Willedoo, did you ride out the storm O.K.?

[onetrack]

I've just seen the huge amount of damage (and deaths) caused by that violent storm, I trust you and your place survived with minimal damage?

[Litespeed]

Good point,

 

How did you go?

 

I note a local hero in Mackay moved heaps of boats into mangroves for safety. Last time they just left the storm to destroy them, makes insurance difficult.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Hope all is well Willedoo.. Gusts over 100mph...  

 

Some aircraft at Archerfield didn't fare too well

[willedoo]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. It blew a gale here but minimal damage as far as I can see. I had a temporary roof blow off an outdoor ablution block that I'm renovating, mainly my fault as it could have been tied down a bit better. Apart from that, just a bit of stuff blown around. Having said that, I haven't been out since then so there could be a lot more damage around the district. I haven't even been down to my front gate yet so I'll do that soon and check the sheds. The positive is that the power is ok. The first 100 metres of power on my place is an overhead power line with trees beside the line, so it's vulnerable to having a tree blow down on it. The rest of the power is underground from there.

 

The wind gusts were bad, bending trees over at quite an angle. At one stage a big blast of sheet lightning that was miles away and very high up in the sky shook the whole house. 

 

 

[willedoo]

Just lucky I hadn't got around to erecting a 6x6m shade sail I received from evilbay a couple of days before or it would have ended up at Bundaberg. Sometimes being a bit slack pays off.

[willedoo]

On 16/12/2023 at 7:09 PM, Jerry_Atrick said:

Some aircraft at Archerfield didn't fare too well

On the news it said wind to 169kph at Archerfield and that the previous record there was 143kph in 1946.

 

[spacesailor]

And what of " Frankie " 

spacesailor