He wouldn't be wrong. The South was known for its better leadership during The Civil War.

'Beloved leader' is more of a communist schtick last I checked...

So it was. My mistake.
The reporting here on that event has been fairly inaccurate, using outdated information.

With that in mind... Queensland gets hit by several Cyclones (Aka. Hurricanes) a year, we manage to avoid a ton of death and destruction and hysteria, even with Category 5 storms.

Well. The most he can do is allocate extra resources... However, speaking as someone who is in the emergency services... The more that politicians stand out of the way of us doing our job, the better.

The California fires were a big eye opener for us guys down here.
You guys really need a top-to-bottom audit at everything from your building codes, right up to who is in charge for stamping the funds to procure equipment, it was a mess.
Allot of the death and destruction can be mitigated with some common sense and appropriate information.

Not sure who the “you guys” and “your” refers to, but I can agree with your closing statement.  However, I would add “strong, capable leadership” to the list.  With 22 senior-level positions vacant or temporarily filled, leadership is not strong. With those positions to be filled at Beloved Leader’s choosing, it surely won’t be capable.

Well yes it was also a lazy critique from myself to oversimplify this and i do not know enough about it to make a valid comment.

So yeah i stand by it that politicians cant be blamed for practicing their job while these things happen but they can offcourse get critique for not using their influence enough for resources etc.

What got you into doing work like this?

I was referring to our firefighting organizations.
We had personnel flown from here over to California to assist and train some of your guys.
To say that some aspects were extremely uncoordinated is an understatement... And that issue starts from the very top.

You are wrong. Hurricans and Cylones are the same thing, they just differ in the geographical location that they spawn in.
Some outlets use the exact same Saffir-Simpson scale as the Americans, so it's easy to compare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale#Category_5

Granted some weather outlets will use a different scale here in Australia which will muddy things, but they usually make mention of it.

The main difference is the sustained wind speed. On the Australian scale it's a sustained wind speed of 3 minutes, rather than 1 minute on the Saffir scale.
Thus... Averages are likely to differ due to the difference in sampling resolution.

The main benefit is actually our building codes.
In fire prone areas, we don't build homes out of pure wood like they did in California. (There were entire swathes of land just populated with brick fireplaces and nothing else after the fire front had passed.)

And in Cyclone prone areas we tend to build homes out of more durable materials.
Population density does play a part in it, but considering how well our homes and infrastructure tends to hold up in general... Well. You get the idea.
Not every populated area is in an elevated area.

Category 3 is an average storm.

It beats sitting down all day in an office. :P

I may watch some of it later today (if anything interesting happens).

Let me reiterate. Not all outlets in Australia use the Australian intensity scale. - And in instances when they don't, they make mention of it.
I am also not in Queensland, this is an entire continent you know.

Are you sure there has never been a Category 5 saffir-equivalent Cyclone in Australia? ;)

Cyclone Mahina.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Mahina
260km/h at 1 minute sustained resolution.

I also suggest you read this, it compares the scales.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_scales#Comparisons_across_basins

ORANGE MAN BAD