Shaz51Senior Contributor
Climate Disasters ---- Cyclones
Hello Everyone
I have not been through a bush fire but I have been through 3 big Cyclones
one in 1986 / 2006/ and 2011 with little cyclones in between
each cyclone was different
the 1986 cyclone seem to go straight down the main street of our town , did lots of damage to shops and building and it had cleared the hill behind us of all the trees
we could not get out of our house as we had fallen trees against the back and front door with sheets of iron embedded in the wall of our house
the 2006 cyclone was very fast and it had flooded our downstairs and lifted part of the roof off our house , the kitchen windows blew in and I tryed to closed them but the winds were too strong so in came the rain
the 2011 cyclones we were staying with my mum in her house -- we did not know what our house would look like , big tree fallen down , rain through people houses
and then you have to remember the eye of the cyclone where it could be soo calm and weird for a couple of hours and then the winds turn around and go the other way
the day of the cyclones feels soo weird , no birds around , the pressure in the air is still
the morning after the cyclone you start seeing the damage it has left behind
the comunity was beautiful , being cut off from raising flood waters cutting off the rail and roads , no food able to come into town , no power , no phones , living for a week on tin food if you have kept some , prepartion is the most important key , it is hard when water damages everything like bushfires does
