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Submitted: Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 16:57
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Hi all,

A thunderstorm came thru Parkes bout half an hour ago, dropped a lot of trees, couple of roofs gone etc.

Its on its way to the coast so be warned. Its got a load of dust in front of it as well

Cheers Wet Wilko
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Reply By: Member - Mark G Gulmarrad - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 17:00

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 17:00
cheers for that Wilko.......here is a link to watch the storm,cheers.

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Follow Up By: Wilk0 - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 17:06

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 17:06
Thanks Mark

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Reply By: Kim and Damn Dog - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 18:16

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 18:16
Gidday Wilko

I work for a council in the South East of Melbourne. We were evacuated after a torrent of water came through the roof, followed soon after, by sections of the roof collapsing.

I’ve also heard reports the Fountain Gate shopping centre was also evacuated, but I can’t confirm that.

Regards

Kim
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Follow Up By: Karen & Geoff - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:05

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:05
Hi Kim, Fountain Gate was evacuated this today. We were on the phone to a friend who was in there shopping and he said gotta go we are being evacuated. The sirens on this end of the phone were deafening. Apparantly water everywhere and they were worried about the roof.

Karen
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Follow Up By: Kim and Damn Dog - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:26

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:26
Gidday

I received a telephone call half an hour ago and was told most of the Cinema complex suffered considerable damage....not sure about the other areas.

During the conversation, I was also informed most of our electrical and IT systems are damaged, so there will be no return to work over the coming days.

It might be an excuse to go bush again. LOL

Regards

Kim
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Follow Up By: Fred G NSW - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:37

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:37
Kim, you must be the only bloke I know who "works" for the council :-)))))

Cheers mate, time to go bush aye.
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Follow Up By: Member - Wamuranman - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 20:07

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 20:07
Well well well - so Fountain Gate actually exists !
I always thought it was a ficticious name made up for the TV show.
You learn something every year ... lol

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Follow Up By: Kim and Damn Dog - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 20:44

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 20:44
Gidday Fred

I cop that every day from ‘Doug’ (not this site).Then the mongrel asks me to help him build a 40 x 90 shed!

Us blokes in council work really hard on important issues. This morning I went down to Yarragon and spoke to a fella about a micro brewery, just to provide you tourists with a bit of liquid refreshment.

You bald headed turkeys in NSW don’t know nothing about culture, or the hard work us council officers put in to educate you barbarians. LOL

Regards

Kim
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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 21:49

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 21:49
Wamuranman my thoughts too. Cath & Kim.
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Reply By: Karen & Geoff - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:07

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:07
Wagga had a bit of thunder this afternoon but we have just had 2 hours of nice solid rain, help put our fire out that we were struggling with anyway.
Karen
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Reply By: Fred G NSW - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:32

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:32
Ditto here at Young where I am currently at. Dust & wind 3.30 - 4.30pm followed by thunder & lightning, then rain, and still raining now.
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Follow Up By: Madfisher - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 20:59

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 20:59
Your Quick Fred,
LOL
Cheers Pete
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Reply By: Wilk0 - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 21:08

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 21:08
Hi all

The rain was good bout and hour and a half of good solid rain, not too hard just solid. Prob got an inch maybe a little more and it did more then settle the dust.

The lawns are gonna go crazy, I know what i'll be doing this w end lol.

Cheers Wilko

P.S i used to work on the council and some of them work their guts out (some are bludgers though.
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Reply By: Member - Richard H (NSW) - Saturday, Nov 28, 2009 at 09:23

Saturday, Nov 28, 2009 at 09:23
Wednesday night Broken Hill had 18mm of good rain, then the sun came out.

That afternoon we had a dust storn, then a thunderstorm that dunped mud everywhere, then yesterday a good dust storm.

I'm now getting myself psyched up to go out and start the mower, as the grass has grown about one inch in two days.
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