Sunshine Coast Storms last night
Dec 17th 2005, 7:11 pm
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Sunshine Coast Storms last night
We were surfing off Kawana around 5.30pm and left surf as a large storm came out of nowhere. Greeted with a text message from owners saying theres a large gum tree through the roof of their building site in Mountain creek.
Sure enough the area was littered with what must be hundreds of fallen trees, some with the root balls totally lifted out the ground! others huge gums just snapped in half, several houses in buderim and mountain creek in the same position as our job with the new addition of a tree protuding from roof. One guy in buderim had his rellies camping on the block next door in a caravan, a massive gum tree snapped the van in half :scared: Luckily noone was inside at the time. Power was off for about 8 hours, down the soccer fields the wood huts had been picked up and smashed into shreds and dumped back down again. Power lines had just fallen down in one place. Locals were saying it all happened in 10 mins and was like a tornado.
Seems to be around the dixon road, ballinger road, mountain creek near the buderim end, I know quite a few expats live around there.
Sure enough the area was littered with what must be hundreds of fallen trees, some with the root balls totally lifted out the ground! others huge gums just snapped in half, several houses in buderim and mountain creek in the same position as our job with the new addition of a tree protuding from roof. One guy in buderim had his rellies camping on the block next door in a caravan, a massive gum tree snapped the van in half :scared: Luckily noone was inside at the time. Power was off for about 8 hours, down the soccer fields the wood huts had been picked up and smashed into shreds and dumped back down again. Power lines had just fallen down in one place. Locals were saying it all happened in 10 mins and was like a tornado.
Seems to be around the dixon road, ballinger road, mountain creek near the buderim end, I know quite a few expats live around there.
Last edited by jad n rich; Dec 17th 2005 at 7:20 pm.
Dec 17th 2005, 11:30 pm
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Re: Sunshine Coast Storms last night
It certainly was a nasty one, and the Buderim area got the worst of it. Came up very quickly out of nowhere as well - took everyone by surprise.
Dec 18th 2005, 11:09 am
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Re: Sunshine Coast Storms last night
It was terrifing and yes the damage was done in 10 minutes. i was sat outside watching the storm in Jingellic Drive and suddenly the wind started and I shot inside. I had a wooden stake land in my garden, from where I have no idea. The wind was so strong it bent the metal posts of our boat cover, it was incredible. We went for a drive when it was over and the damage was amazing, we felt sorry for the people living in Ballinger where there bridges to their homes were completely blocked with trees. On the football fields the goal posts had just been lifted and tossed around. On telly it always advises that you listen into the radio stations, obviously 91.1 in NOT the one to listen to, no info at all.
Originally Posted by jad n rich
We were surfing off Kawana around 5.30pm and left surf as a large storm came out of nowhere. Greeted with a text message from owners saying theres a large gum tree through the roof of their building site in Mountain creek.
Sure enough the area was littered with what must be hundreds of fallen trees, some with the root balls totally lifted out the ground! others huge gums just snapped in half, several houses in buderim and mountain creek in the same position as our job with the new addition of a tree protuding from roof. One guy in buderim had his rellies camping on the block next door in a caravan, a massive gum tree snapped the van in half :scared: Luckily noone was inside at the time. Power was off for about 8 hours, down the soccer fields the wood huts had been picked up and smashed into shreds and dumped back down again. Power lines had just fallen down in one place. Locals were saying it all happened in 10 mins and was like a tornado.
Seems to be around the dixon road, ballinger road, mountain creek near the buderim end, I know quite a few expats live around there.
Sure enough the area was littered with what must be hundreds of fallen trees, some with the root balls totally lifted out the ground! others huge gums just snapped in half, several houses in buderim and mountain creek in the same position as our job with the new addition of a tree protuding from roof. One guy in buderim had his rellies camping on the block next door in a caravan, a massive gum tree snapped the van in half :scared: Luckily noone was inside at the time. Power was off for about 8 hours, down the soccer fields the wood huts had been picked up and smashed into shreds and dumped back down again. Power lines had just fallen down in one place. Locals were saying it all happened in 10 mins and was like a tornado.
Seems to be around the dixon road, ballinger road, mountain creek near the buderim end, I know quite a few expats live around there.
Dec 18th 2005, 9:45 pm
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Re: Sunshine Coast Storms last night
Welcome to another day in paradise 
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