First, of all, thanks to everyone who has made contact with us to see how we are! The good news, we are all fine and all in one piece. We have had a jolly good thrashing in the last few days, weather like I have never ever seen in my life. Since being in Melbourne, we have seen the full range of weather – extreme bushfires and now flash floods and hail storms.
The hail on Saturday afternoon was coming in horizontally. The ground was being flicked up like it was being sprayed with a machine gun. The building we were in (the Melton Assembly Hall) began to leak everywhere. The downpipes couldn’t cope with the amount of water that was coming in and were getting blocked by hailstones so the water was back flowing into the roof where it was coming out and into the building. Apparently we got 19mm of rain in 20 minutes. Pretty full on!
Here are some videos that people have put onto YouTube documenting just how had it was. The second vid shows exactly what it was like. The noise was deafening and it was literally like being inside a big giant washing machine.
On Sunday we had a bit of sunshine here and there, but by the time evening came around, the rain was back. We had another good thrashing which lasted until bedtime when it eased off a bit. It came back around 3 am for another hour or so. It was bad enough that we had clothes and food packed just in case the State Emergency Service knocked on the door and told us to GTHO.
Today the rain has been on and off, so hopefully we are through it all now and we can get some good ol’ Melbourne sunshine back!
Again, thanks to everyone who made contact via email, FaceBook and text to check up on us.
wow little bro those video clips are amazing! cant believe how quick the water can come up. i remember to storms we used to get in brisbane! australia really knows how to bring it on when it comes to storms! keep safe!