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.

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[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Oooh, is that forum likely to find/post photos? Can you link me, I'd love to find some to show people.

[maxi47.livejournal.com]

They do post photos from all over NSW. I'll link you to page 6 of the thread. there's some photos there of the hail at Concord, but I'm sure more will be added. They also update regularly, so just keep a watch. This is in the 'Breaking Weather' forum at the site.

http://forum.weatherzone.com.au/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=002516;p=6

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

oh wow, we had way more ice and hail than in those photos *g*.