Storm Damage...

We had a storm in Melbourne last Thursday... It created havoc and damage in a number of suburbs including ours...We sustained a minor inconvenience when our kitchen began 'raining' on the inside but it was nothing that couldn't be swept up or dried out - most of my cook books got some sort of water damage as they were directly under 'the shower'. P laid them all out across the floor and most since have dried out... We also had some guttering which came away from the roof on the other side of the house - we think a combination of the wind and the sheer volume and weight of water was enough for it - the guttering - to give way... Nothing which can't be fixed...

However we live directly across the road from a pocket handkerchief park which as you can see from the photos felt the fury of the elements - some of these trees are quite big and thankfully there was no one in the park at the time as at its centre there is a children's play area... I have chosen a few to show you but really the photos don't do the size of the branches justice...

The third and fourth photo shows how fickle fate can be and in this case for the better - this tree is very close to a main road which from about the time of the storm would have been very busy traffic wise from a number of local schools - if the wind had of taken these branches out across the road there would have been traffic problems - at the very least... If you look closely you can see some SEC tape around it which means it had been attended to as best as possible during the storm...

I am sure some of these trees will have to be cut down as they lost major branches which would make them more vulnerable to future wind and torrential rain... Such a shame as they are beautiful and I never tire watching them as the light dances across their leaves as they move in the breeze...