Yasi is coming

It has been a long day!  The gale force winds and rain didn't eventuate during daylight hours so we had a lot more time to prepare things outside and around the grounds.  It was more difficult inside because we didn't know whether to move things away from windows in case they are blown in and if to put things up high because the roof may go and then there is always the storm surge and flooding to worry about after the cyclone.  By lunchtime we just gave up and as we still had power we turned on the airconditioning and the TV and watched the International one day cricket between England and Australia.

The weather outside at the moment is wild and woolly and the last Cyclone Advice forecasted that Yasi would cross the coast near Innisfail just south of Cairns around midnight.

Cairns has been battened down all day and it was strange to see no cars driving around.  Our power has just starting going off and on so that means we are about to go black and I don't know how much longer we will have communications. 

Till next time
Frances

Comments

Anonymous said…
Best of luck

Judy B
February 2, 2011 at 9:25 PM
susis quilts said…
dear frances,i wish you and all the people in that area all the best,take care,susi
February 2, 2011 at 9:50 PM
Susan said…
Looks like you may have missed the worst of it! Stay safe Suz x
February 3, 2011 at 7:27 AM
Anonymous said…
special thoughts to you, hope all is well! i have family in townsville and innisfail, so no direct news from them so far this morning. by the way, australia won the cricket!
February 3, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Julia said…
Hope all is well Frances...looks like Cairns missed the worst of it..still scary though!
Julia ♥
February 3, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Lisa said…
Frances, my thoughts are with you, and I'm praying you are safe through this. I can't imagine what you are going through.
February 3, 2011 at 2:50 PM
Joy V said…
Frances & Peter - keeping you in my thoughts - I see now that Cairns missed the worst of it, but still a worrying time for all.
February 4, 2011 at 4:25 PM
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