well we'll probably make the news tonight

we had a 5 min hail storm yesterday with about 20mm size hail not uncommon for this time of year

but today it hailed again only this time for 20 mins with hail the size of tennis balls and some flash flooding
i was listening to the scanner and police rescue units were run flat off there feet

my place held up pretty well only 3 shattered windows and the roof of the bbq area was litterally demolished worst i saw was about golf ball size

but a couple of kms away where my parents live it was worse, thier neighbours had roof tiles smashed, solar hot water systems slaughtered beyond recognition and quite a few very badly damaged cars

i went for a spin around town after hardest hit was the car dealerships
holden, ford and mazda would have about 20-30 cars each that were very badly damaged













[ Edited on 9-10-2007 by DUB74L ]

Hi Joel

I hope everyone's OK. Is your bug OK?

Steve

look on the bright side you could have had a samba parked outside

thanks steve

yes luckily all my cars are undercover and i even put my company car in the garage to LOL

but i was just speaking to a friend down town she had 7 windows in her house broken and her car is tottally trahed
front, back and 1 side window shattered and the roof and bonnet look like river dance have had a party on them

my mate bug was stuck out in the car park at work and he hasnt even had a chance to check it out yet
fingers crossed its ok


Hey greedy i was gonna take the bug to work today to have a better play with the new toy
still got a little bit of tweaking to do
glad i didnt now

OK the bug looks like its escaped any huge damage (THANK F#*K!!!) My office assistant's 18 month old Pajero wasn't as lucky, but it did shelter the bug. It's still wet so can't properly tell till morning. There's a cyber green new beetle parked at the hospital that got pumbled on front & driver's side + cracked windscreen...... poor thing.

both my bug and the missus square suffered hail damage.. smashed talights.lights,badges,trim plus the worst is hail damage over both cars.. too bad we didn't have insurance (they ain't worth enough) I have a youtube video of when it was hailing..

bummer

Yeah my car got dented all over, and the hail smashed off the metal trim on one side, and the side indicator. Rear tail light got smashed too.

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Yeah Lismore got really hammered, worst that happened to me was that the bog knocked out of my Kombis front panel......time to mix up another batch!!!

new link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuxQFmA3elM 

oh Bami nasty lookin job the almighty did upon your square
crazy toob frenzix.. crazy
joel man what a caneing ur abode copped..
hope all are well and unharmed..

glad to see your car is OK, Joel, a lot of work has gone into it, & it would be a shame to go backwards,
Tim, I am sure there are a few more cars left in Sydney that will be just right for you, main thing is you still have transport.
I know it is "google mechanic" type stuff, but "they" reckon there are going to be a lot of bad storms this summer, I guess now is the time to try & figure out how to cover things

thanks paul and kim

glass guys came around today and boarded up the smashed windows
they said it will be weeks before theyll be able to get them fixed

so yes my room is a total black hole now...
just glad i have a/c in here
but seriously i would have been totally devo if any of my cars were damaged by it
3 ppl i know so far have cars that have been written off

-Joel

My work mate had his (Grandmothers) '97 Vienta Ultima 48 000 orig k's Absolutely mint cond assessed today, Car is written off with$10 112 worth of repairs & valued the car as $11 500. He's already fighting to get the car back. Grandmother doesn't know apparently..... would kill her. Other lady at work can't get assessed for at least 3 weeks & windscreen O Brien's don't have windscreen so she's driving with duct tape vision. Thank god it's true that almost 40 year old metal is thicker than 90's on... Hence why eyebrows & windscreen tiny chips are my only telltale sign of being in same carpark as 2 cars above. Poor old charade copped a little bit but fitting up rockwall next to house (girlfriend logic) surprisingly saved it.