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MothBalls 12-01-08 10:41 PM

Brisbane Australia - Does it ever rain there?
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skrnDGl1LxQ#

I've never seen anything this powerful before. I guess the angle was just right to give them some great shots. I still can't decide if they guys filming it were incredibly brave or oblivious. If you think it's bad in the beginning, stick around, it gets better/worse.

Dowly 12-02-08 03:07 AM

:o

Mom... can I go to Australia... please.

TarJak 12-02-08 04:30 AM

Southern Queensland has had some terrible storms in the past few weeks. Not quite on the scale of the recent US Hurricanes, but not nice for those affected.

@Dowly, Come on over and I'll shout you a beer! :D

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/12...9595ed9b83.jpg

Jimbuna 12-02-08 06:19 AM

http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img231...shockedvi8.gif

Just a small shower http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6...ydh5wc2zm2.gif

Rockstar 12-02-08 07:40 AM

I don't know, looked like some pranksters trying to gain some attention using trick photography.

baggygreen 12-02-08 04:02 PM

Rockstar, it was real mate:up:

bookworm_020 12-02-08 04:35 PM

IT's real!:yep: Just ask the poor people who had there homes destroyed!

Falkirion 12-02-08 05:41 PM

I knew the storms were powerful but damn, thats a wall of water if I ever saw one. Last Queensland storm I saw delayed my flight back to Melbourne by 1/2 an hour, managed to get out in a break between heavy downpours. Bumpy trip out too

Rockstar 12-02-08 05:48 PM

At 2:45 you can see the shadow of someone standing on the roof with a garden hose.

Pioneer 12-02-08 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockstar
At 2:45 you can see the shadow of someone standing on the roof with a garden hose.

You imagination needs to see an optometrist.

That particular area of Brisbane, home to one of my parents and both my daughters, suffered an incredible amount of damage, with very little loss of life. The street that video was taken in was wiped out by the third storm of that week. (1-Sunday, 2-Wed and 3-Fri?)

News report and photo gallery from the newspaper Courier Mail taken around the South East corner available here.

Oh it's real.

TarJak 12-02-08 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockstar
At 2:45 you can see the shadow of someone standing on the roof with a garden hose.

Hang on that was Neil Armstrong's stunt double from the faked moon landing films. Mr. Zapruder can you make sure we get the lighting right next time?:rotfl:

Try looking at the related video's and the dates they were all posted. I'd say the population of the city of Brisbane must have been in on the conspiracy to trick us into thinking the weather gets bad up there so they can enjoy the sunshine without us pale New South Welshmen bothering them.:sunny:

Rockstar 12-02-08 10:28 PM

TARJAK this is a conspiracey of grandest scale surpassing that of the NASA lunar landing. I don't know what they were trying pull but these guys are good, really good. Do you think they'll win a prize or something for this on a TV show? :up:

Task Force 12-02-08 10:29 PM

OOOoahhh, my favorite kind of weather.... I often go to the beach and watch the big waves roal in off the atlanic.:yep:

TarJak 12-03-08 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockstar
TARJAK this is a conspiracey of grandest scale surpassing that of the NASA lunar landing. I don't know what they were trying pull but these guys are good, really good. Do you think they'll win a prize or something for this on a TV show? :up:

May be Australia's Stupidest Home Videos will give the a prize.:lol:

bookworm_020 12-03-08 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak
Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockstar
TARJAK this is a conspiracey of grandest scale surpassing that of the NASA lunar landing. I don't know what they were trying pull but these guys are good, really good. Do you think they'll win a prize or something for this on a TV show? :up:

May be Australia's Stupidest Home Videos will give the a prize.:lol:

Only if they get struck by lightning!:lol:


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