Ingrid whips up a fury

At Christmas, there were global tidal waves and and the sky turned black with locusts just minutes from where I live. All that was missing was the seven horsemen of the Apocalypse! At any given time, it's easy to forsee the end, but now, with this new threat, Cyclone Ingrid, all superstitions may be renewed (yay, OCD...!)

Today, I am posting from a town with a population of less-than 1000 called Lockhart, New South Wales. By coincidence, this is also the name of one of the main sitting-duck localities when Ingrid rips through...

"Cyclone Ingrid hits Qld coast
A cyclone as powerful as Cyclone Tracy, which flattened Darwin just more than 30 years ago, is crossing Cape York Peninsula near Lockhart River.

The category four cyclone has winds of up to 240 kilometres an hour and is continuing to intensify, but there have been no reports of damage.

A cyclone warning is in place for communities from Cape Melville to Cape Grenville, and from Cape Keerweer to Mapoon on the eastern Gulf of Carpentaria.

At 6:00am AEST, Ingrid's destructive core was over coastal parts of Lockhart River near Mission Hill.

The bureau is warning of a tidal surge in the area as the cyclone crosses the coast.

About 20 people were moved to higher ground in the Lockhart River community overnight as Ingrid approached the coast.

But Superintendent Michael Keating says Lockhart River police are not reporting any problems.

"There are strong winds in the area at the moment - 80 to 100 kilometres but there's been no damage to any structures, no damage to any trees, so the majority of people are sheltering in private residences," he said."

-ABC News Online (for more, click on the map)