I Was Lucky in the Cyclone, But I Was Prepared — Will You Be For What’s Coming?

All these “once in a hundred years” events are going to be normal

Sherryl Clark - writer, editor, poet.

4 min readFeb 16

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© Mike Morresey Feb 2023 Whangarei NZ

We’ve just come out the other side of Cyclone Gabrielle here in New Zealand. Large parts of the North Island are still under water, and many roads are closed because of land slips.

Sherryl Clark - writer, editor, poet.

Written by Sherryl Clark - writer, editor, poet.

Writer, editor, book lover — I've published many children's books and three crime novels for adults so far. I edit other people's fiction and poetry.

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