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Talk about extreme weather. Today has been pretty roasting with temperatures into the forties, apart from one spell that lasted all of a few minutes this afternoon. Really heavy rain, not to mention a small cyclone that lifted and overturned one of the sheds in our back garden into next door's yard! Thankfully nothing was damaged - it narrowly missed their greenhouse - and we were all laughing about it, particularly as we'd been planning to move the shed at some point as we didn't like where it was. The fact that it was written off felt a small price to pay! The guy in the main shot is Des, one of our next door neighbours, surveying the pulverised shed armed with hammer and screwdriver. I'll help him dismantle it in the morning, whenever he's ready...
One last thing: notice the fence was all but unscathed as the shed was lifted so high that it only clipped the top of three fence posts, clearing all the others!! All new experiences for a fresh-faced Pommy... back home we occasionally get extreme weather (usually floods) but nothing quite like this!
Nikon Coolpix 4500, shots arranged and tinted in Photoshop.
Thanks again for taking a look :-)
Comments (14)
Naichan
This is turning into a blog, Jim! Still. Sounds like you're having fun with all that naughty Aussie weather. Talking about sudden storms. I was trapped at a station for over an hour as the road outside had turned into a river, and the brolly would have been useless. Made me a bit nostalgic for a thin pommie drizzle, which just gets on quietly making everbody miserable! Looking forward to your next report, I mean artwork!
Synapse
Oh I know, it is getting a bit bloggish at times! I was undecided as to whether this would be worth showing but Cassie was particularly taken with the main photo of Des and the sense of the surreal that we felt, and suggested I upload it along with a panel of other shots... so here it is! More proper artwork to come soon, promise ;-)
crrunchyfrog
Blame me for the 'blog' as there's no way I could perceive this scene as bloggish really as it was so freaky...not to mention scarey! I watched the mini tornado whip across the bowling green, through next door's yard. As it made its way behind the house, the weather calmed...or so I thought until the almighty crash. I've been in cyclones before, but never anything so tornado like and over so quickly! I think the freakiest thing of all is that it was completely localised in our tiny town. I love this series so much Jim, especially the shot of Des, I'm so very glad he found it as funny as we do hugest hugs Thank you so much for capturing and sharing this freaky day xxxxx
erlandpil
Good capture
TwoPynts
Wow. You never know what nature is gonna throw at ya.
2Loose2Trek
Wow! High temps and super winds. I suppose extreme weather is becoming the norm ... even "down under." Glad to read that no one was injured. Y'all take care, ya hear? :-) ~Gene
jcv2
Impressive captures of the gusting winds destroying so much! It's great to help each other to reconstruct! Great work! :)
PaisleyRose
This reminds me of the time we were putting up a large Doughboy pool, and we had the sheet metal laid out putting the sections together when all of a sudden a huge gust of wind came along and moved the entire thing towards me. I was on my hands and knees at the time and it chased me across the yard! I almost got squished!
suresh_krishna
Moral of the story: If you want to dismantle something wait for a small cyclone or call the big bad wolf! Nice composition!
Synapse
LOL@Suresh :-D
claridad
Blog or no, it is wonderful to read the comments and the terms I am unfamiliar with, like pommie. It all make for a very neighborly feeling even if we are scattered all over the world. Thanks Jim for sharing this little bit about life's surprises from down under. And thanks Cassie for the suggestion to upload it. The more I view, the more I feel like I know you. Hugs!
Synapse
Thanks Suzanne :-) Aussies call Brits Pommies because our skin tends to turn the colour of pomegranates in Aussie summer! Except mine doesn't for some reason, I'm going more properly brown...
cynlee
green of a tornado sky, green of the bowling green.. such drama, good no one was hurt.. time to get to work in a green shirt ;]
crypticghost
dude you should crop the pic, and use just the neighbor, the colors in his shirt, and the wrinkles, and his arm proportions, that looks surreal and warped in its'self. yeaaahhhhh!