For anyone interested, here is Ata's Cyclone Update. Her name is Monica. She is currently a category 5 (which is as bad as it gets), but expected to be category 3 by the time she cruises past Darwin. All flights in and out of Darwin have been cancelled from about 11 tonight. Which means that the flight Ata had arranged to be on at 1:55, with the intention of beating the cyclone so as to ensure being in Adelaide in time to make it to work on Thursday, has also been cancelled. Which means that Ata is now booked back on her original Wednesday flight, minus the extra dollars paid to rebook to Tuesday, and hoping that Monica does not decide on a longer stay. Those interested in Monica's current location (and don't worry, I'm not assuming you actually are) can look here: http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDD65011.shtml Ata's Father's favourite site for cyclone movement forecasting is the Joint Typhoon Warning mob. They are predicting that it will cross to the south of Darwin, so we won't cop the eye of the storm. Ata suspects that it will probably turn further south, and we won't get much at all. Just some rain (nearly wrote 'rian', then) and wind. http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/warnings/sh2306.gif Ata's parents live in a grollo, which was built shortly after Cyclone Tracy and has been altered very little since. As a result, the building is solid enough to withstand just about anything short of a direct nuclear bombing, or possibly the Second Coming. Most loose objects have been brought inside. Darwin is currently on Cyclone Warning. For the uninitiated, 'Cyclone Watch' is the equivalent of 'Alert but Not Alarmed - Know Where Your Spare Knickers Are'. 'Cyclone Warning' is 'Batten Down the Hatches and Don't Leave the Dog Outside Tonight'. I have to go for dinner now. We are having fish and chicken. Toodles all. |
