It's the apocalypse!

[reggie11]

It's wild in Sydney tonight with massive storms, flooding, and gale force winds. It's the first time in a long time I've actually been scared of a storm. That might have something to do with the huge branch that came whipping down the street, to the accompaniment of car alarms and sirens, and have it smash into the bars on my living room window. Thank Chuck for the bars or it would have come crashing through the glass. Before I had the chance to run in and completely close my bedroom window, the wind blew a painting off the wall and knocked down everything on the dresser. Poor Pixel freaked out so bad I almost had to peel her off the ceiling.

There are trees and powerlines down all over the city, and in the nearby Blue Mountains, the town of Blackheath is blanketed in snow...and it's Spring. Hey, meus_venator, still want to come to Aus for a vacation? ;)

Here's what's happening around my hometown. PS: Now I have proof that Miley Cyrus is the antichrist - she turns up in Sydney and this shit happens...

Photo source Sydney Morning Herald

Comments

[meus_venator]

Yikes! Starts to rethink plans! LOL, well at least you can't freeze to death in Oz!
Stay safe and with the lightning the way it is, keep your head down.

[reggie11.livejournal.com]

Well you could, but only if you were in the areas that snow which are fairly few and far between, or Canberra where I grew up, which goes well into the minuses in winter. I prefer the cold to the heat now that I'm getting old but I could do without the rain and horrible winds. Although it's giving me a nice excuse to rug up with a hot coffee and do some more reading :)

And to think that only last week I was complaining about what a hot summer we're going to have because it was only a couple of days into Spring and it was 32 degrees which is about 89 degrees fahrenheit if I've done my conversion right. Today is 14 (57), brrrr.