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[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Our daughter has been to the supermarket and stocked up on water for us and them, as has our son:) Thanks!

[Dale]

Brenda wrote: "Our daughter has been to the supermarket and stocked up on water for us and them, as has our son:) Thanks!"

Sounds a good idea.

[Sally906]

well it does this with normal rain Brenda - but probably nots as much as today - and withthe power out to a pumping station the normal filtering not happening.

Boil before your drink :)

[Sally906]

Mum has decided she is staying put and has opened a bottle of red wine!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good on your Mum Sally;)

Just discovered our garage has flooded:( Done what I can (which isn't much until the rain stops) but I guess lots will be thrown away once it's all done! Good excuse for a clean up I think :/

[Marianne]

Good news to report: Hubby's procedure worked and he is coming home today (sometime....)

[Marianne]

All those good wishes no doubt had a very positive effect!

[Dale]

Marianne wrote: "All those good wishes no doubt had a very positive effect!"

Good to hear Marianne.

[Dale]

Brenda wrote: "I've just filled the thermos with boiling water - this is going to intensify and not ease for at least another 12 hours they said. I just emptied our rain gauge which was full - 165ml - and I don't..."

Dreadful news. You certainly are copping it up that way.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "Good news to report: Hubby's procedure worked and he is coming home today (sometime....)"

Excellent Marianne! I was just thinking of you and wondering how it all went:) That's such good news:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Dale wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I've just filled the thermos with boiling water - this is going to intensify and not ease for at least another 12 hours they said. I just emptied our rain gauge which was full - 165m..."

Oh well, nothing we can do about it! Mother Nature at her finest;)

[Sharon]

Yes, flooding here and although we aren't blacked out, my mum has lost power at Anna Bay....is this not one of the most horrible storms such a big distance it covers... all keep safe.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sharon wrote: "Yes, flooding here and although we aren't blacked out, my mum has lost power at Anna Bay....is this not one of the most horrible storms such a big distance it covers... all keep safe."

It's brutal Sharon! Hope your Mum is OK - stay safe:)

[Carolyn]

Marianne wrote: "Good news to report: Hubby's procedure worked and he is coming home today (sometime....)"

Excellent news Marianne! I suppose he'll expect a bit of pampering at home now?

[Sharon]

Yeah, last night was horrid, had no sleep, but wasn't really aware apart from the noise how bad it all was, then woke this morning to mum's husband banging on our door, and at the same time our daughter calling our mobile from Inverell wondering f we were okay as they lost all power and he drove a horrid ten mintues here. Gave him a fumase flask with hot water. Then drove down to Nelson Bay through flooded street near us, to get cigarettes and the town was vacant and it is still blowing that scary type of wind with tree brances falling everywhere. I hope my car survives out side. It was flooded this morning in the front because we are on a slop and it is facing downwards and no where else to put it

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Not good! I'd say lots of people will have lots of different stories to tell after this. I hope the damage doesn't continue, though I suspect it will:(

[Marianne]

Carolyn wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Good news to report: Hubby's procedure worked and he is coming home today (sometime....)"

Excellent news Marianne! I suppose he'll expect a bit of pampering at home now?"

Yes, and they'll probably be glad to see the back of him!

[[deleted user]]

I feel bad - I keep seeing you guys talking about the horrid weather over there. Meanwhile over here it was lovely and sunny - maybe somehow I can will the nice weather your way so we can share :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Melissa wrote: "I feel bad - I keep seeing you guys talking about the horrid weather over there. Meanwhile over here it was lovely and sunny - maybe somehow I can will the nice weather your way so we can share :)"

Please do Melissa;) Gratefully accepted!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Marianne wrote: "Good news to report: Hubby's procedure worked and he is coming home today (sometime....)"

Great to hear Marianne :)

[Carolyn]

Melissa wrote: "I feel bad - I keep seeing you guys talking about the horrid weather over there. Meanwhile over here it was lovely and sunny - maybe somehow I can will the nice weather your way so we can share :)"

That would be good Melissa! We can return the favour when you have your winter storms :)

[[deleted user]]

Carolyn wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I feel bad - I keep seeing you guys talking about the horrid weather over there. Meanwhile over here it was lovely and sunny - maybe somehow I can will the nice weather your way so..."

Luckily winter storms in Vancouver just means rain lol - we have 4 seasons here in lovely Vancouver: Rain, Rain, More Rain, and a short summer

[[deleted user]]

Melissa wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I feel bad - I keep seeing you guys talking about the horrid weather over there. Meanwhile over here it was lovely and sunny - maybe somehow I can will the nice wea..."

I say fortunately because the other side of the country gets hammered with snow yearly

[Leonie]

Great to hear Marianne!

[Kathryn]

Wow - take care all of you people in storm/rain/flood-affected areas. It's been a beautiful autumn day here in Brisbane... Hope the damage is not too great for our AR members (although it obviously is for those people injured or who have lost their lives). :-(

[[deleted user]]

It sounds bad over there - stay safe everyone <3

[Kelly]

Between 9am yesterday and 9am today we had 121mm here in Gosford. We have our own rain gauge and we checked it again just before 7 and it was only 35mm. So far we still have power (though a lot of people on the central coast don't). We had to move our birds from the room they were in because a palm tree out the front has been dropping heavy branches due to the wind and you can't really predict where they will fall. We have candles ready etc. It's meant to get worse here on the Central Coast.

[Carolyn]

On the news they said that Newcastle has had 300mm rain and Sydney 120mm with another stormfront heading for the Hunter and more rain over the next 12h and flooding expected to get worse.
Stay safe Brenda and Leonie and all those in the Hunter and on the Central Coast.

[Sally906]

Marianne wrote: "Good news to report: Hubby's procedure worked and he is coming home today (sometime....)"

Woo hoo - great news

[Sally906]

Mum decided with another storm front coming through she didn't want to be by herself in the dark with no power and her battery radio had died and mobile was almost out.

So my sister drove over and collected her. Sister has water coming through a wall so the towels are down. But they have power at the moment.

[Leonie]

Carolyn wrote: "On the news they said that Newcastle has had 300mm rain and Sydney 120mm with another stormfront heading for the Hunter and more rain over the next 12h and flooding expected to get worse.
Stay safe..."

We seem to be pretty good in the Upper Hunter, so far, Carolyn - it sounds like Newcastle has had a really dreadful time, though, and Dungog is just awful.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kelly wrote: "Between 9am yesterday and 9am today we had 121mm here in Gosford. We have our own rain gauge and we checked it again just before 7 and it was only 35mm. So far we still have power (though a lot of ..."

Glad you're ok Kelly - take good care:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sally906 wrote: "Mum decided with another storm front coming through she didn't want to be by herself in the dark with no power and her battery radio had died and mobile was almost out.

So my sister drove over an..."

Glad your Mum is with your sister Sally - better for everyone to not have to worry about her:) Especially you being so far away!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

The second storm front has hit and it is wild here again. Gosh I hope it blows itself out very soon. I'm over it, and I know everyone else is too!

[K]

Melissa wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I feel bad - I keep seeing you guys talking about the horrid weather over there. Meanwhile over here it was lovely and sunny - maybe somehow I can will the nice wea..."

I love short summers, Melissa! I lived in Zurich for a year with pretty much the same weather, but with 4 months of snow in between and only 2-3 months of hot weather. Oh gosh, I LOVED it!

[K]

I am glad most of you are keeping safe in the wild weather hitting central NSW. I saw some of your comments earlier today, but didn't realise the full extent of it until I saw The Project tonight. My well wishes are with you all!

[Kelly]

Yep next storm front has hit here. Wind has picked up again and we have thunder and lightning really close together. I looked on the BOM and it's yellow and red on central coast, with another front heading towards us after the one now. This one now looks like it will move to hunter again but it depends on the wind.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Kiera:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kelly wrote: "Yep next storm front has hit here. Wind has picked up again and we have thunder and lightning really close together. I looked on the BOM and it's yellow and red on central coast, with another front..."

Stay safe Kelly - hope it passes us all quickly!

[Kelly]

When they start comparing it to a category 2 cyclone that's when the extent becomes real. They can't actually call it a tropical cyclone instead of an east coast low because we don't live in a tropical area.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kelly wrote: "When they start comparing it to a category 2 cyclone that's when the extent becomes real. They can't actually call it a tropical cyclone instead of an east coast low because we don't live in a trop..."

And cyclones are just not meant to come down this low!!!

[Kelly]

Hence why so many people just weren't prepared for the severity. Houses floating away? Yes the Hunter area floods, but enough for the foundations to fail and the whole house to float down the river? More like because they weren't built for these situations because NSW isn't normally cyclone prone. Uprooted trees, power lines down are normal in a severe storm.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Michael!

[Suz]

Marianne wrote: "Good news to report: Hubby's procedure worked and he is coming home today (sometime....)"

Very glad to hear it Marianne.

[B the BookAddict]

Sitting here feeling a little bit guilty because I was whingeing abut our piddling wind here yesterday:/

Lower Hunter seems to have copped a real hiding, I'm feeling for everyone who's being affected by this storm.

@Marianne Great news about your husband, very happy to hear that:)

[K]

So... I did something kind of awesome yesterday afternoon... I do volunteer work at Animal Welfare League once a week and, well, this week... I fell in love with this sweet little smoochy, black cat called Harold... So I adopted him! OMG! It's the first cat I have owned since I was about 7! It's so exciting!!

[Sally906]

Oh how lovely Kiera - congratulations on your new fur baby

[Ashleigh]

Kiera wrote: "So... I did something kind of awesome yesterday afternoon... I do volunteer work at Animal Welfare League once a week and, well, this week... I fell in love with this sweet little smoochy, black ca..."

Oh new furbaby, how exciting!! I want a cat but my partner is allergic.

[Marianne]

Good for you Keira!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Nice one Kiera :)