Hailstorm north of Esperance in WA
Submitted: Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 22:37
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Gone Bush (WA)
OK, you QLDers and northern NSWelshmen are used to big hailstorms but we West Aussies aren't.
The little town of Salmon Gums is halfway between
Norseman and
Esperance in WA, just a little bit south of Kalgoorlie.
Today a major hailstorm passed through and devastated a few peoples' livelihoods and crops.
Here are some pictures, hot off the press:
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Reply By: Gone Bush (WA) - Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 22:43
Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 22:43
Here's one more worthy of inclusion:
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Reply By: Richard Kovac - Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 22:57
Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 22:57
do you know Mike O'Neal?
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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 23:02
Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 23:02
No Richard, these were sent to me by a friend in Kal.
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Reply By: Member - Footloose - Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 23:00
Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 23:00
Ouch !! Not to mention what it would have done to any vehicles caught out in the open.
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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 23:04
Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 23:04
Or sheds:
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or crops:
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Reply By: OzTroopy - Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 23:40
Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 at 23:40
Was a shortlived storm went through between
Tamworth and Dubbo last night ... Plenty of hail and damage there too.
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Reply By: donk - Friday, Nov 28, 2008 at 00:16
Friday, Nov 28, 2008 at 00:16
It might be a blessing for some farmers if the crops were insured against hail because with the rain that is falling in the area there is no harvest happening at the moment
Regards Don
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Reply By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Friday, Nov 28, 2008 at 00:47
Friday, Nov 28, 2008 at 00:47
mate told me last night that his future son in law lost 1000 achres of wheat and barley to the hail.
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Reply By: jezza68 - Friday, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:11
Friday, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:11
They are amazing pictures. I believe it was Salmon Gums that
bore the brunt.
My wife was raised there and it is a place of weather extremes all for the wrong reasons!! It makes the news regularly as the coldest,hottest, driest and now wettest!!
Hence we refer to it as "Swaying Palms". I havent been there for about 18years but the Service Station 200kms from the sea used to sell Bertram Boat spares?? and the adjoining tourist
shop had the biggest selection of souvenoirs I have ever seen in a railway siding!Strangely it was all very dusty.
Our first house we built in a small cul-de-sac in
Perth was surrounded by families all from the same area. Small World.
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