Starting to see some model alignment on a cooktown or north crossing at the end of the week with JTWC headed in that direction too...Guess we will wait and see as the bloody thing hasnt even started to move yet....

My memeories of Ita were of surprise at such a strong system so late in the year and also the damage it did to the vegetation and corals around Lizard island...interestingly the laggoon at Lizard has become studied in terms of coral recovery after cyclones with one mob taking regular photo's of the same areas over time...I'm amazed at how quick the recovery has been....

However like you weary, I'm also a little concerned about the future when FB becomes the go to for News and weather particularly as the algorithms then starting injecting any similar content into my news feeds...Fortunately i tend to do some basic research before beleiving what i read and whom its coming from and why but many folks simply jump onto any content as "official"..

Anyoone else look behind the page creaters before giving them any air..?..Sometimes you have to do a little digging but this new weather page has racked up over a 1000 followers this week and some of the dopey commenters take seriously anything the little Tacka shares....Check out his "About"..and a couple of others that many people claim are their go to guys for weather...("I take no notice of the BOM you are my go-to for weather blah blah blah.. )are just mid-teenagers as well...