ship is actually a black-ops rig intercepting the space craft?<br /><br />Maybe Elvis is finally going home?<br /><br /> <br /><br />H.

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

Re: Isabel Pic from the Sea

couple of minor points ... there would be lots of cloud cover, the tops would have a lot of shear, and there would be a lot of ground swell<br /><br />but its a neat shot

 

[neumanns]

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I'm with Ray on this one.

 

[Bob Kimber]

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I may be wrong with my exact location, but I saw that photo several times late last year. It was supposedly taken from the bridge of an iron ore carrier leaving Port Hedland (a shipping port for mineral exports on the West Australian coast) during the monsoon season that cover the top half of Australia during the months from November to April down to about 23 degrees South, often there is no wind, humidity averages above 95% and the rain clouds just stay in the same location for hours. There was another photo taken when the ship was just entering the rain band, at this time of the year the whole top half of Australia is in the cyclone season (cyclone rotates opposite direction to hurricanes in the Northern hemisphere) <br /><br />Bob

 

[auslez]

Re: Isabel Pic from the Sea

Thats the one Bob. The photos been doing the rounds for over a year and my understanding is that it was taken up north of here. There is a series of them, some taken over the ore loaders at the jetty which are pretty **** spectacular too.<br /><br />Phil

 

[SoulWinner]

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If I were captain of that vessel my orders would be "Helm to Starboard 90 degrees, all ahead flank speed!!" Oh, and "ready the life boats!! "

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

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if there is no wind and just rain, whats the biggie? those carriers are equipped with every nav aid known to man, lol, let Otto drive the dammned thing thru the rain (Otto Pilot, he dont talk much but he do drive good!)<br /><br />of course, I thought cyclones were WORSE than hurricanes, more hot water to build up over, and spawn tsunamii like waves and 200 mph "hut blasters"<br /><br />but then again, australians tend to gloss over those things, sorta like the sprig of parsely on that huge huge slab of beef in the Fosters commercial ... Salad ... <br /><br />just a bit of rain, nothin really<br /><br />last words of Sinkin Dundee, cousin of Crocodile Dundee, sailing out on a SeaCat into one of the above abberations, hehehe<br /><br />

 

[auslez]

Re: Isabel Pic from the Sea

Ray, the captain was heard to describe what he saw in front of his bows as a "rain bearing depression". If it was me I would have been deeply depressed. HAH!!!<br />Phil

 

[Bob Kimber]

Re: Isabel Pic from the Sea

Hi Castaway Ray,<br /><br />We have been known to get a bit of rain occasionally, last really serious one where I live was 10th Jan 98' I recorded 620mm thats 24.8 inches over a 24hr period with 2" between 6am - 6pm and the rest fell between 6pm to 5am next day (local weather bureau recorded similar), at one stage it was averaging 9 inches per hour, needless to say there was a lot of temporary flooding of property. That was a small cyclone, we have had 3 category 2 (same rating as your hurricane scale) since with rainfall up to 18" over 24 hrs, last really serious direct hit on Townsville by a big blow was a cat 4 (cyclone Althea in 71)with some very close misses by a few cat 3 and direct hits by about 6 cat 2 since then.<br /><br />Western Australia has had a couple Cat 5 cyclones make landfall over the last few years luckily they were in mainly uninhabited areas with only small communities being involved, but they still get plenty of big blows.<br /><br />Bob

 

[BrianFD]

Re: Isabel Pic from the Sea

Egg on my face.....<br /> snopes fake Isabel pic