West is accused of seeking to collect at least $2 million from sales of company data during that same period. A small chunk of that sum ($250) belongs to federal investigators, and was used to track him down.
"We were playing so well for the first 30 minutes. We got away from our structure. We had individual breakdowns and got beat one-on-one."
Bob Leicester recalls that as part of the ‘Keep Your Roof On’ initiative, they encountered significant resistance in cities against calls for improving building resilience to cyclones. Many believed their current methods were sufficient, until disaster struck, revealing the costs of complacency. The strong winds that Cyclone Tracy brought were immeasurable, with estimates of gusts reaching up to 300km/h, highlighting the urgent need for better building practices that many refused to acknowledge until it was too late.