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It was at 4:30pm on the 16th Nov when it became really dark and a storm hit like nothing else that either of us had witnessed before. We had been in a small cyclon in Darwin which was nothing compared to this. This storm was pretty intence and only lasted for about 5-10 min. During the time hail was hitting the South side of the house and we couldn't even hear each other talking. We both closed everthing that would let any air in and headed for the middle bedroom, also the safest from any trees that could fall. We started to get an idea that this was no normal storm when we couldn't see anything but a white sheet of hail and rain out the window. The houses over the road couldn't be seen, infact we couldn't see anything. The dog was barking at the pounding of the rain and hail on the windows. Tan and I didn't no what to do. Before we knew it the storm or what ever it was passed heading towards Ferny Grove and Samford at a rate of knots not known. After it passed and this is like 2 minutes later we could go outside, well the pictures below should give you some idea of the damage it did in the short time. I believe that we were very lucky mostly protected from the shops on our South side, this can be seen from the amount of damage our neighbors copped they had 5 trees fall none on their house but into their neighbors house and pool.
Just as the storm was finishing our backyard with a sign from the shops seen here behind the right post.
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