We survived the Perth Storm 22nd March 2010 !!

Wow, we had a bit of a storm yesterday !! Worst storm in 50 years apparently !! It started at about 3pm, blackness rolling in. Me and Digger had decided to go and take the DVD's back and made it back just in time......we did run all the way home though ! It was so windy and the rain started. I ran round shutting all the windows and tried to calm poor Digs down. It lasted about 10 mins, with thunder and flashes of lightening. I tried to get some footage but had to get back inside to see to poor Digger. It seemed to sail over the top of us but then came back with a vengeance. Hail the size of golf balls and it was so windy ! The rain came down so heavy and just kept on coming and coming ! I was trying to get Digs to calm down and heard a gushing noise. Went into our bedroom and the air conditioning vent had a waterfall straight onto the carpet. I ran to the kitchen to get as many pots and pans as I could and tried to catch the water. The the light fitting above the bed started to gush water so I had to try and lift the mattress off the bed and angle some pots under that. Poor Digs didn't know why I was running around like a mad woman ! I rang Ben and he was just setting off from work. Car windows were smashed and the vans were dented at Megavision with the hail. They had let Ben go early but just as he was checking round he noticed that the showroom was leaking in ... all over the plasmas ! By the time he was setting off back the streets were like rivers. He got dropped off near the station and walked straight out into the torrent of water at the side of the road. The station was in chaos as you can imagine. In the meantime I was trying to ring Emma and not getting anything. Eventually I heard a car pulling up outside and Em was home. She just collapsed onto the carpet, she was soaked. She had to drive back in the worst of it all and had to drive through deep puddles. It was so nice to have her home safe, Digs was so pleased to have her home. Ben wasn't long after Emma and was absolutely drenched ! He said the Perth Train Station was in total chaos, everyone just panicking cos it just hit that fast. We watched a bit of the news and it was same all over Perth. We had to sort out the bedroom and by now the light fitting was full of water. It seemed to go on for ages and we were so glad when it eventually stopped. Ben was so lucky as he got to go into the loft. He mopped up what water he could see as our ceiling was soaked. Luckily it was only one bedroom that had sprung a leak, could have been so much worse. Apparently the Thornlie "tree man" Richard Pennicuik was struck by lightning whilst staying in the tree but is still up the tree !! 105 days he's been up there now !

The storm was supposed to be back again this morning but as of yet there's been nothing. The sky was a bit black and Ben noticed some fork lightning on the way to work but nothing has rolled over yet. I've managed to wash all our bedding from last night and hopefully can get it dry before (if) it comes over again. Our first rain in Perth since November, they were all complaining and they got it in the end !!