I remember Tracy well. It will always be something etched into my mind and if any CAT 4 or 5 cyclone should come directly over Darwin again believe me I won't be hanging around. If you honestly think the CAT 3 (which is all that houses need to be coded to) will hold up to a CAT 5 cyclone then god bless you if you are in it's path.
This cyclone was the worst thing Darwin residents could've faced cos they finished rebuilding (with the help of other Australians) after the bombing back in 1942 then had to rebuild once again (and again with the help of other Australians).. But now it's much safer to go there cos eveyone's well informed about what to do if a cyclone hits and the buildings are cyclone proof! :)
Born and raised from Darwin here, my mother told me all the stories about what my family was forced to go through, and I've been in the exhibition at the museum dozens of times! Scary thought, luckily new building codes prevent this from being so devastating if it happens again!
@BabySmurfEater - No, just the 70's. Didn't you see their mullet haircuts, teeny weeny shorts and bell bottom trousers! Just loved that 70's incidental music during the vid. I remember the cyclone, Oz was stunned but they got a lot of help afterwards. Not like New Orleans, where they just got forgotten after the news footage collected ratings.
I missed all this as I was just 4 years old back in 1974. And my parents always sent me to bed before I could see any remaining coverage. They watched all this stuff alone. And 4-year olds can't remember much of what they see. So my only things I could remember at that age was Sesame Street and Play School. I actually used this fact in choosing to watch box set cartoons in place of the QLD flood/cyclone coverage in 2010-2011.
I remember seeing this film several times as a short at the cinema. The images of the wreckage and that warning siren at the start stayed with me for a long time. I was 10 at the time.
very sad...i was too young to remember this..i was only a baby and living in Sydney at the time that Cyclone Tracy happened...but i remember years later my parents telling me how all of Australia helped Darwin get back on their feet again.
that music is scary
Livza1 1 month ago
I was in Sale Victoria on duty at RAAF East Sale when all this was happening.
MrBobbyDan 2 months ago in playlist Summer Time
Unfortunately this footage looks like many of the aboriginal communities in the NT today, without them being hit by cyclones.
jasonjupp 2 months ago
:(
Times7Arena 2 months ago
wow
vevojustinquelchcb 6 months ago
I remember Tracy well. It will always be something etched into my mind and if any CAT 4 or 5 cyclone should come directly over Darwin again believe me I won't be hanging around. If you honestly think the CAT 3 (which is all that houses need to be coded to) will hold up to a CAT 5 cyclone then god bless you if you are in it's path.
falcidi 7 months ago
Poor people they had holden Torana lucky
XxTangoDownxX1 8 months ago
This cyclone was the worst thing Darwin residents could've faced cos they finished rebuilding (with the help of other Australians) after the bombing back in 1942 then had to rebuild once again (and again with the help of other Australians).. But now it's much safer to go there cos eveyone's well informed about what to do if a cyclone hits and the buildings are cyclone proof! :)
PauLPauLie1 8 months ago
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Renpurso 8 months ago
Born and raised from Darwin here, my mother told me all the stories about what my family was forced to go through, and I've been in the exhibition at the museum dozens of times! Scary thought, luckily new building codes prevent this from being so devastating if it happens again!
nightcloud99 8 months ago
GAY
BabySmurfEater 8 months ago
@BabySmurfEater - No, just the 70's. Didn't you see their mullet haircuts, teeny weeny shorts and bell bottom trousers! Just loved that 70's incidental music during the vid. I remember the cyclone, Oz was stunned but they got a lot of help afterwards. Not like New Orleans, where they just got forgotten after the news footage collected ratings.
jerramy 6 months ago
@jerramy Lol you take things to seriously.... I was just fucking around, and probably stoned when I wrote that comment.
BabySmurfEater 6 months ago
LOL at the golliwogg @ 6' 11"
MeatCloud 8 months ago
@MeatCloud - You remember golliwoggs too?!!
jerramy 6 months ago
i see the cyclone tracy exhibition at darwin museum everytime i'm up there. devastating yet compelling.
maazzzaa 8 months ago
I missed all this as I was just 4 years old back in 1974. And my parents always sent me to bed before I could see any remaining coverage. They watched all this stuff alone. And 4-year olds can't remember much of what they see. So my only things I could remember at that age was Sesame Street and Play School. I actually used this fact in choosing to watch box set cartoons in place of the QLD flood/cyclone coverage in 2010-2011.
darkangel2347 8 months ago
I remember seeing this film several times as a short at the cinema. The images of the wreckage and that warning siren at the start stayed with me for a long time. I was 10 at the time.
robotpossum 8 months ago
very sad...i was too young to remember this..i was only a baby and living in Sydney at the time that Cyclone Tracy happened...but i remember years later my parents telling me how all of Australia helped Darwin get back on their feet again.
God rest the poor people who lost their lives.
TheGreatDinahSHORE 8 months ago
how sad that all those people lost their homes and some their lives, poor Darwin
supahotty221 11 months ago
eli
turbochargedjordan1 11 months ago
a sad but great short film, the true power of mother nature.
releasethefiend 1 year ago
I'm too young to remember that, having only been a year old by that time.
Seattlecarnut 1 year ago