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Kaptured by Kala posted a video:
The thunderstorms were so bad this morning that a large raccoon seemed like it wanted to come inside the owl house for shelter. Looks like I'm not going to get owls this season but plenty of other critters have been interested. This visit happened at 5:40 am during a severe thunderstorm.
North American Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Garland, Texas
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gbadger1 posted a photo:
![G-HUPW [R4118] (UP-W) - Gloster Hawker Hurricane I](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54432203874_5462b266ca_m.jpg)
20/02/25
gbadger1 posted a photo:
![G-ROBT [P2902] (DX-R) - Gloster Hawker Hurricane I](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54431150207_da492b53b3_m.jpg)
20/02/25
(bbarsalo) posted a photo:
Sainte-Barbe, Québec
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chris murkin posted a photo:
Hawker Hurricane XII CF-TPM RCAF as 5447 now painted as RAF P2961 LE-A of 242 Squadron
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2024
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chris murkin posted a photo:
Just Restored RAF Hawker Hurricane 1 Belgium Registed OO-MKT P3143 NN-D in the colours of 310 Czech Squadron
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 4th April 2025
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Michael J. Barritt posted a photo:
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Darwin, N.T. atter Cyclone Tracy, Xmas 1974.
Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory of Australia, had a population estimated at about 45,000 people in 1974. It was a boom town. The influx of people and money staggered the planners of the city. In 1974 many of the older residents yearned for the Darwin of the Fifties and Sixties. Those were the days when everyone met in the big saloon bar of the Vic Hotel. However, they built tall, modern hotels and motels around Darwin and the social life changed. The typical Darwin party was a barbecue of buffalo fillet, a dozen cans of cold beer per head, and a few party 'lights in the back garden. This was the Darwin everyone loved and remembered. This was the Darwin destroyed when Cyclone Tracy roared in on Christmas Eve. The most critical message on that night came from Warrant Officer Maurice Schoer at the R.A.A.F. Cyclone Operations Centre. The message two minutes before midnight on Christmas Eve was brief:. "277 degrees 17 miles. Leading edge 31/2 miles Charles Point. Indications are will deflect across Charles Point to Darwin." The log of MV Produced by MURRAY VIEWS PTY. LTD
events recorded by the W.R.A.N.S. is probably the most reliable account of the night, when Darwin was clawed and mauled by the most • destructive cyclone ever recorded in Australia. At 11.50 p.m. the Met. office said Tracy was travelling south-east 30 km from Darwin. The wind began to howl, and sheets of rain pelted down as they huddled in their homes. Many moved into their bathrooms which they were told was the safest place. What they did not know was that at about this time a phenomenon kn1own as "explosive deepening" had begun. Tracy's eye had been large and diffuse. Suddenly the eye started to shrink rapidly, causing an enormous and progressive increase in the ferocity of the wind in the "maximum speed ring" — a band only a few kilometres wide around the eye where the tempest is strongest. This explosive deepening and possible tornadoes are the explanation for the gross miscalculations of expected wind speeds. There was never any prediction of the severity of winds of more than 300 km/hr. over parts of Darwin. The W.R.A.N.S. log ends, "04.30. All communications lost. Emergency power available. No know-ledge of loss." Over the next hour, as Tracy moved away to the south-east, the people of Darwin emerged into the rain from their shattered homes to look with disbelief as the dawn illuminated the battered ruins of their city.
GYMPIE, Q. AUSTRALIA COPYRIGHT
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small, but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small, developing, easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h (117 kn; 135 mph) before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.
Michael J. Barritt posted a photo:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small, but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small, developing, easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h (117 kn; 135 mph) before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.
Michael J. Barritt posted a photo:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small, but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small, developing, easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h (117 kn; 135 mph) before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.
Michael J. Barritt posted a photo:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small, but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small, developing, easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h (117 kn; 135 mph) before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.
Michael J. Barritt posted a photo:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small, but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small, developing, easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h (117 kn; 135 mph) before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.
Michael J. Barritt posted a photo:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small, but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small, developing, easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h (117 kn; 135 mph) before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.
Michael J. Barritt posted a photo:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small, but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small, developing, easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h (117 kn; 135 mph) before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.
Michael J. Barritt posted a photo:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small, but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small, developing, easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h (117 kn; 135 mph) before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.
Michael J. Barritt posted a photo:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small, but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small, developing, easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damage became severe, with wind gusts reaching 217 km/h (117 kn; 135 mph) before instruments failed. The anemometer in Darwin Airport control tower had its needle bent in half by the strength of the gusts.
Pentakrom posted a photo:
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P2617 at the RAF Museum Hendon on 21st December 2012.
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Closed because of risk of flooding… 2025-04-04
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PEEJ0E posted a photo:
Snow, hail, freezing rain, torrential rain, flooding, ice pellets, thunder, lightning, damaging winds - we got it all today! Rusty and I tried to go for a walk in this mess but he quickly went pee and turned towards home. The weatherman says we may get a bit of a break in about an hour so we’ll venture out again before the second round of thunderstorms. I hear it’s going to be warm and sunny tomorrow. Welcome to April!
ophis posted a photo:
News photo by Matt Kaminsky. Lower Mills, Milton, MA 2/18/25
ophis posted a photo:
MBTA tracks at left. News photo by Matt Kaminsky. Lower Mills, Milton, MA 2/18/25
ophis posted a photo:
Inbound platform at rear. Lower Mills, Milton, MA 2/18/25
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