Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of our Australian brothers and sisters affected by the recent devastating Cyclone Larry. For those of you unaware of this tragedy, a category 5 cyclone hit the Northeastern Australian coast and travelled inland, wiping out entire crops of bananas and sugar cane, destroying homes and towns, and leaving many without homes or a roof over their heads, as well as tens of thousands more without power. Entire towns have no power, and due to the remote areas it may take some time for it to be restored. Our dear friend Wallyduck is amongst those affected by this tragedy, and while there were no lives lost due to the storm, there is still a profound affect to all those caught up in this disaster. Sugar cane and bananas were not the only crops affected, and I am sure Wally's beautiful patch is now in tatters. I only hope that his home was spared, and he and his family are safe from injury.

Please join me in a moment of thought/prayer/meditation for all those affected by this recent and tragic event!

Abby

[buckeye-leaf]

My thoughts are with Wally and his family and all other Australian folks. I heard about that cyclone yesterday that is just terrible. So many people without homes that is just so sad. Wally hope you and your family are ok and may the higher power be with you and your country in these tuff times.

buckeye-leaf

[Awol/CoA]

Good on ya' guys, thanks for the thoughts given to my fellow Australians,
I'm moved that people abroad care enough to show their thoughts publicly,
you are all a benefit to humanity.

Whilst I was not affected by the cyclone in a literal sense,
unfortunately my Brother who's up there temporarily for work,
my older Sister and her new born girl plus my youngest Sister
who live there in the same home were affected and have lost
their home to this damn Cyclone. Thankfully there's more family
not far from them that can provide immediate assistance.

Sadly, there was one death attributed to the storm, an elderly person
died of a heart attack whilst the Cyclone moved over the persons home.
It remains the only death known of at this time.

Once again thank you guys,
I'm sure other Aussies will give their thanks aswell.

Stay safe and take care...
Awol.

well that explains why i havent seen all ya Aussies online for a while..

Damn

I hope everyone is safe out there

Looks like watching the news every now and then wouldn't hurt

Aussies.. Thinking of you

Yeah I hope all you guys and girls in Queensland are ok. I was watching it unfold on the news, and it looked pretty bad. I'm just thankful the weather down here in New South Wales is a bit more predictable.

I was told this morning that Wally and his family are OK. Not sure about his house tho.

Well he is online now, so i'm gonna go ahead and presume he is ok

Wally D that is..

Geez....I got a mail from Wally 3 days ago saying that a cyclone was coming and hadn't heard from him since....Wallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyy I hope you're ok, mate? Yes? Hope to hear from you soon :wink:

Just received word from Wallyduck and thought I would share the following with you all:

hey mate , phew yea blew us away ,, stuffed a lot of things around , really devastated the place ,, teh patch is very different , barely any trees around ,, or herb ,, lol .. we will recover , just plenty to do now ,, power not on yet either , will give you all the details in a few days when things are more back to normal ... take car emate wally ..

Abby

Thanks Abby :smile: