Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, which is why they give girly names to cyclones

Ours was given the Chinese girl's name "Lin," and even though she was just a category two (one being pretty stormy, five being the quickest way to Oz), she was incredible.

It started Thursday afternoon, and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were dark, rainy, and windy. But the real show started early Sunday morning. Howling winds and "walls" of water, a raw fury ripped across this tiny island. It carried on for hours until Sunday evening.

Category two cyclones, I soon learned, result in minor house damage, significant damage to signs and trees, heavy damage to some crops, and risk of power failure. We got a little of everything, along with major flooding, but no casualties. That makes a 7.9 earthquake, a volcanic eruption ten km from my house, and a cyclone, in less than a month!

I broke cyclone rule #1: Don't leave your wash on the line. But then, they were washed with the force of a cyclone, which is a power even Maytag can't capture.

Just getting started

The lagoon flooded my front yard, making for some very confused puppies

Oops

No harm done, just throw in some goldfish and say it always looked like that

There used to be a billboard here advertising Australian milk...

The school's football field. Looks like I won't be teaching my PE class tomorrow (unless I change the soccer unit to water polo)