Waiting Game

Well according to the news the cyclone turned and is heading this way.
So I leapt out of bed and sprung into action.  That is probably put too strongly – not even considering it is not true in any way shape or form.  It would probably be better to say I got groggily out of bed and made my way down the hall.
Anyway today is the day we decided we would do some things to limit stuff becoming a missile.  In an hour or so we will batten down the hatches.  There is a consistent slight breeze which is unusual for this time of the morning.
I must admit it is a long time since I have been through a cyclone.  We did when I was a kid in Townsville.  We were under the table.  The neighbours came over and initially stayed with us.  There home was completely destroyed.  Their roof flew over ours and landed in a vacant allotment the other side of us.  It had dropped some things on our place on its journey.  Also when their house collapsed it impacted the front side of our joint.  We came out of it very well all things considered.
That was Althea which was a much stronger system than this one.  Still I reckon I have seen what they can do so I want us to be ready.
I emailed one of our neighbours asking if there was anything he wanted done.  He didn’t.  He is “fly in, fly out” and said he would fly in this evening.  The other neighours have been beavering away.
I am looking forward to this all being over but there is a few days to go yet.  I am trying to remember all that I need to do.   This is the first time I have been “the man about the house” for such an event.
Still these things “come to pass,” and I am very much looking forward to it passing.  I can hear the wind outside and it is getting stronger and it is ages before it is supposed to arrive.  There are things to do.