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13-10-2005, 08:46 PM
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i cant believe it...is it hailing big chunks of hail here...just moved the car in the garage...neighbour had his windscreen cracked. And ive lsot satellite reception...hope the dish itself is ok...
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13-10-2005, 08:50 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
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Where abouts are you? Im in Tuggeranong and I didnt get any here, just rain. Lol my bro left his windows down. Now his car is soaked inside.
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13-10-2005, 08:52 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canberra Region
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Yeah where are you?
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13-10-2005, 08:52 PM
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other side of canberra to you...haha Gungahlin...the hail and rain seems to have stopped, but that was an intense 10 minutes.
lot of lightning around still, it seemed like the monsoonal rain you get in the sub-tropics |
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13-10-2005, 08:56 PM
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I feel sorry for you guys and the people on the gold coast, id hate for it to happen here in Tassie.
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13-10-2005, 08:56 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Yeah the lightning was crazy. I cant wait for my bro to go to work and discover his car seat nice and wet. Well just proves you shouldnt take the window winders off.
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13-10-2005, 08:58 PM
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im just gonna grab a ladder and see if my sat dish survived, stupid things...i wonder if they are covered under insurance???
EDIT: OR not the lightning is back.... |
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13-10-2005, 09:05 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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I hope it misses me as ive borrowed my Dad's Magna and Ive got nowhere to park it undercover.
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13-10-2005, 09:08 PM
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haha...if my Foxtel still workrd...i could tell u if it was gonna miss your subrub or not...but no good, just keep your fingers crossed matey
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13-10-2005, 09:11 PM
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damn, my mum is sposed to be flying to canberra tonight, she called to say her flight got delayed.. hope the storm passes quickly
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13-10-2005, 09:19 PM
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northside allways has good weather lol .
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13-10-2005, 09:19 PM
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burn out king
Join Date: Dec 2004
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ground is hardly wet here in woden. heard lots of thunder and but no hail.
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13-10-2005, 09:21 PM
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Yeh, I'm in Nicholls and this was whats left at my front door - which I might add was under about 4m of roof cover! calm as ever now - anyone feel like a slushy?
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13-10-2005, 09:27 PM
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only kidding with the northside pun!! They say that tommorrow will be warmer with showers again so there might be more, I would plan on parking some where under cover if you can.
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13-10-2005, 09:43 PM
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a weekend or 2 ago we had mass thunder and lightning storm, so we decided to go out and watch it, only yo see our nextdoor neighbours antenna get struck by lightning, sparks and plumes of smoke came off of it, that was when we decided to head on back inside... yikes
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13-10-2005, 09:43 PM
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ratman...pass on the slushy...haha! yup its just a gentle drizzle now. XA-southside was better...used to live in o'malley with folks...but im 25 and cant afford to pay $750000to a a million for a home atm....
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13-10-2005, 09:57 PM
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We got ZERO rain here (Red Hill), but a hell of alot of thunder and lightning, enough to shake the house...EA's safe under the portico though, so junkies need to move 2 cars to steal it again :P
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13-10-2005, 10:12 PM
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We got hail in Wagga at around 615ish. I guess it for the same storm!!
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13-10-2005, 10:19 PM
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i was worried because i was in coles at the time and all i could hear was really loud banging on the roof. no damage done tho
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13-10-2005, 10:20 PM
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My coupe used to sit on the front lawn with a cover over it, But now has been given shed space and I have to say it has eased the worry of it getting nicked or damaged there is that much in my drive it takes me a good hour to get it out, hope you have no more grief with the low lifes. |
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13-10-2005, 10:39 PM
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13-10-2005, 10:40 PM
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Meh my car is already f**ked from the bushfires so really couldnt care if a few hailstones put some dents in it. That way it might get resprayed or even better WRITTEN OFF!!
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14-10-2005, 05:54 AM
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Only rain in Tuggeranong. If your gonna live in Gunghalin, then you deserve what you get. Pffft Northsiders. Whinge whinge whinge
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14-10-2005, 09:33 AM
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14-10-2005, 09:34 AM
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14-10-2005, 12:09 PM
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We only got 2.5 mm in one very heavy shower in Yass, Impressive lightshow stting on the front verandah with a bundy though ))
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15-10-2005, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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i wanted a bit more rain before sunday. takein the misses out for a trip in the brindies. as for you southsiders if i spoke my mind i would get banned
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15-10-2005, 10:34 AM
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That would be my bigggest fear hail storm damage to my car.
Cheers John
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