Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Cyclones don’t seem to faze Jordy and Georgia White.However, the couple were thrown when they were told Tropical Cyclone Alfred was set to hit Brisbane.The duo thought they had seen the last of cyclones after relocating from Far North Queensland, but just six weeks after moving into their new Bardon home in Brisbane’s west, the Whites received the sobering news Alfred was on its way.LoadingGeorgia White yesterday still couldn’t fathom that a cyclone had “followed them” and hit Queensland’s south-east for the first time in more than 50 years.“It seems like a joke. It’s pretty unfortunate,” she said.Neighbours ribbed them, saying the couple had brought Alfred with them.However, the pair know cyclones are no laughing matter and endured their fair share of severe weather in Cairns when Cyclone Jasper hit in late December 2023.The deadly category two system claimed one life and forced hundreds to evacuate across the far north.“We weren’t worried about the actual cyclone and the wind [when Alfred hit on Saturday],” Ms White said.“It’s the rain afterwards, because Cairns flooded really badly [after Jasper].”Their fears were realised yesterday when they woke up to a raging Ithaca Creek outside their home cut off the road.Selfie time: A young woman stands in flooded Edmonstone Street in the Brisbane suburb of Newmarket.Credit: Getty Images“I slept through the whole thing (when Alfred crossed the coast early on Saturday) – I think I did that in Cairns as well (for Jasper),” Mr White said.“But it was blowy again last night and the rain picked up and we started to get a bit concerned.”They will turn to neighbours who teased them about their cyclone-conjuring abilities for some advice as they plan their next steps.“We have talked to our neighbours who have been here almost 30 years,” Ms White said.“It’s not a nice feeling knowing a heap of water is about to come under your property.”Many in the leafy Bardon suburb appeared unfazed in the wake of the devastating 2022 Brisbane floods.A coffee shop next to the raging Ithaca River was packed with locals.Another neighbour casually tied his trailer to the nearest post, which just happened to be a flood marker.Kids stood on the Ithaca Creek bridge cheekily applauding cars as they decided against driving through the inundated road and turned around.“There’s still people having coffee next door,” local Casey Alston said near the creek bridge.“It was pretty bad in 2022 when I first moved here, Ithaca Creek went wild – I think people here are kind of used to it.”AAP
