Post by biteybird on Mar 19, 2018 21:43:31 GMT -5
On Saturday (it's now Tuesday afternoon here) we had a Category 2 cyclone called "Marcus" come right through Darwin city.
It was quite interesting for us, having never seen one before.
We sat out on the front verandah watching the wind pick up and then some huge trees across the road came falling down and it got a bit worse, so then we went inside for a bit.
It lasted about 4 hours or so. Heard a few bangs and crashes - one was our antenna coming off the roof and we had a few trees come down in the backyard. One of them snapped about 5 metres up and dropped into the neighbour's pool.
This one was only category 2, but because so many trees got ripped out by the roots there's a massive cleanup to be done.
We were without power and internet since 1pm Saturday until 5am this morning (Tuesday), but luckily have a generator, so our food could be saved.
We are meant to get another one later this week....this time we'll be prepared and get some beer in advance!
It was quite interesting for us, having never seen one before.
We sat out on the front verandah watching the wind pick up and then some huge trees across the road came falling down and it got a bit worse, so then we went inside for a bit.
It lasted about 4 hours or so. Heard a few bangs and crashes - one was our antenna coming off the roof and we had a few trees come down in the backyard. One of them snapped about 5 metres up and dropped into the neighbour's pool.
This one was only category 2, but because so many trees got ripped out by the roots there's a massive cleanup to be done.
We were without power and internet since 1pm Saturday until 5am this morning (Tuesday), but luckily have a generator, so our food could be saved.
We are meant to get another one later this week....this time we'll be prepared and get some beer in advance!
