Cyclone Debbie survivor hopes repairs withstand next storm
Helen Muller hid in her bathroom for two days with her dog as Cyclone Debbie ripped through Proserpine.
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AFTER Cyclone Debbie tore through the Whitsundays, Proserpine resident Helen Muller's double garage was in ruins.
She spent two days hiding in the bathroom of a house built by her father. The iron roof of her garage was lung flung into her neighbour's yard, her car was written off and the blinds were stripped from the windows, News reported at the time.
The lifelong Proserpine resident said the clean up was massive, with the contents of her garage strewn across the lawn.
Ms Muller had to get specialist asbestos removers in to help with the clean up of fibrolite cladding.
But now, her new garage will hopefully withstand the next horror storm.
"I had to get a whole new garage," she said. "They made it category five cyclone proof. It's all steel."
Ms Muller said until the next cyclone hit, she didn't really know if it would work.
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