Many friends in north Queensland battened down for Cyclone Yasi.

Windows taped, anyhting that can be picked up and become a missile put away,

torches, batteries, emergency food suppiles for 3 days…

Some friends decided to leave like my friend Marcia and her beautiful dogs in the photo below.

Her house is in Tully ~ no news yet as to how it faired the eye of the storm.

I lived in Townsville for seven years, and I made some of my closest friends during those years. My thoughts are with everyone up there.  No power and water rations ~ long days and long nights.