holy fuck

[erilyn]

I just had one of the freakiest, scariest experiences of my life - driving through a fucking ICE STORM. IN SYDNEY. WTF???? Sure, we get some really nasty hailstorms, but I'm talking several inches of ice, it looked like fucking snow.

I had to pullover, and my windscreen wipers couldn't move eventually because of the mass of ice. Had to get out, hail/ice still falling, to try and scrape it clear. Chucks are not useful footwear at this point. I've got some photos of my car from once I got home, and I'm sure many photos will turn up of Sydney in this.

I was only a couple of minutes drive from home, but here, only light hail.

Comments

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, that is incredibly scary - glad you got home safely! GAH. The weather is mad here this weekend, too - I drove down to Hamilton and I swear I didn't make it above seventy until I was, like, ten minutes away because the wind was so bad.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I did have to drive through a bit of hail in NZ, between Napier and Taupo, in the middle of nowhere. That was a bit ARGH at the time, but nothing to how heavy this was.

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

Having just seen your pictures, yeah, god, I bet not. URK.