I might have spoken too soon - perhaps we do have cyclones here
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382115)
Rockingham, Australia
August 30, 2019 7:44am CST
We have a big storm going on here at the moment – lots of thunder and lightning. After all my talk about us not having cyclones, a town north of us was hit by one yesterday and we’re being warned about similar bad weather tonight. I’m sure it won’t be on the scale of the massive hurricanes some myLotters face but nevertheless, I hope it doesn’t do any damage.
The photo is of one of Australia’s species of wattle trees. We have a number of them. The wattle is the floral emblem of Australia. Wildflower season is in full swing here now. Anyway, I do hope you stay safe if you are in the path of the cyclone. I might need to go to bed and hide under the blankets as the lightning is coming in the house.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
30 Aug 19
I hope you will be okay and we will too because here they are saying we probably will get a bad hurricane by Monday. 
lets pray for each other. this is the time
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Sep 19
We seem to have gotten lucky with this current hurricane (at least for now it), as a few days ago we were in its crosshairs and were the bullseye of where it was going to hit. But the forecast track now has it staying offshore of Florida and turning toward the north before it makes landfall by us.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Sep 19
@JudyEv I hope your heavy rain doesn't cause flooding issues for you! Stay dry.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Sep 19
@JudyEv Besides the obvious--avoiding catastrophic damage from the hurricane--I'm glad the storm is not going to hit us because the flooding would be really bad. We're already flooded from heavy rains all summer long, so any additional rain would have just been too much to handle.
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@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Sep 19
@moffittjc Thanks. No chance of flooding. The worst it could do would be make a bit of a mess of our road into the place.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
30 Aug 19
oh my, sure hope y'all don't get hit by such 'n those that were came out unscathed. i'm tellin' ya, the weather world-wide 's a changin' mighty quick :(
how beautiful a sight to 'hold! i envy ya yer spring blossoms 's we're windin' down here 'n soon autumn'll make all brown'n drab.
stay safe 'n 'lert, sweet lady!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
31 Aug 19
@JudyEv so glad ya suffered no damage 'n the sun 's now brightly shinin'. 'tis 'lways 'mazed me how such can be true, that beauty 'fter the storm.
used to tell mine the same :)
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@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Aug 19
It's a lovely sunny morning again. There was lots of crashing and banging last night but it's all peaceful again this morning so we were very lucky. One of my friends would explain thunder to her children as God moving his furniture around. :)
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Aug 19
Must be an explosion of yellow in the bush.
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@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Aug 19
The weather is becoming more extreme everywhere. You're quite right.
