cyclone monica ended up missing darwin and losing enough strength that it is now a tropical depression.
today in darwin ending up being a day with lots of rain and wind, and hanging out indoors. this meant reading trashy sci-fi books that i found on sale the day before, and working on blog tweaks and enhancements.
two technologies that helped out today: wikipedia for their great news coverage on cyclone monica, and apple's ipod radio remote which let me tune into local radio news on the cyclone.