Well we thought we had actually escaped this cyclone as it headed out to sea but now its turned and is heading almost straight for us (Broome). Its currently a category 3 but has been a category 5 and is expected to intensify back to a cat 5 as it gets near the coast. Thats wind gusts to 280 kmph.

Hopefully it will turn a bit further south and we will only get the edge of it. The last time we had a cyclone hit in April 2000 we had no power for almost 5 days and lots of mess to clean up around the town.