The Ongoing Weather Thread – Storms, Drought, Climate!!!
Nov 30th 2006, 10:52 am
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Re: The Ongoing Weather Thread – Storms, Drought, Climate!!!
Originally Posted by Wol
Don't know what you're all wittering on about!
I looked at four weather forecasts this morning - two from the weather Channel.
They were:
1) Clear and sunny
2) Overcast/cloudy all day
3) Drizzle
4) Rain and showers
So I exercised my democratic right and chose the cloudy option - since I would be on site all day and didn't want to burn.
And it *was*!
I looked at four weather forecasts this morning - two from the weather Channel.
They were:
1) Clear and sunny
2) Overcast/cloudy all day
3) Drizzle
4) Rain and showers
So I exercised my democratic right and chose the cloudy option - since I would be on site all day and didn't want to burn.
And it *was*!
Dec 1st 2006, 8:32 am
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Re: Stormy Weather
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Its now blowing a full gale - 60kph. Haven't heard from annqldau or 232bar so lets just hope the wind is blowinf the fire the right way
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1800561.htm
And iPom...... I hope this doesn't mean you're under threat again?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1800547.htm
SE Qld is one a Fire Weather Warning again tomorrow, and I don't think it'll be alone.
Not a good night, stay safe everyone.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1800561.htm
And iPom...... I hope this doesn't mean you're under threat again?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1800547.htm
SE Qld is one a Fire Weather Warning again tomorrow, and I don't think it'll be alone.
Not a good night, stay safe everyone.
Dec 17th 2006, 2:27 am
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Re: Stormy Weather
After last nights storms in SE Qld.....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...2/s1813292.htm
and specifically for Noosa Shire - save your water!!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...2/s1813306.htm
Our SES guys were out to midnight last night, only stopped then because ordered to for fatigue management. Many back out this morning. Childers and Cooroy copped the worst, with lots of roof damage and a staggeringly large request for tarpaulins (several hundred) to be sent up from the warehouse down here. Wind gust over Double Island Point reported in excess of 200kph
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...2/s1813292.htm
and specifically for Noosa Shire - save your water!!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...2/s1813306.htm
Our SES guys were out to midnight last night, only stopped then because ordered to for fatigue management. Many back out this morning. Childers and Cooroy copped the worst, with lots of roof damage and a staggeringly large request for tarpaulins (several hundred) to be sent up from the warehouse down here. Wind gust over Double Island Point reported in excess of 200kph
Dec 17th 2006, 7:14 am
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Re: The Ongoing Weather Thread – Storms, Drought, Climate!!!
Originally Posted by Fiona&malc
Is been the same here Wendy, and its still blowing a gale outside !!!
I had to put the heater on earlier i was freezin!!!!
I had to put the heater on earlier i was freezin!!!!
I'm bloody drenched with sweat
Dec 17th 2006, 9:08 am
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Re: Stormy Weather
Originally Posted by Pollyana
After last nights storms in SE Qld.....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...2/s1813292.htm
and specifically for Noosa Shire - save your water!!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...2/s1813306.htm
Our SES guys were out to midnight last night, only stopped then because ordered to for fatigue management. Many back out this morning. Childers and Cooroy copped the worst, with lots of roof damage and a staggeringly large request for tarpaulins (several hundred) to be sent up from the warehouse down here. Wind gust over Double Island Point reported in excess of 200kph
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...2/s1813292.htm
and specifically for Noosa Shire - save your water!!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...2/s1813306.htm
Our SES guys were out to midnight last night, only stopped then because ordered to for fatigue management. Many back out this morning. Childers and Cooroy copped the worst, with lots of roof damage and a staggeringly large request for tarpaulins (several hundred) to be sent up from the warehouse down here. Wind gust over Double Island Point reported in excess of 200kph
edited to add....83mm if rain in 35mins - thats not bad!
Last edited by Pollyana; Dec 17th 2006 at 9:18 am.
Dec 17th 2006, 12:37 pm
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Re: Stormy Weather
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Just heard from cresta57 that he hasn't been blown away - or not quite......though it sounds like it was close.
edited to add....83mm if rain in 35mins - thats not bad!
edited to add....83mm if rain in 35mins - thats not bad!
Dec 17th 2006, 1:00 pm
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Re: Stormy Weather
Originally Posted by annqldau
Has he got phone and electric still then? He'll be peed if he hasn't. He's picked a dodgy spot they always seem to head his way must be his natural magnetism.
Seemed most concerned about damage to the beer fridge :scared: :scared:
i hope he'll give us a full report tomorrow .....
Dec 17th 2006, 7:21 pm
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Re: Stormy Weather
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Lost power yesterday afternoon, he got it back just before I did that post, so about 24 hours offline. Stuff flying about under the house and a nearby tree hit by lightning
Seemed most concerned about damage to the beer fridge :scared: :scared:
i hope he'll give us a full report tomorrow .....
Seemed most concerned about damage to the beer fridge :scared: :scared:
i hope he'll give us a full report tomorrow .....
Dec 17th 2006, 9:31 pm
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Re: The Ongoing Weather Thread – Storms, Drought, Climate!!!
Brief update;
We had a bit of a squall blow through on Saturday lunchtime, 16mm of rain in about an hour. It looked like more on the way so we started to prepare for a big storm bringing in all the loose items from the veranda. Half way through that the storm hit and we had torrential rain and howling winds. We lost the door of the beer fridge as well as the cupboard that sits on top of the fridge[ I had to throw out a few salad items to be able to get all the beer into the housefridge, who cares how much lettuce is when beer is getting warm ]. A tree in the yard was struck by lightening, just the thunder was enough to knock out the power and phones for 24 hrs.
The storm only lasted about 30 mins and in that time we had a further 83mm of rain. If the pump had been working I'd have celebrated with a nice long bath
We had a bit of a squall blow through on Saturday lunchtime, 16mm of rain in about an hour. It looked like more on the way so we started to prepare for a big storm bringing in all the loose items from the veranda. Half way through that the storm hit and we had torrential rain and howling winds. We lost the door of the beer fridge as well as the cupboard that sits on top of the fridge[ I had to throw out a few salad items to be able to get all the beer into the housefridge, who cares how much lettuce is when beer is getting warm
]. A tree in the yard was struck by lightening, just the thunder was enough to knock out the power and phones for 24 hrs.The storm only lasted about 30 mins and in that time we had a further 83mm of rain. If the pump had been working I'd have celebrated with a nice long bath
Dec 18th 2006, 1:35 am
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Re: The Ongoing Weather Thread – Storms, Drought, Climate!!!
Originally Posted by cresta57
Brief update;
We had a bit of a squall blow through on Saturday lunchtime, 16mm of rain in about an hour. It looked like more on the way so we started to prepare for a big storm bringing in all the loose items from the veranda. Half way through that the storm hit and we had torrential rain and howling winds. We lost the door of the beer fridge as well as the cupboard that sits on top of the fridge[ I had to throw out a few salad items to be able to get all the beer into the housefridge, who cares how much lettuce is when beer is getting warm ]. A tree in the yard was struck by lightening, just the thunder was enough to knock out the power and phones for 24 hrs.
The storm only lasted about 30 mins and in that time we had a further 83mm of rain. If the pump had been working I'd have celebrated with a nice long bath
We had a bit of a squall blow through on Saturday lunchtime, 16mm of rain in about an hour. It looked like more on the way so we started to prepare for a big storm bringing in all the loose items from the veranda. Half way through that the storm hit and we had torrential rain and howling winds. We lost the door of the beer fridge as well as the cupboard that sits on top of the fridge[ I had to throw out a few salad items to be able to get all the beer into the housefridge, who cares how much lettuce is when beer is getting warm
]. A tree in the yard was struck by lightening, just the thunder was enough to knock out the power and phones for 24 hrs.The storm only lasted about 30 mins and in that time we had a further 83mm of rain. If the pump had been working I'd have celebrated with a nice long bath
Dec 18th 2006, 4:55 am
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Re: The Ongoing Weather Thread – Storms, Drought, Climate!!!
We drove through Tiaro & Childers on the way up to Bundaberg on Saturday just a couple of hours after the storms had hit - it was truly like a war zone. The streets were littered with branches & leaves off trees, many trees were almost bare after the hail just decimated the foliage & cut it all up into pieces about the size of a 20 cent piece.
Buildings lost rooves (or is that roofs?
) & there were people boarding up broken windows etc. At Tiaro there were hundreds of trees down, including one in the cemetary & one HUGE one right across the main road that the SES or someone similar had cut a path through with a chainsaw.
Never seen such a mess from a storm & never seen so many trees uprooted & knocked down (Im talking SERIOUSLY big trees here ).
Buildings lost rooves (or is that roofs?
) & there were people boarding up broken windows etc. At Tiaro there were hundreds of trees down, including one in the cemetary & one HUGE one right across the main road that the SES or someone similar had cut a path through with a chainsaw.Never seen such a mess from a storm & never seen so many trees uprooted & knocked down (Im talking SERIOUSLY big trees here
).
Dec 18th 2006, 7:06 am
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Re: The Ongoing Weather Thread – Storms, Drought, Climate!!!
Originally Posted by cresta57
Brief update;
We had a bit of a squall blow through on Saturday lunchtime, 16mm of rain in about an hour. It looked like more on the way so we started to prepare for a big storm bringing in all the loose items from the veranda. Half way through that the storm hit and we had torrential rain and howling winds. We lost the door of the beer fridge as well as the cupboard that sits on top of the fridge[ I had to throw out a few salad items to be able to get all the beer into the housefridge, who cares how much lettuce is when beer is getting warm ]. A tree in the yard was struck by lightening, just the thunder was enough to knock out the power and phones for 24 hrs.
The storm only lasted about 30 mins and in that time we had a further 83mm of rain. If the pump had been working I'd have celebrated with a nice long bath
We had a bit of a squall blow through on Saturday lunchtime, 16mm of rain in about an hour. It looked like more on the way so we started to prepare for a big storm bringing in all the loose items from the veranda. Half way through that the storm hit and we had torrential rain and howling winds. We lost the door of the beer fridge as well as the cupboard that sits on top of the fridge[ I had to throw out a few salad items to be able to get all the beer into the housefridge, who cares how much lettuce is when beer is getting warm
]. A tree in the yard was struck by lightening, just the thunder was enough to knock out the power and phones for 24 hrs.The storm only lasted about 30 mins and in that time we had a further 83mm of rain. If the pump had been working I'd have celebrated with a nice long bath
We didn't know anything about it TV was full of fires not storms.
Glad you all ok and still have a roof over your head anyway...
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Dec 18th 2006, 9:14 am
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Re: The Ongoing Weather Thread – Storms, Drought, Climate!!!
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
We drove through Tiaro & Childers on the way up to Bundaberg on Saturday just a couple of hours after the storms had hit - it was truly like a war zone. The streets were littered with branches & leaves off trees, many trees were almost bare after the hail just decimated the foliage & cut it all up into pieces about the size of a 20 cent piece.
Buildings lost rooves (or is that roofs? ) & there were people boarding up broken windows etc. At Tiaro there were hundreds of trees down, including one in the cemetary & one HUGE one right across the main road that the SES or someone similar had cut a path through with a chainsaw.
Never seen such a mess from a storm & never seen so many trees uprooted & knocked down (Im talking SERIOUSLY big trees here ).
Buildings lost rooves (or is that roofs?
) & there were people boarding up broken windows etc. At Tiaro there were hundreds of trees down, including one in the cemetary & one HUGE one right across the main road that the SES or someone similar had cut a path through with a chainsaw.Never seen such a mess from a storm & never seen so many trees uprooted & knocked down (Im talking SERIOUSLY big trees here
).The weather station at Gunalda [as you cut through the range just before Glemwood] recorded 200km winds on Saturday afternoon. All that damage from half an hours blow makes you appreciate just how bad Innisfail and Tully copped it when Larry went through.
Dec 18th 2006, 9:21 am
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Re: The Ongoing Weather Thread – Storms, Drought, Climate!!!
Originally Posted by cresta57
If you saw a fridge door it's mine!
The weather station at Gunalda [as you cut through the range just before Glemwood] recorded 200km winds on Saturday afternoon. All that damage from half an hours blow makes you appreciate just how bad Innisfail and Tully copped it when Larry went through.
The weather station at Gunalda [as you cut through the range just before Glemwood] recorded 200km winds on Saturday afternoon. All that damage from half an hours blow makes you appreciate just how bad Innisfail and Tully copped it when Larry went through.
Will keep an eye out for the fridge door but think you need to shelve the boat idea and invest in a new one.
They said on the radio today that the QLD weather info site is going to give greater advanced warning of storms but not sure you can always predict the unpredictable.
Best idea so far has been the idea to send out text messages to those in the threat area.
Dec 18th 2006, 9:26 am
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Re: The Ongoing Weather Thread – Storms, Drought, Climate!!!
Originally Posted by annqldau
Will keep an eye out for the fridge door but think you need to shelve the boat idea and invest in a new one.
They said on the radio today that the QLD weather info site is going to give greater advanced warning of storms but not sure you can always predict the unpredictable.
Best idea so far has been the idea to send out text messages to those in the threat area.
They said on the radio today that the QLD weather info site is going to give greater advanced warning of storms but not sure you can always predict the unpredictable.
Best idea so far has been the idea to send out text messages to those in the threat area.