Jim Mealing is 82 years old, retired, and living in his car garage. He was forced out of his home and into the garage when cyclone Yasi hit Queensland and… “a quarter of the roof got torn off like an animal grabbing it and tearing it off…”
In this episode Jim shares his experience being caught in the middle of cyclone Yasi and Mission Beach resident, Mark Nissen, contributes video footage from his storm experience to help tell Jim’s story.
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