Wild Weather

[Sam.]

There was raging lightning and thunder last night, but that was nothing compared to this afternoon. It was really overcast when I left school, and more or less the same when I arrived at the train station. Shortly after I went on the train, though, things went mad.



It started hailing - that's rare enough for Perth, but for the beginning of Autumn it was even more surprising. In the train, I could hear chunks of ice smashing down above us, and it was hard to see anything outside. This was very shortlived, but quickly replaced by a lot of rain.

When I got off the train at my station, seen above, there was no dry spot. Despite the cover which should serve as a roof, the rain just kept going; there were great big puddles all over the place, and water was spouting down from those pillars.



I got drenched, and shortly after I boarded my bus, the rain stopped. Right now we just have lighting and thunder, but I don't have any memory of the weather being this mad and unpredictable. Here are some photos I took walking home.

Yes, that's coming out of a drainpipe.

Hey, that's no good. The water's supposed to go down there.

Definitely hail, and I'm sure glad I didn't get caught out in it.



So there you go, that was just something I felt like sharing. You can see how I get excited by chunks of ice falling from the sky.

 

[Jazzy]

Wow, Sam! that was pretty large hail stones you got there. I'm glad you didn't get caught in that! The weather here has been wild too. One day it's 60 degrees and the next day it's 30 degrees and snowing. Thank you for sharing your pictures with us!

 

[Sam.]

Well, shortly after I made that post, it started raining again.



It really started raining. Our gutter overflowed, sending litres of water into the house, so our Dining Room was flooded. It was a pain to clean up. I hope it's better tomorrow!

 

[Jazzy]

Our gutter overflowed, sending litres of water into the house, so our Dining Room was flooded. It was a pain to clean up. I hope it's better tomorrow!

Oh no! I hope the water didn't do any damage to the dining room! I had L shaped extension gutters put on my house so that if the gutters overflow, the water gets directed away from my house.

 

[Sam.]

It didn't do any damage, thankfully. It was just tiles that it wet, and it didn't get near any carpet or electrical appliances. This is the first time it's ever happened, and I hope it's the last!

 

[Jazzy]

It didn't do any damage, thankfully. It was just tiles that it wet, and it didn't get near any carpet or electrical appliances. This is the first time it's ever happened, and I hope it's the last!

Thank goodness it was just the tiles and I hope it doesn't happen again too!

 

[Sam.]

Yeah - it was a real surprise, walking out to see a small waterfall splashing down all over the place.

 

[Jazzy]

Yeah - it was a real surprise, walking out to see a small waterfall splashing down all over the place.

Do you say it's still raining or has it stopped now? How cold was it yesterday?