Deflated. That's how Queensland farmers feel in the wake of Cyclone Marcia.
But four days on, the question remains whether that will be the diagnosis for the state's agricultural industry, too.
Yeppoon, which copped the brunt of the storm as it made landfall as a category five system, is a diverse horticultural region that produces tropical fruits, sweet potatoes, pineapples and mangoes.
Then there are 31 dairy farms around Rockhampton in central Queensland.
Mick Cranny runs a pineapple farm about 25km northwest of Yeppoon and says the disaster has wiped out about 45,000 pineapples due for harvest in the next fortnight.
"It's remarkably deflating to see a good crop burn in front of your eyes in the matter of a day," he told AAP.
Then there's the damage to property, with roofs torn off and sheds and concrete-set posts ripped out of the ground.
"The bloody thing was only 75km wide," he said.
"But when you're under it, it's your 75km that's suffered the power and the might of nature."
He fears some farmers may become so disheartened they'll quit the industry, adding to the 1000 Queensland pineapple farmers who have done so in the past 20 years.
Then there's the opposing challenge of helping the next generation tough it out.
"(They) don't have quite the support or experience that their parents had," Mr Cranny said.
But cattle station manager Phil Orchard says he'd never consider abandoning the Belmont Station, near Rockhampton.
With the nearby Fitzroy River flooding, Mr Orchard predicts about 800ha will be so waterlogged the animals won't be able to graze there for three to four months.
But after 25 years in the job, he's not giving up.
"It's better than sitting in an office, I can tell you that," he said.
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