March 5, 2025 • 6 mins
Queenslanders are bracing for what could be the worst storm in more than 70 years.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is moving onto the east coast, with its full force expected to hit tomorrow and Saturday.
Evacuations are under way in the Gold Coast over fears of swells, 155 kilometre an hour winds, and flooding.
B105 Brisbane host Abby Coleman joined the Afternoons team to explain that people are bracing themselves for floods, heavy wind and power outages.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
Tropical cyclone Alfred continues to approach the Australian coast. It
looks likely to hit landfall when the next twelve hours.
Millions have been worn to brace for days without power.
Tens of thousands have been asked to evacuate. On the
line now is Ebbie Coleman from the B one oh
five stav Abby and Matt Brickford Show in Brisbane. Abbie,
very good afternoon.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
To you, afternoon to you gentlemen as well, Hebby.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
What's the feeling like on the ground over there?
Speaker 3 (00:42):
General, It's really quite strange because we've been getting warnings
about this for you know, the last few days, and we,
like you said, we were expecting it to happen very
early on Friday morning. And now I'm looking outside over
the Brisbane River. We're in the city here, and look,
it looks a little bit moody outside, but it's so
surreal because it's calm. There is no indication that a
cyclone is on its way, and that's because it's actually
(01:04):
been I guess delayed. He's a moody Moody Moody person.
So it's been and they are expecting it to come
through now late on Friday or even possibly Saturday morning.
But it just feels strange because everyone's like trying to
prepare for something and we're not used to cyclones, like
tropical cyclones in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. You know,
it hasn't happened in fifty years. So I guess the
(01:25):
main concern as well is about the rainfall of what's
going to happen, because one thing that Brisbane and Queenslanders
are quite aware of is flooding. So I think everyone's
just on so much alert for obviously the wind, but
possible flooding. We've been told to expect that there would
be power outages as well, so I guess with schools
out and kids at home with no WiFi, that's probably
(01:47):
going to be everyone's nerves are going to be Friday, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
I hear there's been a record amount of sandbagging going
down and you're seeing a lot of sand bags being
piled up.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Do you know people have been lining out throughout the night.
They actually shut it yesterday evening and now they've just
reopened it obviously because it's common than what we expect today.
But people just been filling sandbags because I guess last
time it was flooded, we didn't have enough. But I
don't know if you've seen the footage, but people are
fighting over toilet paper.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
And sandai classic.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Yeah, so it's a site of the commodity during any
sort of disaster. It's the toilet paper that's the shortage again.
But yeh, shops are actually shutting. The PM has said
that our shops will shut this afternoon and then really
don't know when they're going to reopen.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yeah, and how was the general behavior of people let
the supermarket? Clearly everyone goes for the toilet paper aisle
each time, but was the general behavior pretty orderly?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Look, i'd like to tell you, but I just stole
some rolls from work. I actually didn't go. Yeah to
the shops. Now, everyone's been cool. It just seems, you know,
it just seems like COVID again. You know, we're used
to I guess lockdowns, and that's what it feels like.
But you know, we've had every part of the government
say hey, please do stock up. So although you kind
of go, oh god, here we go again, everyone's stocking up.
(03:05):
I think everyone's just gone by the necessities. But at
the time and everything is sort of you know, running out.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
What's the area that's affected at this point? Has that changed?
Is it the same areas that were being talked about
a couple of days ago.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Well, we're always getting different reports and I know the
weather does change, so that's the updates. They're still expecting
that Brisbane is going to be in the eye of
the cyclone, but they have said it's going to be
anywhere from the Sunshine Coast down to the Gold Coast.
At the moment, the Gold Coast actually does have bad weather.
So for any New Zealanders that haven't come to Queensland,
please do not now, but you know, holiday in the future.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
There's still a couple of us that have remained in
the country. Most of us are on the Goldie at
the moment.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure a lot of you have
Cresson family in the Goldie. It's full of lovely kiwis.
But that's only an hour. It's only an hour and
a bit down the road. And they actually do have
because you know, it's coastal areas, so they've already got
that bad weather that is affecting them, So I guess yeah,
it just seems like everyone's going through a different experience.
There's some people that still kind of non believers since
(04:11):
it's been delayed. But yeah, I know, well I was
trying to say that kindly, but it's just my husband
who still hasn't tied down the trampoline on that.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
What's your personal concern levels and are you going in
to do the show on the radio tomorrow?
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Well, we weren't going to. We've actually taken some equipment
to be able to broadcast from home. But with a
dog scared of storms, terrible Queenslander and they are, you know,
three kids home from school. I was like, please don't
let us, but it looks like it's going to be
safe for I guess us to come back in. It's
just a strange thing where some houses can be affected
(04:47):
and some can't because like I said, everything you know,
I guess is around the river. It goes all throughout
the city. But the concern is that there's a lot
of low lying areas that get flooded regardless, So you know,
in one suburb you can have some houses affected and
some not, so I guess that's why it's just been
so desperate with the sandbags. So yeah, So I guess
(05:08):
my personal concern is I've got some neighbors and some
friends that will be affected, and then others of us
will be okay that they have they have said, you know,
to stay off the road. So I think we just
have to wait and see see how it goes. We
just don't. I just it's bizarre because we're not used
to cyclones here.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Yeah, yeah, and someone else who's not used to cyclones,
and look, this is this is obviously the most important
issue here. But I hear Ice ice Cube is hunkering
down in a hotel.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yeah, yeah, well he's spokes to be on tour. I
was trying to work out if he's secretly filming a
guest role in Anaconda the Second, which no one asked
for that movie because the first thing go well, but yeah,
they're doing a remake, so I'm presuming he's got a
guest role in that. But he's on a music tour
as well, so he's bunker down. It's his first ever
(05:56):
cyclone as well, so I guess he's going to be
posting a lot of photos. I don't know. I can
can emergency pack down to him if you want.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Yeah, yeah, thought some prayers to ice Cube.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
And there's a confident from Matt and Tyler. Yeah yeah,
it's a confident think having ice Cube and a disaster though,
wasn't it. You hope things will be all right if
ice Cuba's there.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
I've been straight out of Compton.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Yeah, confidence.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
As I said before, he was great at the game
two of the World Series Dodgers. At least not talk
about it, Abby.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Thank you very much, Go nab some more toilet rolls
from work and all the best and hopefully we'll chat
in a few days.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Yeah sounds good. Thanks guys, thanks for caring.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
That is Ebbie Coleman from the B one oh five,
Stave Abby and met Breakfast Show in Brisbane.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
For more from news talks at b listen live on
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to a podcast from News Talk sed B.
Follow this and our Wide Ranger podcast now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Tropical cyclone Alfred continues to approach the Australian coast. It
looks likely to hit landfall when the next twelve hours.
Millions have been worn to brace for days without power.
Tens of thousands have been asked to evacuate. On the
line now is Ebbie Coleman from the B one oh
five stav Abby and Matt Brickford Show in Brisbane. Abbie,
very good afternoon.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
To you, afternoon to you gentlemen as well, Hebby.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
What's the feeling like on the ground over there?
Speaker 3 (00:42):
General, It's really quite strange because we've been getting warnings
about this for you know, the last few days, and we,
like you said, we were expecting it to happen very
early on Friday morning. And now I'm looking outside over
the Brisbane River. We're in the city here, and look,
it looks a little bit moody outside, but it's so
surreal because it's calm. There is no indication that a
cyclone is on its way, and that's because it's actually
(01:04):
been I guess delayed. He's a moody Moody Moody person.
So it's been and they are expecting it to come
through now late on Friday or even possibly Saturday morning.
But it just feels strange because everyone's like trying to
prepare for something and we're not used to cyclones, like
tropical cyclones in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. You know,
it hasn't happened in fifty years. So I guess the
(01:25):
main concern as well is about the rainfall of what's
going to happen, because one thing that Brisbane and Queenslanders
are quite aware of is flooding. So I think everyone's
just on so much alert for obviously the wind, but
possible flooding. We've been told to expect that there would
be power outages as well, so I guess with schools
out and kids at home with no WiFi, that's probably
(01:47):
going to be everyone's nerves are going to be Friday, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
I hear there's been a record amount of sandbagging going
down and you're seeing a lot of sand bags being
piled up.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Do you know people have been lining out throughout the night.
They actually shut it yesterday evening and now they've just
reopened it obviously because it's common than what we expect today.
But people just been filling sandbags because I guess last
time it was flooded, we didn't have enough. But I
don't know if you've seen the footage, but people are
fighting over toilet paper.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
And sandai classic.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Yeah, so it's a site of the commodity during any
sort of disaster. It's the toilet paper that's the shortage again.
But yeh, shops are actually shutting. The PM has said
that our shops will shut this afternoon and then really
don't know when they're going to reopen.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yeah, and how was the general behavior of people let
the supermarket? Clearly everyone goes for the toilet paper aisle
each time, but was the general behavior pretty orderly?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Look, i'd like to tell you, but I just stole
some rolls from work. I actually didn't go. Yeah to
the shops. Now, everyone's been cool. It just seems, you know,
it just seems like COVID again. You know, we're used
to I guess lockdowns, and that's what it feels like.
But you know, we've had every part of the government
say hey, please do stock up. So although you kind
of go, oh god, here we go again, everyone's stocking up.
(03:05):
I think everyone's just gone by the necessities. But at
the time and everything is sort of you know, running out.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
What's the area that's affected at this point? Has that changed?
Is it the same areas that were being talked about
a couple of days ago.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Well, we're always getting different reports and I know the
weather does change, so that's the updates. They're still expecting
that Brisbane is going to be in the eye of
the cyclone, but they have said it's going to be
anywhere from the Sunshine Coast down to the Gold Coast.
At the moment, the Gold Coast actually does have bad weather.
So for any New Zealanders that haven't come to Queensland,
please do not now, but you know, holiday in the future.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
There's still a couple of us that have remained in
the country. Most of us are on the Goldie at
the moment.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure a lot of you have
Cresson family in the Goldie. It's full of lovely kiwis.
But that's only an hour. It's only an hour and
a bit down the road. And they actually do have
because you know, it's coastal areas, so they've already got
that bad weather that is affecting them, So I guess yeah,
it just seems like everyone's going through a different experience.
There's some people that still kind of non believers since
(04:11):
it's been delayed. But yeah, I know, well I was
trying to say that kindly, but it's just my husband
who still hasn't tied down the trampoline on that.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
What's your personal concern levels and are you going in
to do the show on the radio tomorrow?
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Well, we weren't going to. We've actually taken some equipment
to be able to broadcast from home. But with a
dog scared of storms, terrible Queenslander and they are, you know,
three kids home from school. I was like, please don't
let us, but it looks like it's going to be
safe for I guess us to come back in. It's
just a strange thing where some houses can be affected
(04:47):
and some can't because like I said, everything you know,
I guess is around the river. It goes all throughout
the city. But the concern is that there's a lot
of low lying areas that get flooded regardless, So you know,
in one suburb you can have some houses affected and
some not, so I guess that's why it's just been
so desperate with the sandbags. So yeah, So I guess
(05:08):
my personal concern is I've got some neighbors and some
friends that will be affected, and then others of us
will be okay that they have they have said, you know,
to stay off the road. So I think we just
have to wait and see see how it goes. We
just don't. I just it's bizarre because we're not used
to cyclones here.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Yeah, yeah, and someone else who's not used to cyclones,
and look, this is this is obviously the most important
issue here. But I hear Ice ice Cube is hunkering
down in a hotel.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yeah, yeah, well he's spokes to be on tour. I
was trying to work out if he's secretly filming a
guest role in Anaconda the Second, which no one asked
for that movie because the first thing go well, but yeah,
they're doing a remake, so I'm presuming he's got a
guest role in that. But he's on a music tour
as well, so he's bunker down. It's his first ever
(05:56):
cyclone as well, so I guess he's going to be
posting a lot of photos. I don't know. I can
can emergency pack down to him if you want.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Yeah, yeah, thought some prayers to ice Cube.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
And there's a confident from Matt and Tyler. Yeah yeah,
it's a confident think having ice Cube and a disaster though,
wasn't it. You hope things will be all right if
ice Cuba's there.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
I've been straight out of Compton.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Yeah, confidence.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
As I said before, he was great at the game
two of the World Series Dodgers. At least not talk
about it, Abby.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Thank you very much, Go nab some more toilet rolls
from work and all the best and hopefully we'll chat
in a few days.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Yeah sounds good. Thanks guys, thanks for caring.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
That is Ebbie Coleman from the B one oh five,
Stave Abby and met Breakfast Show in Brisbane.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
For more from news talks at b listen live on
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcast on iHeartRadio.
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