Laugh till you cry wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2024 at 12:23pm:



Stop being a Joker -

many people are without power:

https://www.unitedenergy.com.au/outage-map/

Bobby. wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2024 at 3:11pm:


Arguably, all Victorians are powerless flotsam and jetsam in the storm of politics.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/tens-of-thousands-of-victorian-homes...





By Benjamin Preiss and Angus Delaney

Updated September 2

Power transmission company AusNet confirmed 73,000 customers in its network had no power and some could be cut off “for a number of days”.

A 63-year-old woman, who is yet to be identified, was killed by a falling tree that crushed a cabin in Moama, on the Victoria-NSW border, as emergency services scrambled to respond to calls for help across the state.

Rain and hail also fell across large swathes of Melbourne on Monday, but wind speeds eased during the late afternoon.

The number of customers without power peaked at 180,000 at 6.30am on Monday. At 1pm, about 115,000 were still disconnected.


St Kilda and Aireys Inlet recorded peak gusts of 113km/h. Off Melbourne’s shore, a 141km/h gust was recorded at Fawkner Beacon in the waters of Port Phillip Bay.

Pilots were electing not to use the north-south runway at Melbourne Airport due to high winds on Monday, causing dozens of cancellations. One flight to Vietnam had been delayed for 15 hours, Melbourne Airport spokesman Andrew Lund told ABC Radio.

At least 58 flights were cancelled on Monday by 5pm, including 29 arrivals and 29 departures.

Between 7pm Sunday and 1pm Monday, the SES received nearly 3800 calls for help. Of those, 2600 were related to building damage. Frankston, Morwell, Warragul, Emerald and Moe were among the worst-affected areas.
Powercor had about 2200 customers without power in its network by 6pm on Monday. United Energy was working to restore power to just under 3800 on Monday afternoon, down from about 20,000 earlier in the day.

Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Kevin Parkyn said severe weather warnings were likely to be issued again on Friday with strong winds expected.

“But it looks like a standard springtime passage of a cold front where the damaging winds will likely be confined to the more elevated parts of the state,” he said.

A 146km/h gust battered Wilsons Promontory about 2.30am on Monday, while the alpine resort of Falls Creek also copped a mighty 132km/h blast of wind.

More tree carnage here! And fence damage. Better than house damage I suppose. Crazy weather.
I hear chainsaws going for days for clean up.
We had no power the whole night right through to next evening.
Our generator died after running 2 minutes… it was caught up in last flood we had here… near water tank pump. All under water, We had to get a new water pump, now looks like a new generator too!
I’m thinking this last 2 years it’s been worse than ever the storms and damage.

You are not kidding, Bobby. We had some heavy gusts up north here.

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 4^th, 2024 at 9:16pm:



Couldn't have been as bad as Melbourne -

it was worse than the usual Tasmania here -

the roaring 40s got redirected over Melbourne.
The power of the Southern ocean and its circumpolar currents and winds were apparent.
There is nothing else which can compare to that on this planet.

Bobby. wrote on Sep 4^th, 2024 at 9:42pm:


Are you kidding, Bobby? If I opened up an umbrella during a prolonged gust, I would have found out where Mary Poppins resides.