Clio Posted March 20, 2006 Posted March 20, 2006 Is everyone safe after the SuperCyclone blew through? Is it done blowing through or are you still hunkered down waiting for it to blow through? I hear it's y'all's strongest storm since '74. A humdinger of a hurricane... Praying everyone is safe. Clio Quote A heart where He alone has first place.
Moderators Bravus Posted March 20, 2006 Moderators Posted March 20, 2006 It's in North Queensland, which is a relatively sparsely populated region, and I'm pretty sure none of our regulars here are from that area. So everyone we know is safe, but there are lots of people we don't know who still need our thoughts and prayers. Quote Truth is important
Moderators Nan Posted March 20, 2006 Moderators Posted March 20, 2006 So far - and I have not seen the news this morning - there are no reports of serious injury or death, a lot of damage has been done and sugar cane and banana crops wiped out. And another cyclone that could be just as strong is forming behind the first. Thank you for the concern Clio - and like you Bravus I do not know of any of our members who come from N Qld. Innisfail and surrounds were worst affected, Cairns seems to have escaped major problems. Quote
aldona Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 I'm at the opposite end of the continent (about 3000 miles away?) and fortunately don't have any friends or relatives in the north of Queensland, but I travelled there once (I was about 13) and I remember the heat and the rainforests and the beautiful flowers and butterflies. From what I hear on the news, there has only been one death recorded (a man's body was found in a trailer park - police are not sure if he died as a result of the storm or a heart attack). However, thousands of people have been left homeless, some towns are without running water and electricity, and a very large part (some estimates say 90%) of the banana crop has been wiped out. Australia has a ban on imports of bananas from other countries due to problems with quarantine and agricultural pests & diseases. So we have noticed right away that the price of bananas has more than doubled and they are getting harder to obtain. I think the price of sugar is expected to go up too, as large areas of sugar cane crops were affected too. So even though the cyclone hasn't directly caused as much loss of life as other natural disasters, but there's a "flow-on" effect for our economy. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> aldona Quote www.asrc.org.au (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Melbourne)Helping over 2000 refugees & asylum seekers each monthIMSLP/Petrucci Music LibraryThe Public Domain Music Score Library - Free Sheet Music DownloadsLooking for classical sheet music? Try IMSLP first!
Clio Posted March 22, 2006 Author Posted March 22, 2006 What about the storm at the OTHER end of the continent? Quote A heart where He alone has first place.
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