It's been blowing a storm all day and the forecast predicts that it will get worse overnight and will be on danger alert tomorrow.
I don't like the sound of "Cyclone Tam is expected to bring the strongest winds since 2017" given that Cyclone Gabriel in 2023 did extensive damage up here, ripping off roofs, uprooting trees and fences and munting the roads and infrastructure in our neighbourhood.
Last night and today we've already had heavy rain and high winds that have rocked the house. I've 'battened down the hatches' even further today and charged up the torches, filled water containers and made sure that I have a spare gas canister to fuel the stovetop.
I guess that tennis will be out tomorrow but, as I rolled my ankle on Tuesday, that's not a bad thing.
I just hope that the Big Bad Wolf doesn't pick on our house.
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Oh dear, first I've heard about the cyclone. Looks like it's peaking now!
Not here - the worst will be tomorrow.
Oh Oo, 6 am !
In Cyclone Gabriel a neighbour's roof was entirely lifted and deposited about 80 metres away after destroying another neighbour's roof, fence and part of the house.
The wooden fences separating 3 houses , just two houses away from ours were totally destroyed.
Several launches and yachts were grounded or sunk in the bay out in front of us.
Water and electricity were disrupted for days.
roads were rendered impassable in some areas and the main road from town was severely restricted.
We lost a feijoa tree but others in the street and neighbourhood had nikaus, pines, macrocarpa and other large trees ripped up and blown over or away.
'Touch wood' (a useful pagan belief) we've been luck over the yeras and seem to be just off the channel that the winds take when roaring down off the mountain.
I think I'll have a restless sleep tonight.
Have you got a contact number for The Holy Ghost in case I need to have a chat? Also, can you put a good word in for me. Like Donald Trump I have a good heart and a really good soul.
https://youtu.be/aGDzeHT2uMw?si=bLxnfOcMKWO8dcD4
Buonafortuna. Stay safe.
Thank you Pop Pop.
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