Hours become Days

I am sorry to be writing about this again.  But we spent a good bit of yesterday preparing for the cyclone.  It has not hit us yet and we can still wander around the yard.  The birds have been fed as has the fish.
It feels really weird waiting around for the thing to hit.  It does not help that it has slowed down.  One report yesterday said we could be in for 60 hours of really bad weather. 
Where we are it is the wind that is the most concerning thing.  Although the storm has not reached us yet we had a few gusts yesterday that would be a sign of things to come.  They were unbelievably strong.
We have even brought our stingless bees in.  That involves taking their box off its usual stand and covering any holes with mesh so they can still breath but not escape. That is now inside and down low.
One good thing about the delay is it has allowed time to reassess.  Some things have now come in that were not in.  It is looking at items that could become potential missiles.   Normal winds are one thing but sustained gusts of around one hundred k’s tend to discover anything that is vulnerable to lift off.
Having said that I would just like the event to be over.  I have been through a much worse cyclone before in Townsville where we spent time under the table, and the home next to us was demolished.  Yet I do not remember this waiting like this.
There comes a time where one has done all that one knows to do and all that remains is for the thing to happen.  We are pretty much in that state now. Only time will tell if enough has been done.  All we can do now is pray and ride it out.