[?]ng-Distance

Is Should

[?]Erest You

[?]ng-Distance [?]arnings Hurricanes

IE Australian Meteorological Bureau has intimated that it will, this December 10-14, hold ymposium on Tropical Cyclones Brisbane University, his is a matter about which all ific Islands administrations ild be vitally interested —even ;e who are not technically in hurricane area. le Australian Met. Bureau has ntly taken a serious interest in microseismic method of cyclone aings and has established a nograph at Townsville (this is addition to the one already Wished at Queensland rersity, Brisbane), le Townsville station was ready a few days before this season’s .stating cyclone struck (it ed £3,000,000 worth of damage cane and property on the msland coast). The station still having teething troubles as a result warnings were not ffective as might be. Results i the Brisbane station which operated under Dr. Owen Jones several years were regarded as Dletely satisfactory.

M published an article about microseismic method of cyclone Lings in the issue of October, Although there are factions igst weather-men who are microseismic, consider interest has been stirred in method in Noumea, Fiji, bn and USA—as well as in ralia. cyclones, full blooded and *s that are described as “the end of a cyclone,” cause each great damage to houses food-gardens and threaten the hood of Pacific Islands people, is a matter in which, it might imagined, the South Pacific mission could concern itself. ;ver, so far as we know it not, although this organisation s a logical meeting ground for various administrations who vitally concerned in the station caused by these tropical is. le microseismic method of ne warning is the recording Jelicate instruments of the 1 1 shock-waves transmitted igh sea and land of the it disturbance created by the lling cyclone (or hurricane), icanes can be up to 600 miles when the first warning is and as these storms in the i Pacific rarely travel at more 25 knots, and usually less, ings could be given 24 to 48 i ahead).