The Storm.

Today I have been at richards all day, building. We were working on assembling and riveting one of the wings after undercoating the parts last weekend. This meant that we were well on the way to actually doing something constructive today.

Well, that was until about 4:00 when it started to rain. And then it hailed. Initially the hail was small but got a bit bigger. I didnt think it was prudent to race out to my car to put towels on it to protect it. That is what insurance is for. Richard only got his car back from the Panel Beaters yesterday did go out to try to protect his car. He mostly suceeded, with the exception of a big mark on one side near the drivers back window.

My car did not survive so well. It got probably 5-6 small dents on the bonet, and about 2-3 on the roof. None are bad, but they are bad enough that they are noticable. It might be really easy for them to remove the dents from the roof and bonet but I am not convinced.

About the same time as the hail hit, we lost power. This was the real problem since it also stopped us getting news of the storm from the Internet. There was a branch on the 11kV power lines just outside here, and it was glowing at one stage… Might have actually caught fire. I was glad I was not out in it all.

There are a lot of trees down around here. There is even the ocasional telegraph pole snapped. Given the damage here I am amazed that I cannot see anying on the man pages of the SMH or NEWS.COM.AU Web Sites.