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**Auld Bassoon** · 19th March 2006, 08:47 PM

Thinking of you Mick (and Womble).

I hope that it peters out before it gets too close.

**bitingmidge** · 19th March 2006, 08:59 PM

Same same from me.

P

**E. maculata** · 19th March 2006, 10:49 PM

Crikey:eek: don't take any of those chances that you FNQ Blokes are rather fond of

**Ashore** · 19th March 2006, 10:58 PM

My thoughts are with you guys and your families ...stay well

Russell

**Jack E** · 19th March 2006, 11:03 PM

Why wouldn't a cyclone come.
I have an RDO tommorrow and have just heard they have closed work anyway

And I had an early tee off booked:mad:
Spent a bit of time tidying up, securing windows etc today.
I hope it all blows over.
Good luck to those further north who from the sounds of it will cop the worst.

Cheers, Jack

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**journeyman Mick** · 19th March 2006, 11:40 PM

Womble,
I was wondering about your place, even if the whole roof isn't screwed off as long as all the laps are screwed then you've got half a chance. If it was my place I would've been up there all day with a screw gun and a box of screws. I've even screwed down a roof in the rain using a cordless and a few batteries, bloody slippery but no sunburn. Hope it all goes well for you. It's dead still here too and very muggy. I've made all the preparations I can besides taping the windows. I won't do that unless it actually gets real blowy around here - it's a bugger to clean the windows afterwards,

Jack,
what's wrong with a bit of wind and rain when you're golfing?

Andy,
got the chainsaws fuelled, oiled and sharpened waiting for the harvest.

All,
thanks for the well wishes, everything will be Jake (and I'll be as happy as Larry

)

**Jack E** · 19th March 2006, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Jack,
what's wrong with a bit of wind and rain when you're golfing?

Yeah mate, I will be up early checking the weather. If it is not too bad I will be out chasing the little white ball.

It is rainy, windy and muggy here.
I guess the calmness up there is a bad sign.

Good luck, Jack

**womble** · 20th March 2006, 12:11 AM

The laps are screwed down fortunately but it wont be enough if it keeps coming due west. I would have gone up on the roof if we had a ladder high enough but ours isn't, and the relocators took their's the other day. The bloke doing the removal/restumping reckons he's going to be up early tomorrow morning to screw it down, I reckon he's got buckleys as it's supposed to hit around 7am or so and I cant see him getting up the gillies and screwing a roof on in 200+ winds. We'll just have to wait and see I guess, I'm hoping for the best but expecting the worst.

Its still quiet here in Cairns, just a slight breeze starting to stir now but nothing significant, and no rain at all. Talk about calm before a storm!

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Womble,
I was wondering about your place, even if the whole roof isn't screwed off as long as all the laps are screwed then you've got half a chance. If it was my place I would've been up there all day with a screw gun and a box of screws. I've even screwed down a roof in the rain using a cordless and a few batteries, bloody slippery but no sunburn. Hope it all goes well for you. It's dead still here too and very muggy. I've made all the preparations I can besides taping the windows. I won't do that unless it actually gets real blowy around here - it's a bugger to clean the windows afterwards,

Jack,
what's wrong with a bit of wind and rain when you're golfing?

Andy,
got the chainsaws fuelled, oiled and sharpened waiting for the harvest.

All,
thanks for the well wishes, everything will be Jake (and I'll be as happy as Larry

)

**journeyman Mick** · 20th March 2006, 12:31 AM

Womble,
generally once they cross the coast they drop in intensity somewhat and hopefully by the time it gets to your place it will have expended a bit of energy. Whern Steve passed right overhead it was very gusty but that was all. Of course thaere have been notable exceptions in the past that have come miles overland and still been very destructive. In the end you prepare what you can and then just sit back and see what happens, no point stressing as it won't change anything (well maybe your blood pressure

) Hang in there mate, life's too short etc.

Mick

PS just had a bit of rain, about 20 seconds worth but it's still completely calm.

PPS The dog is hiding under the bed-he's smarter than us, we wouldn't know it was coming without all the technical jiggery pokery and he knows it's on its way

**womble** · 20th March 2006, 05:10 AM

pretty windy now, strong gusts howling through with a bit of rain. I cant believe the number of cars going past this time of the morning, if they are out 'rubbernecking' at a category 4 cyclone then they are pretty stupid...

**MathewA** · 20th March 2006, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by Jack E

Why wouldn't a cyclone come.
I have an RDO tommorrow and have just heard they have closed work anyway

And I had an early tee off booked:mad:
Spent a bit of time tidying up, securing windows etc today.
I hope it all blows over.
Good luck to those further north who from the sounds of it will cop the worst.

Cheers, Jack

With your back to the wind you should be able to knock the ball half way across australia

**MathewA** · 20th March 2006, 07:41 AM

Just watching sunrise talk about it. Hope your kite string is up to it Mick. We'll all be thinking about you and hoping and yours well.

**jmk89** · 20th March 2006, 08:10 AM

Ditto all best wishes and thoughts
PS Mick I will understand if you don't get to the Post Office today to send that package to me.
Jeremy

**doug the slug** · 20th March 2006, 08:19 AM

Good luck to the FNQ people, if its any consolation we are getting a bit of nice rain from it here

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