Cyclone Alfred is already retraumatising people who’ve lived through other disasters. I’m one of them
- Written by Erin Smith, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead (Paramedicine), La Trobe University
In 2011, as Cyclone Yasi approached the Queensland coast, I sat in my home in the tropical far north of the state and worried what the future would hold. Would my family be OK? Would our home be destroyed? Would my workplace be damaged and my job uncertain? Would my community be devastated?
Now, as we wait for Cyclone Alfred to make landfall, I am...





