Brisbane (Australia) Storms

So I hear we have been having some wild weather back in my hometown of Brisbane. Three severe Thunder storms in the last 5 days and they have declared it a natural disaster area.

My house in Australia is in the suburb next to Everton Hills - http://media01.couriermail.com.au/multimedia/2008/11/storm_map/storm.htm

There were some pretty wild pictures and video of the storms out there.
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http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/gallery/0,23816,5035903-17382-16,00.html

 

Yeah. We haven't had many cyclones over the last 5-10 years. I remember we'd get 1 or 2 every summer when I was growing up.

I'm really spewing that I missed it. Nothing better than standing out on the back deck of your Queenslander watching a storm front come in and hearing the rain belt down on your corrugated iron roof.

 

You know the price of Bananas went up a heap a few years back BECAUSE of a storm? The Innisfail Cyclone (Larry?) wiped out most of Australia's Banana plantations. I think our 2nd largest banana growing area is on the NSW Hinterland (near Murwillumbah) so be careful what you wish for.