cyclone

The picture of me last week, the one in snug Aussie shorts under a mop of long hair, was taken in Perth. My long-time friend from that period of life is Russell "Ocker" Jones. We've managed to stay in touch over the years, and even see each other a few times here or there.

Ocker works for the telco in Western Australia. He's waaay up the coast right now, as he often is, sorting something out. He's supposed to be getting onto his fishing boat today with the family out of Exmouth, living the great Australian dream. He's not though.

Instead he's in Port Hedland. It's flooded now, and the worst is yet to come. He just sent me this image. It's a cyclone. You can see, because it's down under, that where our storms come in from the south and bounce along the eastern seaboard, theirs come in from the north and bounce down the western seaboard.

I told him if he was unable to get out - and apparently this is now his fate - at least take pictures.