1. The culprit: cumulonimbus
2. The accomplice: hailstones... lots of them 
3. Peaceful morning with little hint of what transpired earlier
4. Just another regular day in Canberra...
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Mother Nature - 1, Puny humans - 0
Canberra got pelted a few nights ago with the kind of weather event that newspaper editors like to salivate over and print gratuitous images of lightning with premature proclamations of " storm of the century", as if daring mother nature to drive up the ante. It was also ironic timing that yesterday saw Canberra as the choice of location for a Global Warming Sceptics gathering at Parliament House, given the belief that extreme weather events such as tuesday night's "storm of the century" are the result of global warming caused by irresponsible humans and their dirty and polluting ways. Anyway it made for an exciting day yesterday and we got sent home early from work (which I won't complain about), so here are a few snapshots I took to commemorate the event (not as good as the ones from the age link though):
2. The accomplice: hailstones... lots of them
3. Peaceful morning with little hint of what transpired earlier
4. Just another regular day in Canberra...
2. The accomplice: hailstones... lots of them 3. Peaceful morning with little hint of what transpired earlier4. Just another regular day in Canberra...
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7 comments:
ah! lovely canberra!! ;)
that first photo is stunning serenity
Wow! Those are some pretty nifty photos post-storm- that hail still looks huge... did you take nay photos of the pockmarks left on your car? For insurance purposes of course!
:)
wow serenity! those pics are beautiful ... who needs The Age?
... were there any reports of little johnny getting hit by some of those giant hail stones?
great pics serenity... I especially like the last 2! Some large sized hail stones there!
Not sure what's happening with my stupid blogger account i had links set up with this post but on publication they've disappeared. stupid blogger making me switch to google!
jfox: yeah gotta luv canberra with all its quirks & hailstorms. that first pic i should confess was taken a week earlier. i would've taken a sky shot during the actual storm but cowering with a blanket over my head i wasn't going to go looking out any window :P
m's nemesis: the pockmarks on the car are a nuisance but they don't show up as impressively in photos and i could just imagine nrma saying blathering on about exemptions for cases of "acts of god"
kaluds: sorry to disappoint, alas the stories of little johnny meeting his demise care of a hailstone lovingly prepared by mother nature herself were premature. one can dream though, right?
jonno: those were pretty big hailstones and at the time it felt they were going to break through my ceiling... and i live on the middle level of an apartment block. Insane to see mother nature vent like that!
Hey, These pics are awesome!
I bet you were just a *tiny* bit glad you were there in Canberra to witness such an event! I love storms!
(In Adelaide, the most excitement we get are stinking hot 46 degree days. And wave-less beaches..)
=)
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