Posts from Bek in thread „Storm In Australia“

Thanks for your concern everyone. It's great to see some good people out there in the world!

Mrs C. I have a picture editing program on my computer so I was able to add the bits about where the cyclone hit and where Smokey and I are.

Smokey and I are pretty lucky because it was a fair way north from us( we are in the same state but in the southern part). But the people that it has affected it has really hit them hard. There is a lot of Banana and Sugarcane Plantations where the cyclone hit and they have been flattened, it is going to take at least 2 years for that area to get back on top of their lives again. So many people have lost everything, and when I say that I mean everything! Their homes, their belongings, their jobs, everything. I think the whole country will band together to help everyone up there in NQ(North Queensland). THere is another cyclone heading in from the Vanautu area, Tropical Cyclone Wati. THe one that hit, Tropical Cyclone Larry has been compared to Hurricane Katrina down here
TC Wati isn't expected to be as brutal as TC Larry and it is hoped that it will move away from the coast within the next few days.

A Map:

A little insight to what the damage is like: