The winds have been whistling and roaring for 2 days now:

Aug 28, 2024


DEVELOPING:
When the wild winds arrived this afternoon,
SES crews were still dealing with damage from an overnight onslaught.

Hundreds of trees fell across Melbourne with south-eastern suburbs hardest hit.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEkIq7e9OQ0

Another storm is arriving on Friday.

http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts/melbourne.shtml

How will you and your trailer home survive, Blooby?

Bobby as he is known to his devotees across Australia, is an online preacher of the Temple of Messiah and Savior.  His sayings are given hourly and intensely discussed.  Trump Bible and Trout $60US + GST.

Marla wrote on Aug 29^th, 2024 at 2:15am:

How will you and your trailer home survive, Bobby?

What a silly thing to say.
You must be a Democrat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCGdcsGFaOo

called off the last 3 races at sand down yesterday due to the wind

i havent seen that before

aquascoot wrote on Aug 29^th, 2024 at 1:05pm:

called off the last 3 races at sand down yesterday due to the wind i havent seen that before

The winds were fierce - they went to 130km/hr in the Dandenong ranges -  hills near Melbourne.

Did you pat any penguins or seals at the time, Bobby?

UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 29^th, 2024 at 1:13pm:

Did you pat any penguins or seals at the time, Bobby?

Are you alright - UnSubRocky?      :-/

deleted so that Bobby does not fall out of his rocking chair.

Bobby. wrote on Aug 29^th, 2024 at 1:21pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 29th, 2024 at 1:13pm: Did you pat any penguins or seals at the time, Bobby? Are you alright - UnSubRocky?      :-/

Not with you. Not with that attitude about politicians or other members.

https://www.farmonlineweather.com.au/satellite/vic

Five more days of damaging winds for southern Australia

15:38 AEST Damaging winds will continue to affect multiple states and territories
across southern and southeastern Australia during the next five days.

Wow I couldn't sleep properly as the wind was so loud.
It reached 80km/hr gusts not far from me.
It sounded like a lot more than that.

I have never heard such loud, strong wind in my life before.
It was whistling and howling.
This has gone on for over 4 days now.

Latest observations:
http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/observations/melbourne.shtml

It's still very windy here in Melbourne.   :o


http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts/melbourne.shtml

Melbourne area

Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, becoming less likely in the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Possible small hail. Damaging winds possible in the morning and afternoon. Winds westerly 35 to 55 km/h decreasing to 30 to 45 km/h in the late afternoon then decreasing to 25 to 35 km/h in the evening.

Bobby. wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2024 at 11:55am:

It's still very windy here in Melbourne.   :o http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts/melbourne.shtml Melbourne area Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, becoming less likely in the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Possible small hail. Damaging winds possible in the morning and afternoon. Winds westerly 35 to 55 km/h decreasing to 30 to 45 km/h in the late afternoon then decreasing to 25 to 35 km/h in the evening.

Bobby, fill your pockets with coins as ballast if going outdoors.

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

Bobby. wrote on Sep 2nd, 2024 at 11:55am: It's still very windy here in Melbourne.   :o http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts/melbourne.shtml Melbourne area Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, becoming less likely in the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Possible small hail. Damaging winds possible in the morning and afternoon. Winds westerly 35 to 55 km/h decreasing to 30 to 45 km/h in the late afternoon then decreasing to 25 to 35 km/h in the evening. Bobby, fill your pockets with coins as ballast if going outdoors.

Stop being a Joker -

many people are without power:

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

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/sep/02/australia-news-live-tens-of-thousands-of-victorians-without-power-flood-evacuations-in-tasmania-after-night-of-wild-storms?page=with:block-66d50da78f08e2612479602f&filterKeyEvents=false


Latest news  ABC 24:

121,000 people are without power in Victoria.


The Victorian premier said around 121,000 people across the state are currently without power.

Jacinta Allan said almost 700 Telstra fixed-line customers were also not able to make or receive calls.

    That work is being done to coordinate the response and restore services as quickly as possible.

People are still being urged to avoid necessary travel where possible, but if they need to go, “"please check the local warnings, please drive to local conditions and be mindful of fallen trees and debris that may be across local roads”.

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

Latest news  ABC 24: 121,000 people are without power in Victoria. The Victorian premier said around 121,000 people across the state are currently without power. Jacinta Allan said almost 700 Telstra fixed-line customers were also not able to make or receive calls.     That work is being done to coordinate the response and restore services as quickly as possible. People are still being urged to avoid necessary travel where possible, but if they need to go, “"please check the local warnings, please drive to local conditions and be mindful of fallen trees and debris that may be across local roads”.

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

LTYC - you're a silly Billy.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/sep/02/australia-news-live-tens-of-thousands-of-victorians-without-power-flood-evacuations-in-tasmania-after-night-of-wild-storms?page=with:block-66d50da78f08e2612479602f&filterKeyEvents=false


5h ago   10.53 AEST

More than 2,800 callouts for assistance in Victoria

Jacinta Allan said the SES had received over 2,800 calls for assistance since 7pm last night to 10am this morning.

Mostly for fallen trees and building damage, and to give you a sense of just how remarkable the response is from our SES – more than half of those cases have already been cleared …

That 2,800 number is expected to increase as Victorians assess the damage over the course of this morning.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/tens-of-thousands-of-victorian-homes-without-power-following-dangerous-overnight-winds-20240902-p5k70x.html



Clean up begins but strong winds will hit Victoria again this week

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.

http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/observations/melbourne.shtml


The wind has come up again -

the worst?  -  59km/hr gusts at Moorabbin.

St Kilda harbor -   65km/hr gusts.

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.

Sophia wrote on Sep 4^th, 2024 at 2:46pm:

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.

It's been bad - one of my mates had a small tree fall down in his backyard.
He has cleared most of it up but then the chain fell off his chainsaw so
now he has to get it fixed and then finish the job.
I too have heard chainsaws going for days around here.

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

Bobby. wrote on Sep 4^th, 2024 at 2:55pm:

... I too have heard chainsaws going for days around here. ...

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Melbourne chainsaw massacre?

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

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

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.

The Gods are angry with the Victorian government ......

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

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 4th, 2024 at 9:16pm: You are not kidding, Bobby. We had some heavy gusts up north here. 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.

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

Some video of the storms:


1 minute 51 seconds long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSBfqbZwgx8