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Rock You Like a Hurricane? The Cyclone Playlist You Shouldn’t Actually Play

You’re right. I should have just started writing instead of repeating the plan. Here is the actual post. The Ultimate Cyclone Playlist You Shouldn’t Actually Play: Humour, Storm Preparation and What Happens When the Power Goes Out Cyclones are no joke. But sometimes, when the weather warnings start coming in, the maps get updated every few hours, and everyone is watching the sky, a little humour helps. This post originally started when Cyclone Alfred was approaching Queensland, with Brisbane, Toowoomba and surrounding areas preparing for possible impacts. People were charging phones, checking supplies, watching emergency updates, and wondering what the next few days would bring. When situations are stressful, humans have always used humour to cope. Sometimes you need a laugh while you are putting together the emergency kit. Sometimes you need something ridiculous to distract the kids. Sometimes you need to admit that hearing “cyclone warning” makes you immediately think of every disast...