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Newcastle/Hunter Valley members
I hope all you lot in the Newcastle & Hunter areas have been able to weather the storm ok. All going well none of you have had any damage, or if you have, it isn't too severe.
Cheers, Steve
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Kiwisteve- Posts : 1420
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I've just caught the 7pm news.
Good luck to all who might be involved
Thinking of you.
Good luck to all who might be involved
Thinking of you.
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Re: Newcastle/Hunter Valley members
X2,Kiwisteve wrote:I hope all you lot in the Newcastle & Hunter areas have been able to weather the storm ok. All going well none of you have had any damage, or if you have, it isn't too severe.
Cheers, Steve
I just watched a news article on the storms, scary stuff and a lot more winds to come, hopefully the rain dies down and the flood waters can subside, good luck to you all.
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X3 good luck people
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paul- Posts : 7738
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x 4. It was hard to relate to the carnage being reported on the radio/TV, being close but getting none of that. Fingers crossed that any members in the affected areas are OK.
Ewok1958- Posts : 3940
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Re: Newcastle/Hunter Valley members
Shit I've been out and didn't hear anything about it.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2015/apr/21/nsw-storm-wildest-weather-in-five-years-lashes-sydney-and-the-hunter-live
Good luck to those concerned
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2015/apr/21/nsw-storm-wildest-weather-in-five-years-lashes-sydney-and-the-hunter-live
Good luck to those concerned
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madmax- Posts : 4305
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Re: Newcastle/Hunter Valley members
Be Safe Guys n Gals.
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Hammy- Posts : 4446
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All is well we have power back today lol
Sap82- Posts : 7
Join date : 2015-04-18
Re: Newcastle/Hunter Valley members
Hey I'm back,
I went to work in Wollongong area Monday morning, drove through Sydney in heavy rain, took ages even with the Toll Ways.
Did some jobs in Bowral and Tahmoor drove down Picton road in driving rain and 60km winds.
Were eating diner at Lake Illawarra Yacht Club with 85kph gusts outside, people at home said just a bit of rain, we said wait its coming.
Tuesday morning called home and they had had a bad night, fence to the neighbours fell down and power lost about 3am after a bright green flash outside.
Drove to Moss Vale in rain, for once happy that I wasn't on a bike on Macquarie Pass.
Drove back down Macquarie Pass to Dapto left at 4:30pm drove to Picton in abysmal conditions then Hume Highway, M7, M2, M1 surprisingly good run considering it bucketed down all the way and the winds got stronger and gustier the closer I got to home, I had to make several route changes as I got closer to home after I left the Freeway due to fallen trees and flooding. Finally got home at about 8:10pm. It was interesting on the Freeway as much of the lighting was blacked out.
Been driving all over the Hunter the last 2 days finding ways around trouble spots and blacked out traffic lights.
There was a fatal crash just West of Singleton that must have happened about 5 minutes after I went through.
We finally got our power back yesterday afternoon, but when I powered up the UPS the switching supply in my PC self-destructed so I had to buy a new one today and fitted it tonight, so now I'm finally catching up with this thread.
The short answer is we got out pretty well but sadly some people have lost their lives in flood waters.
I went to work in Wollongong area Monday morning, drove through Sydney in heavy rain, took ages even with the Toll Ways.
Did some jobs in Bowral and Tahmoor drove down Picton road in driving rain and 60km winds.
Were eating diner at Lake Illawarra Yacht Club with 85kph gusts outside, people at home said just a bit of rain, we said wait its coming.
Tuesday morning called home and they had had a bad night, fence to the neighbours fell down and power lost about 3am after a bright green flash outside.
Drove to Moss Vale in rain, for once happy that I wasn't on a bike on Macquarie Pass.
Drove back down Macquarie Pass to Dapto left at 4:30pm drove to Picton in abysmal conditions then Hume Highway, M7, M2, M1 surprisingly good run considering it bucketed down all the way and the winds got stronger and gustier the closer I got to home, I had to make several route changes as I got closer to home after I left the Freeway due to fallen trees and flooding. Finally got home at about 8:10pm. It was interesting on the Freeway as much of the lighting was blacked out.
Been driving all over the Hunter the last 2 days finding ways around trouble spots and blacked out traffic lights.
There was a fatal crash just West of Singleton that must have happened about 5 minutes after I went through.
We finally got our power back yesterday afternoon, but when I powered up the UPS the switching supply in my PC self-destructed so I had to buy a new one today and fitted it tonight, so now I'm finally catching up with this thread.
The short answer is we got out pretty well but sadly some people have lost their lives in flood waters.
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Pretty scary stuff Peter ,glad it doesn't happen too often !
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paul- Posts : 7738
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Found a collection of photos from the devastation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-24/thousands-still-without-power-as-more-ses-workers-flown-in/6417386
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-24/thousands-still-without-power-as-more-ses-workers-flown-in/6417386
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madmax- Posts : 4305
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I heard from Mark- BOSCO15 this morning he lost part of his roof and has taken the week off to sort out his parents place which was flooded.
Fortunately both he and Chris as well as his parents are doing fine and in good spirits.
Fortunately both he and Chris as well as his parents are doing fine and in good spirits.
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Re: Newcastle/Hunter Valley members
Re-Cycled wrote:I heard from Mark- BOSCO15 this morning he lost part of his roof and has taken the week off to sort out his parents place which was flooded.
Fortunately both he and Chris as well as his parents are doing fine and in good spirits.
That's good to hear
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madmax- Posts : 4305
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Hey everybody.
Finally got some semblance of phone service back, so time to catch up.
It's a glorious sunny day, here in tropical Newcastle. People are starting to poke their heads back out. We have a new island. Gilistone heights has been surounded by flood water and the locals have taken to calling it Gilistone Island. Gotta have a sense of humour at these times.
43000 turned up for the dawn service at Nobbys beach and decided to leave just as I turned up to check out the surf. Surf wss flat so I got caught in the mayhem of road closures, with everyone else.
Just on my way home now to start on my kitchen roof. It's been battened down. Now it's time to replace it. I have spent the week at the oldies, pulling up carpet and moving out furniture to try and get the place dry and habitable again. Ma n Pa are staying at mine for a while, so that's been fun.
A week off work and not a ssingle ride. I may have to get out tomorrow.
Thanks for all you guys well wishes.
Finally got some semblance of phone service back, so time to catch up.
It's a glorious sunny day, here in tropical Newcastle. People are starting to poke their heads back out. We have a new island. Gilistone heights has been surounded by flood water and the locals have taken to calling it Gilistone Island. Gotta have a sense of humour at these times.
43000 turned up for the dawn service at Nobbys beach and decided to leave just as I turned up to check out the surf. Surf wss flat so I got caught in the mayhem of road closures, with everyone else.
Just on my way home now to start on my kitchen roof. It's been battened down. Now it's time to replace it. I have spent the week at the oldies, pulling up carpet and moving out furniture to try and get the place dry and habitable again. Ma n Pa are staying at mine for a while, so that's been fun.
A week off work and not a ssingle ride. I may have to get out tomorrow.
Thanks for all you guys well wishes.
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Bosco15- Posts : 1359
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It's times like these , when peoples true colours shine through Bosco, glad no-one was hurt physically...............other shit can be replaced .Bosco15 wrote:Hey everybody.
Finally got some semblance of phone service back, so time to catch up.
It's a glorious sunny day, here in tropical Newcastle. People are starting to poke their heads back out. We have a new island. Gilistone heights has been surounded by flood water and the locals have taken to calling it Gilistone Island. Gotta have a sense of humour at these times.
43000 turned up for the dawn service at Nobbys beach and decided to leave just as I turned up to check out the surf. Surf wss flat so I got caught in the mayhem of road closures, with everyone else.
Just on my way home now to start on my kitchen roof. It's been battened down. Now it's time to replace it. I have spent the week at the oldies, pulling up carpet and moving out furniture to try and get the place dry and habitable again. Ma n Pa are staying at mine for a while, so that's been fun.
A week off work and not a ssingle ride. I may have to get out tomorrow.
Thanks for all you guys well wishes.
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paul- Posts : 7738
Join date : 2011-08-19
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Location : Morphett Vale Sth. Aust.
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Hi Folks,
Sunday morning and we are into our sixth day of no power here at the southern end of Lake Macquarie. (an hour south of Newcastle).
We have had intermittent phone/internet coverage back for about 48 hours although Vodophone appears to be out again this morning. We lost water supply on Wednesday evening although it was restored 24 hours later albeit with reduced pressure.
Our Honda genny has had a real workout and has perforned faultlessly. Our hot water ran out a couple of days ago and our camping gas operated hot water system has come in handy. I'm starting to get sick of all the hassle that this "weather event" (I hate the trend to use these sorts of terms!) has caused, although as with most things in life, there are many more people worse off than us.
This incident shows how fragile our infrastructure is; the "luxury" of clean water, electricity, phone/internet all buggered with a single storm. Of course without power, pumping petrol becomes a major problem as well, although I had a reasonable supply in reserve.
We will keep our fingers crossed for today......
Cheers,
Sunday morning and we are into our sixth day of no power here at the southern end of Lake Macquarie. (an hour south of Newcastle).
We have had intermittent phone/internet coverage back for about 48 hours although Vodophone appears to be out again this morning. We lost water supply on Wednesday evening although it was restored 24 hours later albeit with reduced pressure.
Our Honda genny has had a real workout and has perforned faultlessly. Our hot water ran out a couple of days ago and our camping gas operated hot water system has come in handy. I'm starting to get sick of all the hassle that this "weather event" (I hate the trend to use these sorts of terms!) has caused, although as with most things in life, there are many more people worse off than us.
This incident shows how fragile our infrastructure is; the "luxury" of clean water, electricity, phone/internet all buggered with a single storm. Of course without power, pumping petrol becomes a major problem as well, although I had a reasonable supply in reserve.
We will keep our fingers crossed for today......
Cheers,
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