Here she comes

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/floodrelief/how-cyclone-yasi-compares-around-the-world/story-fn7ik2te-1225998762870

This is the size of Yasi. 

I've been messaging my dear friend, Sarah, in Cairns who informs me that the power just went out. It's 10:17pm there and they are expecting the cyclone to cross land around midnight their time. Cairns should face the worst once the eye passes the coast. 

May they be safe.