Natural disaster heading your way - would you leave your home or stay?

**goofyre** · 02-02-11, 08:59 AM

I'd prolly stay. I'm stubborn.

**k13** · 02-02-11, 09:00 AM

Don't have to worry about any of that here.

Not going anywhere.

Ontario.

**FourLengthsClear** · 02-02-11, 09:08 AM

Depends on the type of building of course but if there was any real danger, I would board up and secure everything as best I could and get myself and family out of there.

**koby25** · 02-02-11, 09:08 AM

Stand back there is a cyclone coming through

**Flexin** · 02-02-11, 09:10 AM

Cat 5 and kids I think I would leave.

James

**maersksealand** · 02-02-11, 09:23 AM

Originally posted by shari91

Most probably know Cyclone Yasi is due to hit Northern QLD in 15. Category 5 storm (the worst there can be). Think Hurricane Katrina but a stronger storm.

Would you listen to the warnings that came almost 36hrs ago via automated text msgs, voicemails, tv and radio warnings telling you to evacuate or would you bunker down and stay in your home? Just curious as friends and I have been arguing about this for hours now.

And if you would stay - why?

nope, Katrina was stronger...350km/h winds compared to 295km/h the Australian one has

**pavyracer** · 02-02-11, 09:25 AM

I will leave immediately. No reason of trying to save something that is going to be destroyed by the monster typhoon.

**jjgold** · 02-02-11, 09:25 AM

Who would you stay home??

Only the fukkin jerkoffs stay home and they are the ones killed

Guard what??

your fukkin house

**pavyracer** · 02-02-11, 09:26 AM

Originally posted by maersksealand

nope, Katrina was stronger...350km/h winds compared to 295km/h the Australian one has

When Katrina hit the land it wasn't going 225 mph. The speed that hits the land is what matters not the speed in the middle of the sea.

**Cap dat 4ss** · 02-02-11, 09:29 AM

Who cares which one is stronger, irrelevant to Sharis question.

As for me, my ass is gone. I've lived with Tornadoes all my life and even been through an "f6" tornado with winds >300mph. I've seen the massive devastation caused by these types of storms. People sucked out of storm cellars on one side of the street while on the other side houses left standing. Completely random shit.

Anyone that sticks around is playing Russian roulette, not worth it to me.

**JMobile** · 02-02-11, 09:44 AM

I would grab important belongings and run for the hills.

**stealthyburrito** · 02-02-11, 09:50 AM

i had pondered this question a lot, particularly after the events of katrina.

i would certainly bolt, take whatever can be luggaged to a rational degree and leave everything else behind.

I guess an issue is what type of sheltering (if any) does the government provide?? I'm assuming since we're talking australia there are at least some emergency protocols in place that open certain community centers and the like to be prepared for storm refugees.

It really is an unfathomable situation, but i would heir on the side of caution and not stick around to stay with my property that stands a sizable chance of being completely levelled.

**blueghost** · 02-02-11, 09:56 AM

id pick up my cash and head to the casino..the way i see it is the casino never loses

**lonesomeloser** · 02-02-11, 10:18 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

Who would you stay home??

Only the fukkin jerkoffs stay home and they are the ones killed

Guard what??

your fukkin house

**vitalyo** · 02-02-11, 10:20 AM

Shari if anything happens ,never mind the media . Just call jjgold !
He'll tell you what to do /take care of you .

GL.

**Cougar Bait** · 02-02-11, 10:24 AM

Yeah get the fuk out of there

Unless you are good at surfing I would bolt

**lonesomeloser** · 02-02-11, 10:24 AM

Originally posted by maersksealand

nope, Katrina was stronger...350km/h winds compared to 295km/h the Australian one has

According to wiki, Katrinas maximum sustained winds were 280km/hr.

**maersksealand** · 02-02-11, 10:26 AM

Originally posted by pavyracer

When Katrina hit the land it wasn't going 225 mph. The speed that hits the land is what matters not the speed in the middle of the sea.

for me is the speed at sea what matters

**VegasInsider** · 02-02-11, 10:30 AM

**lonesomeloser** · 02-02-11, 10:30 AM

Originally posted by maersksealand

for me is the speed at sea what matters

why? it is not doing damage to the sea

**FourLengthsClear** · 02-02-11, 10:35 AM

Originally posted by lonesomeloser

why? it is not doing damage to the sea

"maersksealand" is the name of a shipping company.
Maybe he is at sea, albeit that does kinda rule out the whole run for the hills concept.

**Kindred** · 02-02-11, 10:58 AM

I stay, only a pussy would leave his own home

**Grux** · 02-02-11, 10:59 AM

Easy choice for me. I would be out of my house at the speed of light.

**big0mar** · 02-02-11, 11:08 AM

Would go to Vegas

Always looking for excuses to make a Vegas trip

**Deuce** · 02-02-11, 11:12 AM

Depends, if I had a family and children I would bail. If I was single like I am now, I would bunker down so I could help with the aftermath.

**unusialsusp5** · 02-02-11, 11:42 AM

stop interfering with the natural order of things. stay and stick it out. just a little typhoon never hurt anyone.

**ElCapitan** · 02-02-11, 11:47 AM

You need to do what a lot of people did during Katrina.

Ignore the warnings and stay in your home. Then when you get stranded/injured/killed you can blame the government for not protecting you and hope they give you free money.

**B1GER1C828** · 02-02-11, 11:50 AM

Cyclone Yasi? not intimidating enough for me to leave. Thats why no one left hurricane katrina. Shit isnt' scary sounding enough.

**shari91** · 02-02-11, 11:57 AM

Originally posted by vitalyo

Shari if anything happens ,never mind the media . Just call jjgold !
He'll tell you what to do /take care of you .

GL.

I know you said this as a joke but in actuality, I know JJ would help us if we were stuck. That's the part he tends to gloss over on here - he is actually a great friend.

As for me - even without my son - I'd bolt. But apparently quite a few haven't. The sad part is there are so many government programs in place here - more so than any other place I've lived in other than Norway - that even if you'd hopped a train somewhere with not a penny to your name, the social welfare system would've taken care of you. And yet this country still came out of the GFC ahead.

**jpot34** · 02-02-11, 12:12 PM

Get out, Shari! Life is too short.

**l7ustin** · 02-02-11, 12:14 PM

GFC??

**shari91** · 02-02-11, 12:25 PM

Originally posted by l7ustin

GFC??

Global Financial Crisis = Basically when Australia stepped up and showed a lot of the world how to handle financial pressure from foreign factors. Very hard for me to admit because I thought Canada could finally win the gold star on this one.

**sickler** · 02-02-11, 12:45 PM

Originally posted by shari91

Global Financial Crisis = Basically when Australia stepped up and showed a lot of the world how to handle financial pressure from foreign factors. Very hard for me to admit because I thought Canada could finally win the gold star on this one.

Shari, I hope your friend has the box 'o' goodies in a temperature controlled environment. Heat of the Aussie summer, under her porch. All that chocolate. Meltage.

**robmpink** · 02-02-11, 12:47 PM

Id get the hell out of dodge.