It sounds as if Holly and I are about to experience our first Cyclone.
Mahasen is barrelling straight toward us if the current predictions stay true. It is due to hit land in about two days (Early Friday morning). Thankfully it is only ranked as a CAT 1 Severe Cyclonic Storm with winds predicted between 120-150 km/h. In general all the expat houses are secure and our compound is on a relatively high embankment off the floodplains (20 - 30' above high tide) so we are relatively safe. Storms like this are much more challenging for those that live in the floodplains and do not have solid houses (Mud, termite infested Wood/Bamboo & Tin). Everyone here has been talking about the devastation of the cyclone back in 1991 that hit this area and killed 138,000 people. That was a much more severe storm though as it was a category 5 Super Cyclonic Storm with sustained winds over 250 km/h.
Please pray with us that this storm will not cause loss of property or life.
http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/
Mahasen is barrelling straight toward us if the current predictions stay true. It is due to hit land in about two days (Early Friday morning). Thankfully it is only ranked as a CAT 1 Severe Cyclonic Storm with winds predicted between 120-150 km/h. In general all the expat houses are secure and our compound is on a relatively high embankment off the floodplains (20 - 30' above high tide) so we are relatively safe. Storms like this are much more challenging for those that live in the floodplains and do not have solid houses (Mud, termite infested Wood/Bamboo & Tin). Everyone here has been talking about the devastation of the cyclone back in 1991 that hit this area and killed 138,000 people. That was a much more severe storm though as it was a category 5 Super Cyclonic Storm with sustained winds over 250 km/h.
Please pray with us that this storm will not cause loss of property or life.
http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/
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Thankfully, last minute the Cyclone lost a lot of its strength and veered North so we only received a few patches of rain and lite wind. No damage reported in this area. There were a number of deaths and many homes destroyed where it did make landfall. Jon
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