Watching, Waiting....

I have been watching the Bureau of Meteorology website for the last few days, keeping an eye on TC Hamish. He is currently a category 5 system, which is the highest rating. Near the eye he will packing winds of up to 295 kilometres per hour. Very, very scary stuff.


I have a lot of family up in North Queensland, some who went through TC Larry, and have been worried about them. It looks as if he is going to continue to skirt the coast and not give them any trouble, but he could turn right and cross the coast at anytime.

My Mum is supposed to be flying down to spend some time with us tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully Hamish will behave himself and the airport will remain open. Noo is very excited to see her Gran!

The last thing anyone in North Queensland needs at the moment is a cyclone and the torrential downpours that accompany them. Luckily my parents house wasn't damaged in the floods in Mackay of February 2008, but there will be a lot of nervous people whose properties were inundated, wondering if it is all going to happen again.