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Warren-Pat_01


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Hello everyone,

As TC Owen is on its way & it seems Townsville might get "a bit of a touch up", I'm wondering what I should do to secure our van. It is under a carport, is protected from the NW by the house & partially from the SE by the neighbour's house. Winds with gusts up to 165Kph are predicted in the early morning of Sunday.

I'm considering filling the water tanks to add weight, have the wheels chocked & the hand brake (works well, normally) is on. The lid is down & all windows are shut with the cover on. Is this sufficient?

We are (were) leaving Townsville next Friday for our relatives' places between then & mid February without the van.

Is there anything else I should do to the van?

I had a look at Kiwijim's advice posted last year but that referred to what we take as normal for surviving in a van/house in a cyclone - not having an empty van "in storage". 



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When we were in broome for a couple of cyclone season the rules were,
tie down the chassis at all corners with chains (this was to be left on for the full season
On an alert a couple of 5000kg ratchet straps over the top
and of cause no annex or loose furniture
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check your insurance for cyclone cover, most important thing cause if yoy get hit proper it wont mater what yo do there most likely only be the chassis left



-- Edited by blaze on Saturday 15th of December 2018 04:00:38 AM

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Warren-Pat_01


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Thanks blaze, -
Yes I knew about staying in caravan parks in cyclone areas - I know in the west they had solid tie down points on every site.

Our Owen is "Fantastic" - it has formed a lovely rain bearing depression - nice steady rain since around 3pm yesterday (96mm for us). Only light breezes so far. Over 600mm fell around Ingham so they are isolated with flood waters rising.
The water table must have risen in my yard (after seven years of minimal rain) & now the water is running off - what a wonderful sight.

These are the types of cyclones that most people like.

As far as insurance goes, yes we are covered. It was TC Yasi that caused me to change my house insurance to Suncorp. Firstly, RACQ more than doubled the cost (as we had to have flood insurance - they said. If my place floods, lots of others would be in severe trouble). Secondly, the poor sods who were belted by Yasi had to wait over 12 months to have their houses repaired as they (RACQ & some others) used southern contractors & "they were too busy doing jobs around Sydney". One couple lived in a shed & under tarps for 18 months - waiting!!

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Gday...

I offer the following, although I would think it was over the top unless actually caught in the path of a cyclone and you couldn't relocate and had time to implement it.

Caravan Tie Down procedure.JPG

Cheers - John



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IF you google the words

Protecting Caravans and light structures from High Winds PDF

You will get lots of links to PDF of this handy brochure

ie
www.google.com.au/search

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