Perth getting flogged?

Just had a call from my old lady and I couldn't hear her speak over the noise of golfball sized hail hitting the roof.  How are you all fairing down that way?

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Hope it comes down this way,

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:14

Hope it comes down this way, humid as hell at the moment

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Lightning

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:20

Got some awesome lightning photos on the mid-west coast yesty, got lightning now but it's too bright to photograph, hopefully it hangs around till dark.

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Im heading out aswell to get

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:26

Im heading out aswell to get some shots ;)

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got my camera out just after

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:31

got my camera out just after the storm passed,
we missed the hail luckly, but got a fair bucket of rain.
Sunset with the reds and yellows was out of this world and a double complete 180 deg rainbow to the north made a stunning setting. I'll post some of the pics later once I have saved them to imageshack.

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yep it was hailing in my

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:27

yep it was hailing in my area about 20minutes ago, still cloudy and humid outside.

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just had the storm hit us

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:33

just had the storm hit us but no hail just heavy rain and moderate winds, rain was only comming down on a 45 degree angle, so not too bad

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I'm in Insurance

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:35

The phones are going crazy....

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i feel sorry for you!! my gf

Mon, 2010-03-22 22:10

i feel sorry for you!! my gf used to be in insurance... to bad if you dont cover hail storms...id quit hahaha

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Im at uni and there was just

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:40

Im at uni and there was just golf ball size hail hitting the roof, plenty of lightning to.

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The missus just rang to say

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:40

The missus just rang to say that the hail was unbelievable and totally covered the ground........... also the hail punched holes through our patio blinds.  Could be getting a call Matt T :)

Steve

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Significant hail in North Perth

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:43

Ping pong ball size.  I picked up the boat out of storage this afternoon in anticipation of heading out midweek.  I can't see any damage but its full of leaf and branch vegetation.

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On the computer at work and

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:45

On the computer at work and was 1/2 way through a document that I had not saved *ping* went the power. Farrrrk!

Nice lightning and thunder show however

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Got caught out and now one

Mon, 2010-03-22 16:47

Got caught out and now one side of my car/roof and bonnet has hail damage...Ring a panel beater i know and he says he got his head cut open from the hail and 20 car at his workshop where damaged!Came on so quick i think alot of people will have hail damage.....

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The roof of my house

Mon, 2010-03-22 17:29

The roof of my house entrance caved in, holes in the pergola, pool looks like the swan river and the fence blew away!

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Nasty

Mon, 2010-03-22 17:32

sounds like you copped it bad schecky.. so far just lightning and relatively heavy rain here in secret harbour.. lucky it was just the house entrance part of the roof!!

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yeah!our cars r pretty

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:37

yeah!

our cars r pretty dinged up aswell 

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FTW!

Mon, 2010-03-22 17:42

FTW!

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We need the water BUT

Mon, 2010-03-22 17:33

This was some front,I reckon about 100mil of rain and some of the biggest hail i have seen.Damage,kithchen flooded,famiily room water coming in and I think my TV is rs as it was under the leak.still one daughter at home safe,and the other not in this area,both cars in garage and I will not have to water the desert(garden) for a few days.I hope all the people and their families get home safe and find no sever damage.jersey

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I got cought in the middle

Mon, 2010-03-22 17:54

I got cought in the middle of a fish at canning bridge when it came down. Waited out the hail in my nearby car and drove home at a crawl to find myself in a power outage and with a small flood. Didn't catch anything in the half our before the weather came in either. Bad day all around. Sitting in the dark on my phone in Vic park right now. If I can figure out how on my phone I'll post a pic and video of the hail at it's worst.

-Dono

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bloody awesum storm 10/10

Mon, 2010-03-22 17:57

bloody awesum storm 10/10

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Was in wok in a box

Mon, 2010-03-22 17:58

Was in wok in a box gettingvdinner when it hit and the roof caved in had to run, water was up to the top of my wheels coming home

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squit

Mon, 2010-03-22 17:58

also just what we needed to fire the squid up give it a week and itl be on yipee

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yer i got it badly to. rainy

Mon, 2010-03-22 17:59

yer i got it badly to.

rainy and windy and got some of those massive hail stones.

the car is dented and the park across the rod was covered in hail. pretty awsome but powerfull all the same.

cheers danno

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i was on the freeway in the

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:11

i was on the freeway in the car when it hit.

Traffic stopped, Hail bigger than golf balls, no car go out of it un-damaged, our car had rear window smashed in, broken mirrors and tail lights, and the car looks like its got acne.... rooted.

There was 3-4 inches of hail ont he freeway, sitting next to each other could nto hear the other person yell.

One of the most insane things Ive been in, and the wind must have been pushing 60+ knots, it was howling, with trees blowing down everywhere.

Got home,

Back yard flooded, front yard flooded, garage flooded.........................................

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Trains south bound are all

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:13

Trains south bound are all cancelled.

More than likely north bound is probably the same

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Sitting at home bored as

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:22

Sitting at home bored as hell. May as well go back out fishing and hope the power is back on when I get home. Aren't mulloway in the river active after a storm?

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We copped some heavy rain

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:27

We copped some heavy rain but we missed the wind and hail,looking north there is more to come .See lightning and black clouds,An orange haze in the air looks very spooky .

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Massive hail damage!

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:27

Just drove home from work and almost every car I saw was dented, also plenty of smashed windows and wind shields. Every car at work (Balcatta) that was parked outside (approx 120 cars) is hail damaged.

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Was bad

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:32

Was bad in Ballajura, just about got a big rain drop in my ice cold redback ! Feel sorry for the people that have had damage, bloody mondays.

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LOL Busselton Margs and Augusta..

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:32

Batten down now its heading there soon..hope it weakens

 

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LOL Busselton Margs and Augusta..

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:38

Bloody power failures half the system is in the ocean its a good one..Yell Mate how were the hailstones..

 

 

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i got a blackout, but me and

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:42

i got a blackout, but me and flangies are trying to organise a LB snapper bash. Im premaking a load of rigs in front of candlelight right now hahaah. Trying to organise a ride as my car is out of commision atm... Sux... But should be alright, im sure im not the only one thinkin of pinkies =D

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Need it to storm for a

Mon, 2010-03-22 19:33

Need it to storm for a couple days before they come in close, no swell either...

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i was thinking the same for

Mon, 2010-03-22 19:52

i was thinking the same for tomorrow night mate, few old boys have told me straight after the first storm, duno if thats right though. havent chased em land based before but they r top of my list for this winter

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the wife is stuck in the

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:48

the wife is stuck in the city, trains all closed down, and no busses. Traffic at a stand still with 150 sets of lights out, and flooding...so i cant go get her..

She's in a fine mood i tell you

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Good luck with that.  I'd

Mon, 2010-03-22 19:57

Good luck with that.  I'd be heading to the pub if I were you!  Tell her you got stuck too.  Give her a call - "Sorry Dorris.  I'm gonna be a bit late home myself.  I'm stuck in errrr....  Traffic...  Yeah that's it.  Traffic."

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It's heading our way now,

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:54

It's heading our way now, hope it's run out of puff, some large drops starting to fall but plenty of space in between,

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Not much in the next lot

Mon, 2010-03-22 18:54

Not much in the next lot coming though,its passing over now ,a little rain but no wind up this way.

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Heavy..

Mon, 2010-03-22 19:06

We Got smashed by hail as big as golf balls.Pergola has holes all through it.Two big trees came down in the backyard but fell forward.This saved the fence but only destroyed the washing line.Most of the houses with windows facing the storm have smashed windows at a minimum.Luckily the house stayed in one piece.

Definately the heaviest storm i have ever been in.

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My car is all dinged up from

Mon, 2010-03-22 19:14

My car is all dinged up from hail!  Bugger!

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Me too

Mon, 2010-03-22 19:30

Driving north from Hillaries and headed right into the teeth of the storm. It looked pretty impressive.

 

The black subaru is dented to buggery. I tried to stop by the side of the road but the trees weren't much shelter. Golf ball size hail makes a big BANG as it hit sthe roof. I was just glad the sunroof didn't break.

Had to do several "river crossings" on Marmion Ave, talk about local flash flooding!!!

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Yeah.  My sun roof suvived

Mon, 2010-03-22 19:41

Yeah.  My sun roof suvived too.  Lucky my Patrol was good for river crossings too.  I don't have a snorkel but it seams to have survived!  I'll have to assess the damage in the morning.  It's been a little bit dark!

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The Mrs is on the plane on

Mon, 2010-03-22 19:43

The Mrs is on the plane on her way to Perth now. Hope they dont close the airport.

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I'd be hoping the airport

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:00

I'd be hoping the airport does close.  Another day without nagging.  Yee Hah!

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No no. She just flew out of

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:19

No no. She just flew out of Hedland. Closed airport means she comes home.

 

Just got the message. Airport is open and all good.

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Pheeeeeew!

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:22

Pheeeeeew!

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I went home and got the 4x4

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:03

And pull out 2 cars  from the water [outside new ford] ,and jump started 2 cars

 And the other car would not start, so i gave them a lift home to wannaroo

So i will go to heaven lol

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hey

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:03

guys ive got a rental property in butler any one up that way ,and how did your property cope!were interstate at the momement!

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I am in Butler. Pretty much

Mon, 2010-03-22 21:01

I am in Butler. Pretty much every house up here had water coming in the top of the windows from overflowing gutters. I spent all afternoon mopping mine and the neighbours houses. One neighbour had his artificial grass float away!!! He has been bagging me for my real grass for weeks, so he deserves it.

Hail was not too nasty, my brand new Navara was outside throughout and does not have a mark. It seems the big stuff got going from Kinross south.

I went to Rotto today at 9am and got back at 2pm. In hindsight, we were bloody lucky to get back safe.

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I heard Butler not so good

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:06

I heard Butler not so good but I live in Vic Park so I can't really say.  Apparently up that way copped it the worse.  Good Luck.

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very impresive rain

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:17

WOW what an afternoon , huge hail storm hits our office in Ossy park around 4.30 pm , we lost about 14 windscreens and mirrors on our work vans and the roofs dented all over the place let alone all our neighbours, plenty of sad sights , insurance is going to love the next few days for phone calls, at least no people got hurt and the travel home north on the freeway was just great, wish i had my cruiser for a change for the trip home with all the floods. just as well it didnt come through sunday afternoon while we were out diving, we started our secong dive around 3.00pm in nice sunshine and came up with massive black clouds everwhere

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We were out in 120m

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:19

Myself and Till were in 120m of water. It came in from the north and then just put a blanket over Perth. I was just waiting to be struck by lighting on the way in, but it was awesome to watch Perth lit up all over, good ending to a good day. 

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That would be unreal to

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:25

That would be unreal to see!  Hope you got some pics to put up???

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Just thunder and lightning

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:38

Just thunder and lightning with some drizzle down here, little or no wind.

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Safety Bay

Mon, 2010-03-22 20:44

Hi Guys,

Any news on Safety Bay - was it safe? I'm in Singapore at the moment, and just heard about the storm.

Appreciate any info.

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im in safetybay and it was

Tue, 2010-03-23 08:42

im in safetybay and it was all fine here, nothing too crazy where i was

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Caught in Hillaries

Mon, 2010-03-22 21:29

I was on the south groyne with user Simmo Ryan having a fish when it hit.

We watched the storm build and both agreed we didn't mind riding it out, as it looked like the brunt of it was moving well clear of us. In the space of a few minutes though, it changed direction and headed directly for Hillaries.

It was the most amazing thing, sitting there watching the swirling clouds push towards us. Had we known that hail was coming, we would have left there and then. The clouds looked like something straight out of the film independance day.

Fat rain started to fall - a bit cold but we carried on fishing. Next thing there was a big splash in front of me - I asked Simmo Ryan "Did you just throw something in the water?". His reply - "Nope." About five seconds later he says "I know what hit the water. There's a big f*cking hail stone by my feet".

At that point, the sky exploded. The stones hitting the water made it look like the water was boiling, and as were were on the groyne we had nowhere to hide.

My cover was a bucket resting on my head. Simmo Ryan used his fish filleting case. Unfortunately the exposed parts of our bodies were fair game so our necks, knees, toes, fingers, arms, etc all copped the brunt of the storm.

A very scary few minutes for us. Amazingly we both survived without a bruise (despite getting smashed by big lumps of ice!) and our cars were unscathed parked near AQWA.

Took me more than two hours to get home though to Kelmscott!

WHAT an experience. 

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done some good river crossing today in my landcruiser ute

Mon, 2010-03-22 21:27

on wanneroo road and trappers drive lol was up to the roo bar lol funny watchin people try n drive thru in small cars

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Yeah...listening to 6PR some

Mon, 2010-03-22 21:30

Yeah...listening to 6PR some bloke rang up and said that a couple of cars had just floated past his...Laughing

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Being a sparky, I had a

Tue, 2010-03-23 05:10

Being a sparky, I had a couple of mates from up NOR ringing up. 

"I keep turning the RCD back on but it just keeps going off again." 

I'm guessing there would be a few people in the same position?  That's what happens when you get flooded.  Too much water and electricity don't mix too well!  Just have to wait till everything dries out.

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Still no power : (

Tue, 2010-03-23 06:12

Still no power : (

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Im in baldivis juneka and i

Tue, 2010-03-23 07:00

Im in baldivis juneka and i never saw any hail. did rain like buggery but.

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Copped it good in Huntingdale

Tue, 2010-03-23 07:23

Backyard was in 2" of water, back fence blown over, side fence partially blown over, power went out at 5:30 and it was still out at 12:30 last night when I woke up (but back on now). We didn't get any hail in my area though which is good. Just need to start organising insurance now I guess.......

 

The worst part was the humidity and heat ironically - no fan made it a shit nights sleep.

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Safety Bay

Tue, 2010-03-23 07:23

Juneka, I'm in Shoalwater, and we got no hail at all, just a huge downpour, so Safety Bay will probably be much the same.
Sorry to hear about the damage others have had!

Cheers,

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Bullcreek

Tue, 2010-03-23 07:41

We didnt get anything too bad in Bullcreek but there was some flooding and the park near my house is trashed, a branch came down on some powerlines but western power seems to have cleared that up really quickly. I think we had the power back on by about 3:00 in the morning so well done to western power. Now I just gotta dry my carpet because my window now leaks.

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Hope all are well and

Tue, 2010-03-23 07:52

Hope all are well and survived.  Just a lot of rain for us and a little water entry.  Ran an extension cord over to the neighbours to give them some power late last night (and its still off this morning).

The new domestic airport roof has apparently collapsed too.

Might be a few floating hazards on the water too, what with all the run off.

Cheers Pete

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the quiet after the storm,

Tue, 2010-03-23 07:53

the quiet after the storm, sunset colours where out of this world and a double ringed rainbow 180deg across the hills...
Always some beauty in a storm, be it after the hell.

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Copped a bit of water damage

Tue, 2010-03-23 09:53

With the front door being closed it resembled a bloody indoor water fall !

Car copped a bit of a pounding from the hail heading down Hepburn Ave from Hillaries..

Totally amazing watching the cloud movements and the chaos heading down the freeway...  

Oh well.... should keep many employed for a while with fencing, clean ups, panel work , windscreen repairs....etc....

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shut down

Tue, 2010-03-23 10:29

Had to evacuate at work at lakeside coles in joondalup, water pissing thru the roof, airconditioning and running throught all the fridge cases flooding the shop floor, massive clean up. whole center need to be evacutated as ceilings were collapsing in stores and mass flooding thruout the center. Aftre we cleared out all the freaked out customers we sat on the dock watching a toll truck get hammered by the hail. we were right under the storm, It was mad as i opened the back door it was like standing in a wind tunnel as all the air in the store was sucked out by the airpressure outside. As we sat there just after it passed it was a constant stream of sirens from the hospital and fireies headin towards the freeway.

 My poor mum was coming back from rotto on the ferry to hillarys as it went right over them. vis was at apparently 10 meters above water! the skipper just cut the motors and had to drift while they got smashed around and hammered by the winds and hail.

Came home to find the gutters overflowed spilling into the roof, flooding the TV room and falling directly onto the flat screen, dvd and playstation GODDAMMIT! 

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WHAT....!!! What skipper in

Tue, 2010-03-23 10:50

WHAT....!!!
What skipper in his right mind cuts his motors and drifts in a storm like that???
correct procedure would be too keep going forward at a slow pace with the bow into the storm / wind. He has Radar, GPS and sounder, so he can easily keep his location plotted and stay facing the storm.
Hope he did not just drift it out!!! that would be shocking for someone with a masters marina ticket etc...
I'd have expected the Ferry to easily have ridden out the storm and only waited to dock when it was safer at Hillaries when the wind died down.

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I have been thinking what to

Tue, 2010-03-23 12:38

I have been thinking what to do if you do get caught in it in a 20footer. Hang on would be my best guess.

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yea who knows

Tue, 2010-03-23 11:20

Well thats how the old lady tells it anyway she wouldn know if he was holding the boat into the wind or not she's not much of the nautical type, her account was that they stopped the boat and let it drift seeing they couldn see ten meters out

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Re Safety Bay comments

Tue, 2010-03-23 11:42

Thanks for the positive comments re Safety Bay from so many of you - and the PM...

It's a huge relief to think my home should be safe.

Best wishes to you all who have sustained so much damage - if your Ins won't cover it, maybe time to lobby Colin Barnett for assistance...

Cheers,

Judy

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3.7mm of rain here, was a

Tue, 2010-03-23 13:34

3.7mm of rain here, was a bit of a fizzer for us.

Cheers
Dale

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I had to ride home on my motorbike

Tue, 2010-03-23 14:30

I hit a lake doing about 60kms didn't realize until it was to late.   I couldnt slam on my breaks being on a bike.   Water was up over my feet rests, blew my thongs clean off my feet.   I had to pull tha bike over at tha other side and walk back barefoot to retrieve my thongs.   Maybe I should cab it home next time!!!   That was insane.   Managed to get home safe even though I was soaked in time to start trying to towel up doors and windows and watch my backyard fence get blown into oblivion.   All I could do was fire up tha blender and start making tropical drinks and pretend it wasnt hapnan.    Now hungover and have to start tha repair process!!!

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We were very

Tue, 2010-03-23 16:39

lucky, just a good down pour here in Spearwood, yesterday, heaps of thunder and lightening, saw a few normal size hailstones, the storm water drain next to us was half full, haven't seen any water in it for 14yrs, the 4x4 packed on our front lawn has tide marks up to the rim.  As we are at the bottom of a hill, the lady up the road, had a gravel verge, well thats all down our end on the road, just waiting for somebody to come around the bend and do a good skiddy, tried to sweep some away, seems to be sticking like glue to the road.

 

Hope everybody is safe and your insurance claims are dealt with quickly, Barnet has declared a disaster zone.

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