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meee wrote:

Hi everyone, thanks for all the purrs!! We're all ok, no damage to us
but a
lot of damage up here. The cats were a bit freaked out, but had a
lovely
play outside this arvo (after it was all gone...aussie cyclones pass
quickly
but are very intense). My friend in Innisfail had the eye pass directly
over
her, but miraculously her house, car, herself and all cats survived
with
minimal damage

I'm glad you and your family (bare and furred) are all OK, and that your
house is still standing. Same for your friend.

I have a semantic question. When you say "cyclone", do you mean a
hurricane? In the US, the word cyclone means a tornado, but what you
described sounds more like a hurricane/tropical storm. Tornadoes are
extremely unpredictable - they come on very quickly, almost without
warning, and it's very hard to predict what direction they'll go in
or how long they'll last. There's usually enough warning to get to
shelter, but not enough to board up the windows and buy supplies in
preparation, as one can do with a hurricane when you have many days
of warning. Also, to my knowledge, nobody has ever named a tornado.

I'm glad you got through it OK!

Joyce

In the northern hemisphere "hurricanes" rotate counterclockwise - in the
southern hemisphere "cyclones" rotate clockwise. I think that's why they
are named differently.

On a similar note, I don't think typhoons rotate. I lived throught many of
those when I was growing up. I was always happy to hear schools were closed
because of typhoons. But the winds were scary.

Winnie

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Hugs,

CatNipped

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