The howling wind and pouring rain yesterday is now one for the record books. Melbourne woke up in the aftermath of the biggest downpour since 1856, when they started recording weather conditions. Airports were closed, trains delayed or cancelled, trams stopped in their tracks as their electricity got cut off, trees and electric posts fell down, houses and cars damaged and streets were flooded as rivers overflowed. In short, there was chaos everywhere.
Well, good thing we weren’t affected too much by the passing of this storm. Except from getting jostled around in the packed train on the way to work and having to walk 3 train stations on the way home (the train we normally take wasn’t running until 1.5 hours later), we’re okay. The car and the apartment looks okay and the streets around our neighborhood wasn’t flooded at all. There was no electrical interruptions, thus allowing us to be comfortable in our heated rooms as temperatures outside drop.
They’ve predicted rains for both today and tomorrow but I didn’t see a drop of rain today. The sun was even peeking out of the clouds as we walked home. Looks like summer is here again.
