Cyclone Tearing Through Townsville...Not Really

Well hello everyone,

I just wanted to give you a quick update about the weather report here in Northern Queensland. There is in fact Cyclone Hamish off the coast of Northern Australia. It is presently a category two, but definitely has the potential to switch to category three. No worries! I just wanted to update you on the massive rain storm that is blowing in. It has gotten significantly cooler in the past few days due to the storm and it's quite nice actually. I don't want anyone to panic about my safety! Everything is fine and we all got e-mails from the head of housing about what to do and where to go IN CASE of emergency. Basically I am used to this sort of thing since South Carolina loves hurricanes. I have not had to endure any severe tropical storms and I highly doubt this will turn into anything serious. There is only a CHANCE that it is even going to come inland. It is brewing out there right now, but will most likely move south. The worst we will probably get is some crappy weather, that's all. It has ruined my entire weekend though, I can tell you that much. Some friends and I planned to go to Castle hill again this weekend and have a sausage sizzle! With all the rain, all the events for this weekend have been cancelled. I was also supposed to go on a fishing trip for my Fisheries Science class tomorrow at 2 pm and that is also canceled due to the prevailing winds. Oh well, bad weather is always an excuse to veg out all day and do nothing! Can't wait for that.

I promise to blog after this weekend to let you know about the storm outcome and so on. Until then, hold on to your hats! Talk to you all soon. Love you!