November 6, 2014
It’s not all baguettes, lobster and cheese here. There’s some stress too. We’re in the tropics during cyclone season. Not good. Not only that, we’re planning to go a little too far north when we do go to Australia (next week, we hope).
Here’s a graph of cyclones within 100 km of Bundaberg. It’s not quite as bad as the top picture makes it look.
But 100 years is a long time. Here’s 36 years.
Still too many! How about 16 years? Not so bad.
These are from Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology website.
We’re also looking out for cyclones here in New Caledonia. There’s a great probability graphic on the French BOM website. Here’s the probability of a cyclone hitting New Caledonia (red arrow) about three weeks from now…
The smart thing to do would be to leave now and head further south than Bundaberg. Never let me be accused of smartness. Oh well. It could be worse. We could be driving on a Los Angeles freeway! -Rich
