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Originally Posted by h0ughy
fantastic image Peter, I hope Pats damage wasnt too bad
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Hi Houghy,
Pat (Astrofest committee member) thanks you for your concern. Pat found his whirly birds some distance away. His home was pretty much in the thick of it and escaped without too much damage thankfully - oh yeah, his LX200R is safe and secure in his garage - was the first question I asked him -followed by and how are you...hmmm similar question I asked Brendans (Thunderchild Observatory) parents recently when their home was hit by large hail (must remember it's how are you first and then hows the telescope). Others around Pat are not so lucky, with trees over them. One of his friends home on the hill above him has been pretty much destroyed (it featured on last nights news). I think the authorities are going to have to review the nutbag laws about tree removal in suburbia, especially Gum trees. Seems homeowners now have the uneasy situation that trees not bowled over in the storm now have huge upper limbs bareley hanging on, estimated costs to get a lopper in are huge. I can't see why residents should bear such costs when they were never allowed to remove the potential killers in the first place. It will be interesting to see if the local council/government ammend the laws after this.
PeterM