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Old 11-12-2010, 04:19 PM   #1
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Hey all,

Just drove through Albion and there were a couple of cars with water up to their doors, quite a number of roads are almost flooded around the football grounds.

Just take care as some people were hitting these spots at 50+k's and making QUITE a splash

If anyone else has info or links to flooded roads please add it to the thread

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not sure whats happening with the roads around here today but i`m guessing that most of the local service roads will be closed.
i checked the rain gauge at 8am this morning and we have had 170 + mm since about 11 o`clock last night. the gauge was overflowing so anyones guess just how much we had.

might go for a drive soon and check out some of the creeks.
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Not quite flooding, but a rather nasty storm hit Brisbane tonight. Pics.













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some good storm / lightning pics.
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The very stuff that reminds me of the "go betweens", I loved Brisbane in the 70s, early 80s. The weather appears to have done a full circle,... this is what it used to be like at Christmas!!
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nice pics grandpa.
the cycle of mother nature continues regardless of government intervention
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the cycle of mother nature continues regardless of government intervention
Or does it? *adjusts tin foil hat*
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More storms to come this afternoon



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Yep it is hammering here. I'm in the City, and you can't see the lights on the Storey Bridge....
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ohyer, i can see the dark clowdes on the harison, and here thunder in the distance out here at strathpine, going to ba a big one
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It hit head office here in kedron about 10 minutes ago. Looks greeeeeeen as buggery...

For those of you playing at home: http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html
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Dark here over Bundall but nothing yet... finger crossed cause I haven't seen a huge storm in a while. :(
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No hail in the western suburbs but LOTS rain
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Our manager just came in to tell us it's merging with a storm from Toowoomba... expect a BIG one folks
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The bulk of it just past over where I am. No hail, just heavy rain and some wind. I don't think the wind was strong enough to do any damage here though, but there was a lot of close lighting strikes with loud thunder.
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Not long ago, you can see that the most of the worst storm cells went north of Brisbane CBD.
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we had hail about 20 min ago, ice cube size. strathpine aria
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all sunny here in the Bowen basin! about 36 degrees.
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Everyone on the outer-Northside up for round 2?


Got heaps of heavy rain with the first lot, but no hail here.
Hopefully the same can be said in about an hour or two. Does not look pretty outside.

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was at bavarian bier cafe for work xmas lunch at Eagle st pier. Could not see the story bridge at all. Rain was unreal!...beer was good and so were the waitresses....made me all fuzzy inside
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Thunder, rain, hail, the works up here............
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Plenty of rain and hail here at Samford. Creeks are also too high to cross. Not a bad effort for 20mins or so of rain
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More is on the way. I can hear the thunder and there's also light rain at the moment too.
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Got these from the back of my work today at Northlakes


More thunder and lightning as i type this, round 3 anyone?
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Those truly are some spectacular shots of the storm front there DJM83.

Just before I discovered that all the power was out along Shore Street West in the commercial area of Cleveland including all the street lights. It's almost a once in a lifetime experience to see a place that lit up at night so dark. It might have been caused by damaged power lines I saw after the first storm this afternoon. I can only assume the pole was struck by lighting since there are no trees around there to fall on them.

Thankfully all the storm activity appears to be over in what truly was an eventful day. The Bureau of Meteorology radar shows more cells out west, but hopefully the places worst effected from today and yesterday will be spared from another hammering.
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Great shots mate,
Good to see the white beasty was undercover too. I worked out you must work there when I saw the car there in the same place a few times
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Tell me about it. I think my car is a write off as every panel is finished. Surprising that my windows are ok as my neighbours commodore is missing them. Here are some pics.







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