Tonight should bring us our first Category 1 tropical cyclone, Cyclone Helen.  Reports so far say we should only get a big wind storm, not the destructive 100k/hr winds further south will get.  But you can only guess what the weather is going to do.  So far today it was heading east, then a few hours later, heading west, and now it is heading north east towards us but predicted to stay south of Darwin and deteriorate over land.  If there is no blog by the end of the weekend, you will know the reports where wrong. 

We have prepared ourselves, torches on the ready, fresh batteries for the radio, if it was outside, it came in, if it doesn’t fit inside, then it’s tied down.  The good thing about living in a new suburb, you can see how the houses are built.  Its going to take a lot to knock these suckers down.  Positive thoughts people, positive thoughts.