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Discussion in 'The Family Room' started by Habbosrus, Apr 21, 2015.

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  1. Habbosrus

    Habbosrus Back again

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    Hope everybody on the NSW east coast stays safe. This storm is the worst encountered in many, many years. Torrential rain, sustained winds of over 125 km/h at Newcastle. Trees and power lines down everywhere. I made i to work (wish I hadn't) and it's one of a handful of places that still has power.
    Stay safe everybody
    I think the roof is starting to lift off he building!!!
     
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    Take care mate, we are still ok here and got power
     
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    bjpc2716 who dares win

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    8) I hope everybody stay save
     
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    Yikes sounds scary.... hope all are safe... and protect the blinky


    Although we never see anything like that around here.... I can imagine the severity of it.


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    I came home yesterday to a flooded backyard and a flooded bathroom, the Illawarra Highway is closed due to flooding and I had to drive around several fallen trees this morning.
    Still raining here and really hasnt stopped since Sunday night

    The rain is a few weeks late this year so I wonder if thats got something to do with the intensity of this rain event
     
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    Norah head has had winds of 135km just seen on the ABC news
     
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    They are saying its a cat 2 cyclone
     
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    pressure wise it's not quite, but last night it sure looked like one


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    Stay safe everyone, the worst we had was some strong winds and a power blackout from 11pm to midnight, no doubt from a fallen true.
     
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    looking at the radar Maitland was getting hammered... the line is moving east to west so I can severe weather there for hours....with lots fo flooding


    -Blu
     
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    We're right in the firing line now! It's even got me a bit jittery and I don't scare too easily. The sound of the wind & rain is horrendous!
    Hope everybody stays safe. This is a big one!
     
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    What you are now getting is what we had yesterday, it sat over Albion Park for a few hours yesterday, its now moved north but we are still getting a lot of rain here.

    I think all sports fields will be closed for the next 2 weeks at least after this amount of rain
     
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    I just saw the roof off the building across the road go sailing down the street and slammed into a car & building.
    This place is creaking and groaning like nothing else!
    We have large trees swaying wildly only a couple of metres from the power cable coming into our building. I think we might lose power soon :-\ Trees are down everywhere
    I really hope everyone stays safe. Be careful everyone
     
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