Thunderstorms - Illawarra/Sydney
Mar 1st 2009, 11:55 am
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Thunderstorms - Illawarra/Sydney
Hi there! Bit of a random musing here but:
I love a good old electrical storm and have been hoping that when we move to Oz they might be a more regular occurance!?
I expect they are quite regular in Queensland, but we have now decided on Sydney - does Sydney get them much?
I love a good old electrical storm and have been hoping that when we move to Oz they might be a more regular occurance!?
I expect they are quite regular in Queensland, but we have now decided on Sydney - does Sydney get them much?
Mar 1st 2009, 12:14 pm
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Re: Thunderstorms - Illawarra/Sydney
I think Sydney get's some corkers, mostly in Summer like SE Qld - although I don't think there have been many in Syd this year. If you like storms, SE Qld is definitely the place for you!
Mar 1st 2009, 1:11 pm
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Re: Thunderstorms - Illawarra/Sydney
Yea - some crackers here in the Illawara. Never having lived beside the sea before, I love watching the storms move out over the ocean because you can see the whole storm cell uninterupted by buildings or the landscape. 
Mar 1st 2009, 3:22 pm
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Mar 1st 2009, 7:44 pm
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Re: Thunderstorms - Illawarra/Sydney
Yeah, they are great until it hits YOUR house, or like happend to us, hits the tree next door which explodes and blows holes in their fibro house like a bomb has gone off.
It hit our house in UK, and I thought lightening did not strike twice!
My advice, get a brick house.
It hit our house in UK, and I thought lightening did not strike twice!
My advice, get a brick house.
Mar 1st 2009, 8:17 pm
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Yeah, they are great until it hits YOUR house, or like happend to us, hits the tree next door which explodes and blows holes in their fibro house like a bomb has gone off.
It hit our house in UK, and I thought lightening did not strike twice!
My advice, get a brick house.
It hit our house in UK, and I thought lightening did not strike twice!
My advice, get a brick house.
Yeah thats not so great.
Mar 1st 2009, 8:19 pm
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Re: Thunderstorms - Illawarra/Sydney
Or you get one like this one in Brisbane in Nov 2008!
Mar 1st 2009, 8:29 pm
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Re: Thunderstorms - Illawarra/Sydney
Def get some crackers here... it's good because you get them over the sea and on the mountains and you can see them moving about.
Mar 2nd 2009, 12:40 pm
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Re: Thunderstorms - Illawarra/Sydney
ARrrgh!!!!
