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The Breakroom => The Water Cooler => Topic started by: Baldrocker on March 06, 2010, 06:05:02 PM

Title: Storm
Post by: Baldrocker on March 06, 2010, 06:05:02 PM

Horrendous storm here on Saturday arvo, hailstones the size of elephants, damage to the roof water leaking through the loungeroom ceiling.
Ceiling bulging about to fall down, lounge suite, laptop, tv all ruined  :(
 but the workshop roof held up so the lathe and mill and tools are all OK.  :D
BR

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Post by: Krown Kustoms on March 06, 2010, 07:20:28 PM

Sorry to hear that. I hope everyone is ok there.
The hail went through the roof? That is crazy.

I hope this dosent sound bad but did you take any pictures. I have never seen hail bigger than a golf ball.

Title: Re: Storm
Post by: Baldrocker on March 06, 2010, 09:33:38 PM

KK
No pics of the hailstones too busy mopping up, just a couple I took for the insurance co.
Thats the ceiling not the floor.
BR

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Post by: Baldrocker on March 06, 2010, 09:36:10 PM

Forgot to add the stones blocked the roof gutters so the water took the easiest route down
through the ceiling
br

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Post by: Brass_Machine on March 06, 2010, 11:12:43 PM

Ouch! Glad you and your family are OK.

Eric

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Post by: CrewCab on March 07, 2010, 11:03:37 AM

Blimey, that's some storm BR ............ glad you are all OK though mate 

CC

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Post by: Stilldrillin on March 07, 2010, 11:27:02 AM

And I was grumbling about the frost we had this morning!  ::)

So pleased you`re all ok after that.......

David D

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Post by: tel on March 07, 2010, 03:04:19 PM

The hailstones were only the size of smallish hippos here, guess we got off light. Nice drop of rain tho'.

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Post by: jatt on March 07, 2010, 04:27:07 PM

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Forgot to add the stones blocked the roof gutters so the water took the easiest route down
through the ceiling.  D oh---- insurance types are gunna be busy down your way.

Yeah we got plenty of rain and some flooding here in Bendigo, but that was about the worst of it. I'm pretty safe as in a higher part of town. No water leaks either so am happy.

My uncle went to Flemington races and got stuck in Footscray as Southern Cross (big Melb train station) was closed.  No trains/trams going.  Old boy drove down to get him.

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Post by: Krown Kustoms on March 07, 2010, 08:31:26 PM

Sorry you had to go through that.
I hope insurance covers you right and gets you on your way to rebuilding.

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Post by: 75Plus on March 08, 2010, 06:05:01 PM

Found this picture/story via google.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/06/2838448.htm

Joe

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Post by: Baldrocker on March 09, 2010, 06:55:54 AM

AHH
 Melton the Star of the West, coincidentally where I live.
br