Waiting for the cyclone to hit Queensland, Australia.
The last one was in 1974.
This time there has been two days warning and preparation. It should landfall 1.30 am Saturday.
We have seen huge waves and coastal erosion with the rain setting in.
The promotional saying for Queensland was “Beautiful one day and perfect the next”, time for a change I think!
Last few years it has been torrential rain, flooding, extreme heat and humidity and only just recovered from flooding in 2022 and now this!
Meteorological Science has come great strides since 1974
Stay Safe!
Cyclone Alfred has now been downgraded to ex tropical cyclone. 240,000 homes without electricity, in some places 100k winds, the main threat now is the rain!
Reminds me of the poem My Country - Dorothea Mackellar,
"I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains…
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