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ILUVSWTAS
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Wind destruction

Wed 02 Sep, 2009 11:03 pm

Climbed Mt Fortescue today was a REAL scramble over the hundreds of trees that had fallen over the track. Just wondering if anyone else knows of any similar stories??
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Re: Wind destruction

Thu 03 Sep, 2009 10:12 am

My backyard in Lindisfarne :(
ILUVSWTAS
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Re: Wind destruction

Thu 03 Sep, 2009 2:30 pm

Yeh I am at my parents house right now (Henly St) lots of crap everywhere!
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Re: Wind destruction

Thu 03 Sep, 2009 4:10 pm

I'm on Karoola Road, we lost 2 Acacia trees, and a few branches. My neighbour 2 doors up lost a eucalypt across the road, and my other neighbour is hassling me to chop down a 25m Eucalypt in my backyard on the fenceline. :?
From where we are you can just watch the destruction below. Last year there was a water spout just 50-odd metres out from the yacht club and 3 yacht's broke their moorings. Gotta love Spring.
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Re: Wind destruction

Thu 03 Sep, 2009 5:19 pm

I'm in Derwent Avenue, sounds like I better go check up the back......
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Re: Wind destruction

Thu 03 Sep, 2009 5:24 pm

How weird... my office is in the middle of Sandy Bay, and there is hardly a breath of wind about.
There is some very neat dark/ominous high-level clouds about though...
http://www.rosebay.tased.edu.au/webcam/tiny.html
ILUVSWTAS
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Re: Wind destruction

Thu 03 Sep, 2009 5:32 pm

Hey Kramster, referring to the winds of Tuesday (?) we live down the Huon dont start me on trees down...took me over an hr to drive a usual 30 minute drive due to trees power lines and cars being sideways..
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Re: Wind destruction

Thu 03 Sep, 2009 7:42 pm

Well, of course, we had it tough . . .

Seriously, last Tuesday I was half an hour late getting to work, because I had to clear two trees from the driveway.
Really need to sharpen that axe . . .
ILUVSWTAS
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Re: Wind destruction

Thu 03 Sep, 2009 8:16 pm

2 Trees? sounds like a good excuse to stay home....
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Re: Wind destruction

Thu 03 Sep, 2009 8:37 pm

Not with my boss.

And my bills . . .
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Re: Wind destruction

Fri 04 Sep, 2009 9:09 am

ILUVSWTAS wrote:Hey Kramster, referring to the winds of Tuesday (?) we live down the Huon dont start me on trees down...took me over an hr to drive a usual 30 minute drive due to trees power lines and cars being sideways..

I was a little surprised, thinking conditions must have been very localised for on Thursday :oops:
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Re: Wind destruction

Fri 04 Sep, 2009 11:39 am

I'm alarmed by the number of fellow bushwalkers living within 5 minutes walk from my House :mrgreen:
ILUVSWTAS
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Re: Wind destruction

Fri 04 Sep, 2009 12:58 pm

Typically Tasmanian :)
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