Comments on: dear melbourne: spare me http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:19:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: cristina http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2580 cristina Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:59:35 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2725#comment-2580 Yeah you did, in fact it was the opening news that day… Yeah you did, in fact it was the opening news that day…

]]> By: damselfly http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2579 damselfly Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:29:37 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2725#comment-2579 Definitely like bricks! Tess and I had to actually raise our voices to be heard (in a room where we normally tiptoe to avoid making any noise, it's so quiet) and when the hail started we stared at each other and wondered who was throwing coconuts at the roof! And yes, you're perfectly right - Melbourne is famed for its swift and changeable weather at the best of times, which means storms like this form out of nothing with no warning. I have decided to almost never carry the laptop around again. Thumb drives are easier to waterproof ;) Definitely like bricks! Tess and I had to actually raise our voices to be heard (in a room where we normally tiptoe to avoid making any noise, it's so quiet) and when the hail started we stared at each other and wondered who was throwing coconuts at the roof!

And yes, you're perfectly right – Melbourne is famed for its swift and changeable weather at the best of times, which means storms like this form out of nothing with no warning.

I have decided to almost never carry the laptop around again. Thumb drives are easier to waterproof ;)

]]> By: Liz Adkins http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2578 Liz Adkins Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:21:33 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2725#comment-2578 A friend of mine who works at the state library said the hail sounded like bricks being through at the sky lights. Incredible. And with Melbourne you really can't tell if it's going to be 'a possible thunderstorm' or the meteorological equivalent of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse until it's there. A friend of mine who works at the state library said the hail sounded like bricks being through at the sky lights. Incredible. And with Melbourne you really can't tell if it's going to be 'a possible thunderstorm' or the meteorological equivalent of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse until it's there.

]]> By: damselfly http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2576 damselfly Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:42:32 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2725#comment-2576 @Jan: I used to love thunderstorms, but I'm afraid ever since the <a href="http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2007/06/here-away-with-the-view-of-mountains/" rel="nofollow">Hunter '07 floods</a>, I've been a little less sanguine about weather systems getting wrathful! @Cristina: whoa, we made international news? That's eye-opening! @Jan: I used to love thunderstorms, but I'm afraid ever since the Hunter '07 floods, I've been a little less sanguine about weather systems getting wrathful!

@Cristina: whoa, we made international news? That's eye-opening!

]]> By: cristina http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 cristina Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:21:22 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2725#comment-2575 Wow! I saw that on the news here today… glad you made it alright! :smile: Wow! I saw that on the news here today… glad you made it alright! :smile:

]]> By: Jan Schmidt http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Jan Schmidt Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:04:16 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2725#comment-2573 Rained pretty hard up here too - nice lightning storms all night. So awesome :-D Rained pretty hard up here too – nice lightning storms all night. So awesome :-D

]]> By: damselfly http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2572 damselfly Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:20:04 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2725#comment-2572 The thing about Melbourne is it's almost guaranteed to pass quickly: the storm hit just before 3pm and had moved on by 4pm. After that it was just the chaos caused by flooded roads and panicked traffic. Melbourne topography just can't cope with the sheer volume of the downpours we're getting lately. I've never seen streets flood so quickly. The thing about Melbourne is it's almost guaranteed to pass quickly: the storm hit just before 3pm and had moved on by 4pm. After that it was just the chaos caused by flooded roads and panicked traffic. Melbourne topography just can't cope with the sheer volume of the downpours we're getting lately. I've never seen streets flood so quickly.

]]> By: Mel http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2571 Mel Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:36:29 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2725#comment-2571 Yikes. And I was joking when I told a Canberra buddy to take her Gore-Tex, wellies and brolly to Melbourne for her day-trip :shock: Glad you're safe and sound. Yikes. And I was joking when I told a Canberra buddy to take her Gore-Tex, wellies and brolly to Melbourne for her day-trip :shock: Glad you're safe and sound.

]]> By: Maria Zannini http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2569 Maria Zannini Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:48:16 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2725#comment-2569 How horrible. And very dangerous. Hope it passes quickly. How horrible. And very dangerous. Hope it passes quickly.

]]> By: damselfly http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2010/03/dear-melbourne-spare-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2568 damselfly Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:18:11 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2725#comment-2568 See, now that would REALLY have set off my trauma flashbacks! See, now that would REALLY have set off my trauma flashbacks!

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