Wild night of storms over ...

OMG there is devestation everywhere from the Gold Coast, Brisbane and right up to Caboolture .. over 140,000 homes and business are still without power this morning .. this is incredible ! .. A young boy drowned in storm water drains at Chermside after he was swept off his feet while taking storm pictures .. very tragic - yet I wonder where their brains were ????

People checking out the damage at Keperra



A very eerie sight at Mt Tamborine as fog rolls in after the storm



South of Brisbane - the storm front approaching



I didn't get any more radar images as we had to turn the modem and computer's off - I was keeping an eye on it on my iPhone and OMG I've never seen a storm cell like it .. it was HUGE ! .. thank goodness it split in 2 and went around us .. all we got was rain, thunder and lightening .. 28-29mls .. 1 minute the sun was shining the next minute it was as black as ...

Storm front near Oakey



Here are some comments from people who live around Ferny Grove and The Gap here in Brisbane .....

A tree trunk went through my bedroom roof and destroyed most of my furniture, including my iphone, tv, playstation and bed. Loungeroom and bottom story had water about 10 cm high. Sucks :(

Posted by: MIC of Brisbane 9:50pm November 16, 2008

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We certainly got hit as well! power out, trees all over the place - even the thick ones couldnt stand up to the wind (snapped clean in half).
Feel sorry for our local woolies too - i think their doors fell off! We have flooding and trees blocking several roads. Love to know how im gonna get to Wacol tomorrow!

Posted by: david of narangba 9:28pm November 16, 2008

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Ferny grove looks like a bomb has gone off. Massive trees have been torn in half like they are no more than the width of paper. Lots of houses have damage and missing roof tiles.I have never seen anything like it, it was a fearce storm. It soundedlike a cyclone.


Posted by: naomi of Ferny grove 9:18pm November 16, 2008

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We had someones outdoor furniture smash through our living room window, now there is glass spread through out the house as well as lot's of water damage. Something has also been blown into our roof damaging the ridge capping and ripping about 30 tiles loose and damaging the tv antenna.


Posted by: David of Everton Park 8:14pm November 16, 2008