[AusNOG] DC Flooded in Melbourne?

[Matthew Zobel]

We got hammered out west.  didn't about work until I got a text from Datacom
telling me that everything was out.  Turns out our equipment was running the
whole time, just our router was having issues.

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au> wrote:

> Was chatting to a mate in Melb about four hours ago, she's near
> Healesville and they were getting hammered.
>
> Melbourne radar showed small but heavy storms embedded in stratus
> clouds, with upper air temperatures dropping to approx -40 in some
> places, that's probly where your hail came from.
>
> Melbourne radar (http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.loop.shtml#skip)
> shows there's still rain about but it's mostly East and West of the city.
>
> Looks like there's more coming...
> http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
>
> Unfortunately I didn't check the doppler radar at the time...
>
> Darren Moss wrote:
> > You got that right.
> >
> > I was stuck in the car near Chadstone and we got absolutely smashed by
> hail.
> > http://www.em3.com.au/images/AUSNOG/IMG00402-20100306-1508.jpg
> >
> > The weather went from a few spots of rain to golf balls within 10
> minutes.
> > http://www.em3.com.au/images/AUSNOG/IMG00410-20100306-1514.jpg
> >
> > Then there were floods all down Dandenong Rd, check out the nuffy who
> decided to take his Nissan ZX through it ;)
> > http://www.em3.com.au/images/AUSNOG/Nuffy-In-ZX-06Mar2010.jpg
> >
> > We started getting alerts for iSeek on Collins at the same time. It's no
> wonder.
> >
> > I have never seen anything like this in Melb.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Darren Moss
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:
> ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Chris Chaundy
> > Sent: 2010-03-06 6:05 pm
> > To: Skeeve Stevens
> > Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] DC Flooded in Melbourne?
> >
> > No, but it wouldn't surprise me - we have had torrential downpours, flash
> floods, building evacuations and hailstones the size of golf balls.  The
> city copped the brunt of it and there is more on the way...
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Skeeve Stevens <Skeeve at eintellego.net>
> wrote:
> >> Anyone know much about it?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ...Skeeve
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