Apocalypse!

[sarren]

Last night I dreamed there was an apocalypse. And not the fun zombie kind, either. I slept badly and totally failed to get up at a reasonable time.

When people started getting excited about the storm heading towards us, I didn't pay attention. Most of my team live north, and they were calling home, first the guy whose house was flooding in the back, then the guy whose dog who'd been picked up on a highway by a passerby after it had broken through the wooden gate in its terror.

Then it suddenly went dark so fast I half expected a death's head to form in the clouds. Our office is mostly windows and hail the size of 10c pieces started beating against it. I was honestly considering camping out at work for the duration. Then it cleared long enough to make a break for it home, through various flooded roads, traffic lights out, and cars that'd broken down. It took a long time, understandably, long enough for the next wave to catch up. RTR were cheerfully playing 'apocalyptic' music, which was nice. Luckily I was only a couple of streets from home by the time visibility had shrunk to being barely able to see approaching headlights. And it's the first time I've truly appreciated our new enclosed garage!

Oh, and our patio flooded. On the bright side, at least we can get it fixed before winter sets in.

Dragonfly has the candles lit, just in case. *g*

Disclaimer: West Australians are wusses about storms. In our defence, we don't really get enough to get used to them.

Comments

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

In all of Perthians defense, from what I've been told from various sources, it was approaching what we had two weeks back. My Dad's car has been pulverised, one of my step-dad's houses is hailed in the front door (he went out and didn't close it...), my step-brother's squash centre is flooded, I imagine my Mum's house is partially flooded (they have a leaking roof that goes over two rooms), and Mum had hail coming in UNDER the door. Nice work Perth weather: y'all have great Autumn storms there :D

[victorian-tweed.livejournal.com]

Glad to read that you got home safe and sound. ♥

[http://users.livejournal.com/doctor_k_/]

We do get big storms regularly, but this was FUCKING HUGE.
6cm hail stones are remarkable, no matter where you live.

The English tenant at my mum's house hid in a wardrobe and was planning to get the first flight home...

[pionie.livejournal.com]

No wonder you dreamed of the apocolypse!

[brightbear.livejournal.com]

Your dream sounds appropriate. Apparently my housemate's hospital lab lost their roof - lots of expensive electrical equipment and water are not a good combination!

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Do you mean your family live in Perth, or the storm two weeks ago where you are did that damage?

[sarren.livejournal.com]

I love that icon!

It was pretty crazy.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Then he's been away from home too long. I've been reading about the horrible weather they've been having recently.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Maybe I somehow tuned into that storm sense that animals have!

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Bugger.

[http://users.livejournal.com/doctor_k_/]

Yup. I think when hospitals get badly damaged, and ambulances lose their windscreens due to hail, it counts as a bad storm.

I hear it only ripped a trail of destruction through a narrowish band of suburbs though, and diminished in intensity as it headed south, so most people didn't see how bad it really was.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Some of those photos on the Perth Now site are pretty impressive.

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

My family (just about all of it now) live in Perth. Mum's house didn't actually flood, which I was pretty glad to hear. Dad's car is still very sad though.

The storm over here did a shitload of damage, but we were fine. My car was under shelter and we just had a bit of water come in.

I meant to say this yesterday, but I was glad you got home OK too :)

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

Yes, according to someone who commutes from the north on the freeway he reckoned one in 10 cars is pitted (he does tend towards hyperbole, though) Significantly though, none of the cars on the roads I commute on were damaged.