By George

Close to crossing the coast at Port Hedland. If it follows predicted direction (who can predict with a cyclone) it will head in a more southerly direction rather than far inland in the Plibara. Looks like Broome got a bit wet yesterday, but it kept fairly well out to sea until it took a sharp lefty this morning to line up Pt Hedland. A trifle wet up there now by the looks.

The midnight news sounds heavy for Hedland folk : resilient types, eh.
Best wishes over the coming hours. Jeff H.

Got a phone call from our daughter who is just out of Newman, she said that the wind is pretty strong there at the moment and that they are bracing themselves for the onslaught of rain. It should be a raining bearing depression by the time it gets there. Apparently one of the workers went into Newman today and while there tried to buy a loaf of bread, offered $10 but came home without one.

sitting in karratha now, only got here yesterday to put to sea but we shut everything down. Theres not much wind but just steady drizzle. Jacob may possibly be a couple of days behind though

Have only been through one cyclone so far, but was slightly involved in Tracey in 74.
Was on the wind fringes of one in WA once, I thought the steering and suspension were off because it was so hard to keep on the road. Roofrack didnt help. Got to Perth and suspension place said yep, all needs replacing. What a load! All was ok when the wind died down.

Judging by this mornings news, Headland might be a bit of a mess. One known casualty in a work camp, with most of the emergency services unable to assess damage until later today.

started raining at 6pm last night and is still raining at nullagine. Windy but not to bad. Cant see the extent of the rain coz the Pt headland radar is down.
And its actually the second of the season cant remember the name of the first tho

Recorded winds of 275kph- shyte thats almost Troopy speed !!!

Was speaking to my youngest son in South Hedland on his mobile as the cyclone was passing at 2230. He rang me to find out the latest as there was no power etc there at the time. They had their front gate blown away and a tree snapped in half on the footpath. A lot luckier than some apparently.
Cheers,
Bros.

Cyclones...the only reason we left the Pilbara after nine years.

Two people now confirmed dead and over twenty injured. Thats bad. And there's Jacob on the way.

We have a daughter and her family up there and even though you know they're safe, you can't help but worry.

Good luck to everyone up there.

Hello - was in Port Hedland all last week until Sunday. Cyclone stuffed up work plan so got flown out. I managed to sleep through the whole thing but it was indeed very windy (earplugs help..plus a substantial brick building). No power or water for most of the next day and having to cook our own tea for two nights was the main pain for us! Damage in town overall didnt seem that bad - lots of blown over trees and broken branches. On Saturday we managed to get to the De Grey River for a look (near our project area) - in full flood - great stuff. Some photos in my gallery.
Cheers
Greg