I don't know who named Cyclone Yasi but it's a beautiful name which means 'sandalwood' so it would be a good name for a baby born in the middle of the cyclone in an emergency centre. But the mother didn't. She just had her baby with the help of a tourist Englishwoman who was a midwife.
Of course cyclones can be terrifying and Cyclone Yasi was a very large one that caused massive damage along the coastal towns of Queensland but fortunately not the larger cities. There was two days warning and a huge network of informing people how to survive which surely helped in saving lives.
Here are pictures of boats tossed like toys (well, we do have large toys in Australia don't we) and the typical wind on the palm trees.Our prayers and thoughts are with the people in Queensland who went through this experience because the noise is horrific and the possibility of death is there. The people of Fiji of course know a lot about cyclones and the importance of being prepared for the 24 hours of rain and wind. And then the cleanup.
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may the lord be with you all
Yasi is my favourite perfume smell - next is frangipani.
I was thinking of our experiences with Hurricane Bebe while reading about Cyclone Yasi. It made me wonder if people get educated in the basics, like opening windows in the houses on the opposite side to the wind direction, to ease the pressure inside. Just little things like that could save some rooftops being blown off.
Hello Nzm,
Yes, we did that in Vatuadova, one door open. Meanwhile a house down the road lifted up and took the family who were having breakfast a hundred metres away! Many houses were trashed by Cyclone Yasi and it's a long haul for many people to get back to their lives. Meanwhile politicians argue about a levy tax to help with the rebuilding.
By the way, two kids in our extended family were nicknamed Bibi and Bebe after the hurricans at that time!
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I also do not know who's name is Cyclone. But we all know that the Cyclone is not so good for anyone. There are so many peoples loss their family and assets in the Cyclone.
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