I've just received an email from Gav, saying he'll be without electricity until at least the weekend. He was in his car using his mobile to message me.
I had no idea, but apparently where he is, a few hours north of Sydney, they've been hit by a Category 2 Cyclone. 70,000 people are without power. He's trying to get hold of a portable generator.
All his family are fine, but there's a lot of tree and building damage in his area, roads closed etc.
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The weather has been nothing short of diabolical here. The Heavens opened up on Sunday, and today, Wednesday, it is still bucketing down and it has not stopped for a minute, until a few hours ago. It would have been possible to trade the car for a jetski this week. I dont ever remember a storm system hitting and it lasting this long. Up where Gav is usually wears the brunt of this kind of system and I'm sure the emergency services are doing all they can to restore power and services to those who have been cut off. Gav, if you can hear me, just keep the fridges closed..
Yes diabolical is a great description , magnificent weather for ducks and snuggling. Here where I am in Sydney I've been watching about three meters waves crash on my beach - inside the harbour! Last night they recorded 15m waves on the beaches on the coast. we've been lucky here though, just a couple of short blackouts here but many parts of Sydney and further north smashed by this storm. Stay safe Gav.
Yes stay SAFE Gav.........or be a real Aussie and grab a board......."Surf's UP!!"
Good luck getting the juice back on.
I am glad to know he is safe. I hope he finds a generator and gets power for his family.
Wow, I feel silly with my minor complaints this morning. I'm so glad Gav and his family are safe.
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I saw some bits on the news about this - including a cruise ship that got stranded in the storm because the port in Sydney was closed. It looked pretty scary.
So happy to hear Gav and his family are safe!
I'm glad to hear that Gav and his family are safe! Hopefully they get power restored soon.
Stay safe, Gav. Remember: Lush comes second!
Stay safe, Gav and family, and my prayers are with all of those currently affected by this nastiness in Oz.
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Glad to hear that Gav is safe. Thinking positive thoughts and sending prayers to all affected by the weather.
Thanks for letting us know Nicola! Glad Gav and his family are ok and hope that they and everyone else without power gets re-connected asap!! The weather sounds horrendous!!!
I think something like that would really scare me .. anyway take care.
In the UK we talk about and moan about the weather like no other subject. We can have a relatively good summer and still come October everyone is saying ' another bloody awful summer .. forecasters never get it right .. I only remember 2 days above 20C .. blah blah' .. quite often now I retort 'Hey .. at least we dont get the nasty awful and life threatening weather systems that other countries and continents get!'.
I was chatting with a girlfriend from the east coast of Australia last night, and she said the weather was scary. Then we got cut off in mid-conversation, so I hope she and Gav, and everyone from that area stays safe and gets power back soon!
We Brits are always complaining about our weather, but this makes us realise how lucky we are. My thoughts are with you Gav, glad to hear that you and your family are okay, stay safe, and make the most of your enforced rest, have a beer or two on me. ?????
We had a heat storm heat. It was bad, power went out, limbs fell
Yes our systems and construction type are no match for Mother Nature. Gav just focus on the family needs, Lush will keep running well, you have set us up with a good system
