Ingrid is coming

Lats night while I was starting the planning for a trip to Cape York in June, Mother Nature was planning a cyclone in that very area.

CYCLONE Ingrid, potentially the worst tropical storm to strike Australia in 30 years, remains a serious threat as it nears the far-north Queensland coast. In its latest advice the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Brisbane said the cyclone, now downgraded to category four, was today about 220km north north-east of Cooktown and 295km east of Coen and moving westward at 7km/h.

The Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre said there was a possibility Ingrid could again intensify to category five, but as a category four it remained as big a threat as Cyclone Tracy, which devastated Darwin 30 years ago. Winds of up to 290 km/hr (180 mph for metric disadvantaged Americans) will wreac havoc but there are few people living in the target area so loss of life will be minimal, if at all. I just hope they have the track cleared by June. Selfish barstard. The bitch’s name is Ingrid and you can track her here If you are geographically disadvantaged look to the top right hand corner of the continent.