I know that I’ve been off the last few weeks. I had a…well, “episode” so I went offline to get my head on straight. As I was doing that, my brain decided to give me a huge migraine, so I didn’t really want to think about posting at all for a little while, because thinking – and the computer screen – hurt my head.
I was going to wait until a better time to resume posting but, as it so often does, current circumstances changed that idea.
I know my American readers won’t know about this, but Queensland – where I live – currently has two cyclones battering it. They’re both pretty severe, one is expected to become a category 5, the other a category 4. Two bad ones going at the exact same time…not a good outlook, is it? My town isn’t supposed to get hit too bad, but other places won’t be so lucky.
The winds, in some places, are expected to be over 200kph, its expected that places will get 300mm of rain, floods…
It’s pretty severe around here right now. I know a lot of people say that “Australia is always trying to kill you” but two cyclones at once…well, it’s not exactly a good situation, is it? This sort of weather is what causes damage and destruction. So, my fellow Queenslanders, this is a reminder post.
A reminder to stay safe. A reminder to think of of what you’re doing when you go out tomorrow in the rain. A reminder that if the creek is swollen, going through it is extremely dangerous. A reminder of the old slogan we’ve all seen on television: “if it’s flooded, forget it.” A reminder that all pets should be safe, and all outside belongings should be secured.
A reminder to stay safe over the next few days, while our state suffers at the hands of the extreme weather patterns.
To my non-Queenslander readers: I’m sure everyone living in the eye of the storms that are bearing down upon us would greatly appreciate your thoughts and prayers. We’ve all experienced bad weather, and we all know that the bad weather can leave behind a trail of damage. The last thing we want is to have to rebuild our state once more; we had to do that after the 2011 floods, and the 2013 tornado/cyclone mix.
We don’t want to have to do that in 2015.
Please be safe, everyone.
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