Here Comes Another One
Another very big storm is about to hit the Western Australian coastline at Karratha. It’s been the year for it. This one’s called Cyclone Glenda and it’s currently a category 4. Updates on the storm’s progress are available at the Bureau of Meteorology’s Perth Cylcone Warning Centre web site. (The forecast and track maps look particularly unpleasant.)
News sources:
- Australia Battens Hatches Again (BBC, March 29th.)
- Gale Force Winds Hit Karratha (ABC, March 30th.)
- Cyclone Too Dangerous To Flee (The Age, March 30th.)
Updates:
- Cyclone Glenda Lashes Australia (BBC, March 30th.)
- Flooding Likely As Glenda Batters WA Coast (ABC, March 31st.)
- Glenda Peters Out (ABC, March 31st.)
- Pilbara Cleans Up After Glenda (The Age, March 31st.)
Dead Reckoning » Archive » Six Months in the Sphere
[...] If you’ve been following recently here are a few things you’d already know: In January I pulled out of school. In February Elena and I were amazed by Brokeback Mountain. In March cyclones Larry and Glenda caught Australia in a pincer attack, while the Ricky Gervais Podcast hit a bit of a slump. And in April Shoham and Michel got married, I switched web hosts and Jon Hicks released some new designs that rocked my world. What will the future hold? Well, I will be on the job market soon (knock on wood) so there might be a story or two gestating there. I’ve also got a couple of film and TV-related posts in the works that I plan to finish up and roll out the door in the next week or so, and the new Placebo is just so fantastic that its story must be told. [...]
May 9th, 2006 at 8:41 pm #