Brisbane Australia - Does it ever rain there?

MothBalls · 12-01-08, 10:41 PM

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

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!

Jimbuna · 12-02-08, 06:19 AM

Just a small shower

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

bookworm_020 · 12-02-08, 04:35 PM

IT's real!

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

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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

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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.

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?

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.

TarJak · 12-03-08, 02:22 AM

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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?

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

bookworm_020 · 12-03-08, 04:34 PM

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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?

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

Only if they get struck by lightning!

12-01-08, 10:41 PM	#1
MothBalls Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Brisbane Australia - Does it ever rain there? 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.

12-02-08, 04:30 AM	#3
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	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! Last edited by TarJak; 12-02-08 at 04:33 AM.

12-02-08, 06:19 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Just a small shower __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-02-08, 04:35 PM	#7
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	IT's real! Just ask the poor people who had there homes destroyed! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

12-02-08, 10:28 PM	#12
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	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? Last edited by Rockstar; 12-02-08 at 10:30 PM.

12-02-08, 03:07 AM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Mom... can I go to Australia... please.

12-02-08, 07:40 AM	#5
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I don't know, looked like some pranksters trying to gain some attention using trick photography.

12-02-08, 04:02 PM	#6
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Rockstar, it was real mate

12-02-08, 05:41 PM	#8
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	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

12-02-08, 05:48 PM	#9
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	At 2:45 you can see the shadow of someone standing on the roof with a garden hose.

12-02-08, 10:29 PM	#13
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	OOOoahhh, my favorite kind of weather.... I often go to the beach and watch the big waves roal in off the atlanic. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"