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Melbourne Hailstorm

Michael Bath on March 9, 2010 in Asw, Cbd, Diameter, Discussion Forum, Early Warning, Ewn, Flash Floods, Flood, Forum Thread, Giant Hail, Golf Ball Size, Gorilla, Hail, Hail Damaged Vehicles, Hail Insurance, Hail Stones, Hail Storms, Hailstones, Hailstorm, Hailstorms, Heavy Rain, Hp, Hp Supercell, Melbourne, Melbourne Members, No Doubt, Property Losses, Roofs, Sms, Storm Photos, Storm Track, Suburbs Of Melbourne, Victoria, Warning Network, dent, flash flooding, hail footage, losses, reduce, shelter, thedentshed, vehicles Comments Off
The Melbourne hailstorm does appear to be unprecedented for Victoria in delivering gorilla sized hailstones. Hailstones up to 10cm diameter were reported by a Bureau observer south east of the CBD. The damage to vehicle and roofs in some areas leaves no doubt there was massive hail. Most other suburbs along the storm track appear [...]

Victorian bushfires disaster after killer fires devastate the region

Michael Bath on February 9, 2009 in Bushfire Weather, Country Fire Authority, Dangerous Situation, Disaster, Early Warning, Extreme Heat, Extreme Situations, Fires, Flood, Heat Wave, Long Time, Melbourne, Record Temperatures, Shame, Time Record, Vic Country, Victoria, Victorian Bushfires, Warning Network, Wild Fires, bushfires, fire storm, killer fires Comments Off
Hi Jimmy – the bushfire weather on Saturday was quite extraordinary and hopefully something we won’t see again for a long time. The earlier focus certainly was on the expectations of extreme heat and all-time record temperatures though that soon changed to the dangerous situation later in the afternoon. I monitored events closely and sent [...]

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