Power has been cut here for 30 hours now.
We are ok have gas cooktop and generator.
But checked a few neighbours and they were not doing so good.
Provided cooked breakfasts and hot water for cups of tea.
Will do dinners for some too if power stays out.
Amazing some people with bbqs didn't think to use them for cooking.
If you are in a blackout area please check on your neighbors.
Especially the elderly.
Good work Allan. I am one of the few that still have power in my area, and yet am probably best equipped to be without. There is apparently little power on the peninsula here and the Bonnell Bay shopping centre is closed (imagine the food spoiling in Coles). I drove over to Morisett and found a crowd scene not unlike a disaster movie. Big queues at the petrol stations, the only food store open was Woolies and they had only emergency power (no store lights, no open chillers working); All the meat and other perishables had been stripped from the open coolers and thrown in trolleys that were just sitting in the back room with no cooling. Much of this stuff is sploit and will have to be thrown away. The customers were streaming into Woolies expecting things to be as normal and got a real shock. All the bread was gone, they can't bake anymore, and have not had a logistics delivery.
I have run a couple of long extension cords across the street to help out the elderly couple who live there, at least they can run their fridge again.
Don't have to worry about the cords across the road because the fallen tree makes sure no one will run over it.
40 hours no power here now. Not expecting it up tomoz (thursday) either.
Pretty tough trying to run an animal shelter and rehabilitation hospital without electricity. Thankful for gas stove...be great to have light after 17:30 though.
Power was out here as well for 36 hrs ,checked with our elderly neighbours and they were alright ,unfortunately we had a lot of major
damage thanks to a council tree on the footpath
Power was out here as well for 36 hrs ,checked with our elderly neighbours and they were alright ,unfortunately we had a lot of major
damage thanks to a council tree on the footpath
How can the wind be strong enough to blow down that tree, - yet leave the colorbond fence standing a few meters away?
How can the wind be strong enough to blow down that tree, - yet leave the colorbond fence standing a few meters away?
Strange!
At ground level all sorts of things disturb flow but above the ground the full force of the wind can hit the tree which has a large surface area exposed to the wind. This is typical of turbulent flow. Rain also loosens the earth and root hold around the tree. Large trees become a lever when the wind presses againt it and exerts force on the roots. We had a large tree toppled by the wind on my street and it fell on a cubby house and a colour bond fence which up to that point had not been damaged.
No power here since Monday either. We've lost everything in the fridge and freezer. The dogs are having a great time eating our defrosted meat.
Glen you can't run a cord up to our place can you?
Ausgrid apparently have said it may be next week before all power is restored. It could be worse though. At least we still have water and sewer, unlike some places.
I was driving to Bunnings at Morisset this morning and saw a guy with a big trailer stacked with generators setting up shop at the main roundabout coming into town. By the time I returned about a third of them were gone and he had a queue. They cannot have been cheap and looked like typical ebay ones. Sadly his queue looked like elderly people.
I know that some people in the area are being told they will not get power back until Wednesday of next week, so I can understand the desperation.
