#TCalfred
Tropical Cyclone Alfred was more than 6 months ago, but the bluesky feed is still active. It's used by SEQ power outages and still useful.

I'm amused, anyway.
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The loss of 140,000 head of livestock due to western Queensland floods, as a result of #TCDianne on the other side of the country, *after* budget-denting #TCAlfred flooding in Queensland...yet little is said about impact on crop & meat availability that #ClimateEmergency will increasingly cause.
a cartoon character from south park says that we have to have a very difficult conversation
ALT: a cartoon character from south park says that we have to have a very difficult conversation
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I wasn't planning to have such recent experience (#TCAlfred 🌀😅) but please do join Sally Butchers, Howard Pryor and Irereime Waqainabete to discuss the impact of natural disasters on the OR. (Please note timezone; Good Friday for most of Asia-Pacific).
@facs.org

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March 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
She's looking a little thinner, but has put in a lot of energy to rebuild her long, vertical, conical web (I think she's a species of Argiope, but not sure which makes this shape) after #TCAlfred knocked it about.
March 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Don’t think Queenslanders were overly impressed by Spud attending the Sydney fundraiser while they prepared for #TCAlfred either. Shades of Hawaii 🌺
March 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The Albanese Government is there for people and communities, like they've been there for each other in the worst-hit areas.

The recovery and rebuild from Cyclone Alfred will be a key influence on next week's Budget. #auspol #ausecon #tcalfred
March 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
An awesome afternoon at #netherworldarcade the best pub in #brisbane. Delayed #internationalwomensday event because #tcalfred. As a bonus the very talented Eloise Collins did an acoustic set! As a bonus bonus I got to play the Pulp Fiction #pinball
March 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The Gold Coast got a beautiful beach & #Brisbane got sand islands off the coast which protected it from the #cyclone.

This is the first time that I've thought Brisbane got the better deal.

#TCAlfred #weather #climate
holy moly....the impact of the cyclone on the Gold Coast

theconversation.com/beloved-beac...

(most will eventually return but long term erosion from fossil fuel atmospheric impacts is ruining these areas)
March 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is so beautiful I'm commenting and liking myself. 🤣🤣 And correcting the typo because typos here annoy me, disproportionately. Like TCAlfred did.
March 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Surely the time has arrived, to pressure QLD Govt. departments (particularly in essential services, such as power, water and transport) to set up shop on Bluesky officially, and take up some of the ideas users created themselves, in light of the #TCAlfred emergency.

#qldpol
March 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“We’re lucky fire ants aren’t in the Murray-Darling basin but this is the kind of event that could see them spread into New South Wales if they were.” #InvasiveSpecies #TCAlfred #FireAnts #rifas
Large rafts of invasive fire ants seen floating in flood waters after Cyclone Alfred
Entire colonies filmed clinging on to debris, ready to make nests on dry ground in Queensland and beyond
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Large rafts of invasive fire ants seen floating in flood waters after Cyclone Alfred

One of a host of additional impacts and consequences of an extreme event. Alfred may have landed as a category 1 storm, but long term impacts should not be underestimated. The tail will be long
Large rafts of invasive fire ants seen floating in flood waters after Cyclone Alfred
Entire colonies filmed clinging on to debris, ready to make nests on dry ground in Queensland and beyond
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The economic cost of #TCAlfred could be $1 billion a day. Also: short term inflationary effect on food prices, and rising insurance premiums.
HILDA survey indicates extreme weather damage to homes has lifted from 1-1.5% to 4.5% #ClimateCrisis
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
The economic cost of ex-Cyclone Alfred could be $1 billion a day
In addition to the human cost, the financial cost of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is rising across the economy.
www.abc.net.au
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Great to see @alifrance.bsky.social out there helping the good folk of #Dickson still. Yesterday she was delivering pizza, ice cream and ice to many still without power. #Dickson deserves decency. #Floods #TCAlfred #auspol
March 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We will rebuild ✊ #TCAlfred #cyclone
March 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
First day of regular public transport in Gold Coast after tropical cyclone Alfred. 58k homes still without electricity in South East Queensland (SEQ).

#goldcoast #tcalfred #australia
March 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Lessons from the Mud Army in 2011 (please watch before joining the “Ute Army” this weekend) #TCAlfred youtu.be/3HVgcfmAS58?...
The Aftermath (Mud Army - Overwhelming) [Part 7]
YouTube video by Volunteering Queensland TV
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Twitter down?

Come to the only game in town concerning #TCAlfred updates.

300 words of wackiness, and now with three minute videos to boot.
I'm hearing Twitter has the trots again.

Unlike the other place: we've got a feed exclusively full of skeets concerning #TCAlfred.

#XOutage

bsky.app/profile/did:...
March 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A very sobering update from Hervey Bay:

Bay Plaza in the Pialba CBD, which flooded extensively on Sunday morning, is set to be out of action for a month minimum.

Most, if not all, the smaller retailers there have no flood insurance.

#TCAlfred
March 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Recovering from tropical cyclone Alfred! Started putting back in place everything brought inside or tied down. Also started cleaning out the pool which has inevitably collected a large crop of leaves and twigs.
Internet came back up this morning.
#indieauthor #TCAlfred #Brisbane
March 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A massive THANK YOU to the very busy #SEQldEnergexTeams who got our power back on 2 days before expected🎉🎉🎉🎉
TC Alfred threw a lot at us in the Redlands.
Since Friday morning we've had only 5 hours of power.
With 2 kids, 10 &8, it's been hard going. But we got there!
#TCAlfred
March 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Beach erosion after #TCAlfred looks bad. But the beaches will recover over time as the sand is transported back on shore by the wind and waves. Based off citizen science monitoring of beach’s through programs such as coastcam. Service continue to keep taking photos and contributing to the science.
Beloved beaches were washed offshore by Cyclone Alfred – but most of this sand will return
Huge volumes of sand have been swept offshore by Cyclone Alfred’s waves, leaving beaches and dunes looking very different.
theconversation.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Cyclone Alfed has revealed the big difference between Albanese and Dutton during a crisis. #auspol #abc730
March 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM