{"id":4036,"date":"2011-02-02T03:04:03","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T10:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=4036"},"modified":"2011-02-02T03:04:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T10:04:03","slug":"confronting-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/02\/confronting-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Confronting the storm &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/australiaandthepacific\/australia\/8297589\/Residents-warned-to-get-out-now-as-Cyclone-Yasi-bears-down-on-Queensland.html \" target=\"_blank\">&#8230; common sense strikes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ian Stewart, state disaster coordinator, said &#8230; people should gather mattresses, food, water and raincoats in that area and not move from there for any reason. He said emergency services would not be able to respond to any calls while the cyclone was passing overhead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So people have to understand that they need to become first responders themselves to ensure the safety of their family, themselves and their neighbours,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/02\/02\/australia-cyclone-buildings-idUSL3E7D200120110202\" target=\"_blank\">Cyclone Yasi<\/a>, with winds up to 300 kph:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2011\/02\/02\/confronting-the-storm\/cycloneyasi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cycloneyasi.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclone Yasi radar image\" title=\"cycloneyasi\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cycloneyasi.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cycloneyasi-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2011\/02\/02\/confronting-the-storm\/cycloneyasi-02\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4046\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cycloneyasi-02.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclone Yasi as seen on January 30, 2011\" title=\"cycloneyasi-02\" width=\"450\" height=\"364\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cycloneyasi-02.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cycloneyasi-02-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; common sense strikes: Ian Stewart, state disaster coordinator, said &#8230; people should gather mattresses, food, water and raincoats in that area and not move from there for any reason. He said emergency services would not be able to respond to any calls while the cyclone was passing overhead. &#8220;So people have to understand that they need to become first responders themselves to ensure the safety of their family, themselves and their neighbours,&#8221; he said. Cyclone Yasi, with winds up to 300 kph:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-preparedness","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}