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Old Apr 10, 2014 | 05:32 AM
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I've Battern down the hatches

This time tomorrow night should be interesting as cyclone "ITA" lets loose
Truck in the garage, bulbar nudged up to the roller door then the work truck parked in front
Gennie fully fuelled, xxxx's cold, plenty of tucker all part of living in Far North Queensland


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Old Apr 10, 2014 | 09:56 PM
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Best wishes

I hope you don't suffer any great disasters mate, it sounds like it's going to be an industrial strength storm.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2014 | 11:06 PM
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Looks like from about midnight she will get lively up here, its slowed down a bit
I should be ok, this is cyclone number 9 for me

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Old Apr 10, 2014 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Patchy 73
... I should be ok, this is cyclone number 9 for me
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt hey.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 05:33 AM
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Beers are cold, cyclone number 9 - does this mean that you're full of **** and wind ?

Take care mate, I love the idea of using the ute as the brace for the garage door,
 
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 06:14 AM
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Good luck patchy, I hope you & your family get through undamaged.

Maybe you also need to tie your garage down to the F250 - the 3.8 ton anchor should stop the garage lifting off!

It's been raining down here for the last 2 weeks straight - I figure that ATM at least it's just like living in Qld and the rain is even warm.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Brad from Oz
Beers are cold, cyclone number 9 - does this mean that you're full of **** and wind ?

Take care mate, I love the idea of using the ute as the brace for the garage door,
You forgot the bad manners
Looks like missing the worst of the Cyclone

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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Patchy 73
I should be ok, this is cyclone number 9 for me

Cheers,
Patchy
That all.

We complain about them here on the east coast.

The one wet season we had on the west coast we had 7 go past within 100 kms of where we were living.

Any way hope all is OK, I not looking forward to the mess when we get back in about ten days

Cheers
Ross
 
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Old Apr 14, 2014 | 11:59 AM
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hope it all missed you mate and there's no damage.... we have a 2/O onboard my ship atm who's been freaking out about her house in Cairns because there's no-one there to give her news haha. if the worst part missed you then I'll pass that on
 
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Old Apr 14, 2014 | 04:51 PM
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It turned out to be a fizzer in the wind department in Cairns ,Max wind gust at my place 90kmh
But she did dump a hell of a lot of rain down the east coast of QLD
 
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Old Apr 14, 2014 | 07:16 PM
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It turned out to be a fizzer in the wind department in Cairns ,Max wind gust at my place 90kmh
But she did dump a hell of a lot of rain down the east coast of QLD
Glad you had no disasters.
I hope you managed to keep all that rain outside your house.
 
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