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21-11-2006, 10:17 PM
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Living the dream
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: NSW
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Anyone else getting strange weather tonight? Werribee is getting pounded, there are emergency services out in force, downed powerlines, intersections blacked out, boomgates not functioning
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21-11-2006, 10:19 PM
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Professional Mouse Jockey
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: SE Vic
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Crap! Sounds like its on its way down to me then. Its still totally calm here (Pakenham)
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21-11-2006, 10:21 PM
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Living the dream
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: NSW
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Lucky I was driving home in the VN, not the GTS, as there was stuff hitting my roof... wouldnt wanna scratch the GTS
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21-11-2006, 10:35 PM
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Location: Australia
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shyte here in Sydney its been 37....
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21-11-2006, 10:37 PM
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Silvester
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Melbourne
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I'm in Hillside and it is so windy i think were going to lose the shed roof!!!!! I have some how managed to fit my two cars into my 1 and a half car car carport!!!!
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21-11-2006, 10:48 PM
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Flat floor shifter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: swappers xing
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Ive got big sail shades that l installed myslef that are somehow still up and nearly ripping my roof off. Hopefully it dies down soon as l dont fancy taking them down if they rip and start flapping and breaking windows.
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21-11-2006, 11:22 PM
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It's Cat huntin season...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Wagga Wagga
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It hit 38 here in wagga today. I just checked weatherzone.com and our own weather station thingie, it stil 35 here @ 11PM!!!
 I think it's gonna be a hot summer here.
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21-11-2006, 11:28 PM
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Fossil fuel consumer
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
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it hit 39 degrees in thomastown (melb northern suburbs), this is the fourth day in a row over 30 degs. Ironically 5 days ago it snowed and was 5 degrees!! This weather is SCREWED.
And yes we're getting torrential wind and squarls here too.. i'm waiting for the tree outside our house to snap in half. I've heard a few sirens going off.. It's still 29 degrees here now.. 11:20pm.
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22-11-2006, 12:46 AM
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Only a matter of time.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Melbourne
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Went out for tea at 5pm. Hot as hell wind, Hit the Westgate speed was 40.
Left too come home about 8.45pm hit the westgate blowing all over the place, Getting down the ring road cars couldn't sit straight, Was harder keeping the lmiit with winds head on. Now there is some fire close by the doors had too be closed it's blowing right into here it's very strong.
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22-11-2006, 12:48 AM
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Fossil fuel consumer
Join Date: Jul 2005
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yeah i just noticed some smoke about 15 minutes ago, not sure where the fires are ??
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22-11-2006, 12:58 AM
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Now XR8TickfordBoy
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Narre Warren, S.E Melbourne
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I hate Melbourne weather, Ive got a cold sore from our minus 20 degree weather last week and now its 35+ this week! Lived in Brisbane for a few months last year and im moving back when I finish uni next year only because of our s**t weather!!!
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22-11-2006, 01:01 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Perth
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I was building in Geelong today and we were getting ash and smoke from the fires north of ballarat and horsham. Wild winds.
Had a mate go into his work before to check on some stuff. Was driving through the site and some left over cool room wall panels got picked up and thrown through the air, straight into the side of his wifes car he was driving, tearing into the rear passenger door right next to his 3 month old baby. Scary! Been watching the DSE reports and so far over 10,000Ha have been burnt outside horshaml. Big fire! CFA have been pretty busy too. |
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22-11-2006, 01:02 AM
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Last warning
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria HeadCount: 3
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go back to being cold dammit.
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22-11-2006, 03:01 AM
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Fossil fuel consumer
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oh so that's where the fires are. i just went for a middle of the night spin for no reason, there's choking smoke all around this area, and i went a fair distance.
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22-11-2006, 06:25 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
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Oh man was it hot here in Canberra yesterday. My Outside Temp display read 37 so I guess it would of been closer to 35.
The turbo hated it! The bloody car drives that bad with the A/C on, that I rarely use it. We've been from hot to cold to hot. Only last week or the week before we were freezing our butts off now they are on fire! Hope I don't have to experience NY day again. It was 48 last year. |
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22-11-2006, 07:36 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Was high 30's yesterday and supposed to hit 38 today in Sydney city (already low 30's at 7.30am!). We also have some huge bushfire that will threaten homes in the mountains if it jumps Bells Line of Rd.
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22-11-2006, 07:37 AM
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22-11-2006, 10:14 AM
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Living the dream
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22-11-2006, 12:19 PM
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22-11-2006, 12:38 PM
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AFF Post NAZI
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Albury
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nice and hot last night.......was 36ware i was.....nice and hot and no cool breeze......may as well slept in the dam on one of those pool lounge thingy's.
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22-11-2006, 12:39 PM
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LPS
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Geelong
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It was beautiful in Geelong yesterday, 23 at 4pm. Then the wind picked up and it was upto 34 in half an hour.
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22-11-2006, 12:41 PM
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Merry Xmas To All
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Melton South, Moderator: ORSM Club
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Was wild and wooly on the wharf last night too. High wind warnings and delays. I notice 3 wind direction shifts last night, and the smoke from a bushfire was choking at 02:30.. Anyone know where the fire was?
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22-11-2006, 12:59 PM
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Fossil fuel consumer
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 The smoke was ordinary to say the least. I already had a throat full of paint from spraying bits of the car all day.. then had that rotten scratchy taste of smoke for the whole night :
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22-11-2006, 03:27 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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its freekin hot in sydney today. hot hot wind.
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22-11-2006, 03:35 PM
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23-11-2006, 04:54 AM
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Only a matter of time.
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Location: Melbourne
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I think i have seen worse winds, I think it was earlier this year or last?.
The winds were so strong the tiles on the roof were coming off, And i'm trying too tie the gates closed cause they might blow open and smash the lights on the car and the roof is flying bits off, My mum was screaming at me get the **** in now!... No no they might hit the car:P Grabbed the car covers dints aren't as bad as chips.
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