Thursday 19th February
So, there's a cyclone coming.... the shops have sold out of Milk and Bread as everyone is panic buying.... (we always have long life milk in the cupboard and bread in the freezer... so I don't need to stress about this usually)...
The cats don't seem overly concerned....
Friday 20th February
Can only just see the power station in this photo... that goes to show how heavy the rain was....
We again had water issues downstairs.... but nothing a vacuum every 30mins couldn't solve....
We also had to contact this side window as the water was blowing the glass around... and we haven't had these windows replaced yet.... we're waiting on THAT stage of the renovations to get here so that we can.... I don't want to be replacing them a couple of times over....
This was the predicted path of the cyclone as it hit land.... Cat5 as it hit Yeppoon and it did a fair chunk of damage while it was there...
It was predicted that the eye of the cyclone would pass over Gladstone initially at a Cat 4 that was then down graded to a 2..... when it did pass - we were on the outskirts as it headed inland and only got a Cat2.. so, no biggie....
There were a couple of places around Gladstone that were without power... We took a generator up to Mt Larcom Cafe for our friends to use to keep their fridges/freezers running until they got power again.. and Drew came down to Mt Larcom to collect another of our generators - Rocky were without power for about two weeks... some places weren't effected so badly, I think Drew had power within 4 days or so.... but they copped it the worst....
(and for those who aren't aware of cyclone categories, here's a diagram to help!)
Our Cats looked nothing like the diagram....
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