Brisbane Storm - 271114

[Nevol]

We copped a bit of a hiding here on Thursday, but compared to others, our damage is not that bad.

All on the south facing (front) side of the house:

10 panes glass (5 windows), glass shards in wet carpets as a result
2 wrecked whirly birds
holes in a couple down pipes
multiple holes in Garage facia plus garage door dented
greenhouse mesh full of holes
insect screens shredded, frames of same all dented
New front fence – render & paintwork chipped. (not too bad)
Multiple large/small chips in paintwork, both metal & timber surfaces

I was home alone, and it was the worst storm I can remember, absolutely pelted down and the wind behind it was incredible. The hail & rain was coming in almost horizontally.

Phone & Interent were off from approx 5 PM Thurs to early PM Friday.

[ausproofs]

I saw some pictures, looked bad ! Lucky you are okay... some of the houses had no roof...  looked more like a tornado in US...

[robbiegal]

eeek
one reason why I don't wan tto live in brizzy any more
I hated the storms when I lived there

important thing is that you got through it unharmed Nevol

[Triggersmob]

Glad to hear you are safe Nancy and not too badly affected by the storm.
I heard that some of the hail was the size of tennis balls.

[Nevol]

Glad to hear you are safe Nancy and not too badly affected by the storm. I heard that some of the hail was the size of tennis balls.

I wasn't game enough to go outside & look at the hail.  About an hour after it stopped, when I had gotten a bit of composure back, I went out and found a couple close to golf ball size, so who knows what size they were when they came down [/quote]

[humpybong]

I live just north of Brisbane on the Redcliffe Peninsular (about 30kms north of Brisbane) and we coped a lot of the storm as well.

Lucky for us no damage other than a bit of water.

Glad to hear you are OK Nancy.

[Sapyx]

No damage here at my place - Our house is just a little bit eastwards of the line of destruction. We never even lost power. I happened to be inside Greenslopes shopping centre when it hit; they've got a huge, south-facing perspex roof and the noise of the hail hitting it was frightening. My brother lives in Annerley and lost several windows too. Most of my other friends and family that I've contacted have also lost windows, or cars, or both. My church in Woolloongabba, just across the street from the cricket ground, lost most of its south-facing windows. I spent Thursday evening there, helping clean up the glass.

I can't help feeling some survivor guilt.

[Unicorn]

I'm glad you're ok Nevol. Hail is a super nasty at that size.

[Goldseeker]

I heard about the storm and trust that all who were there, survived and none or little damage.

Keep safe folks.

[interest]

Very glad to hear that you are okay. you must have been very frightened.

[jens coins]

glad that you are ok Nancy

[robbiegal]

No damage here at my place - Our house is just a little bit eastwards of the line of destruction. We never even lost power. I happened to be inside Greenslopes shopping centre when it hit; they've got a huge, south-facing perspex roof and the noise of the hail hitting it was frightening. My brother lives in Annerley and lost several windows too. Most of my other friends and family that I've contacted have also lost windows, or cars, or both. My church in Woolloongabba, just across the street from the cricket ground, lost most of its south-facing windows. I spent Thursday evening there, helping clean up the glass.

I can't help feeling some survivor guilt.

nah let it go
chipping in the best thing to do right now Sapx and when you haven't been affected you are more able for helping out