Ides of March
Storms in Melbourne on Saturday were unseasonal , unexpected and terrifying.
Age Newspaper Report on Storms in 1925
Roads quickly flooded , traffic ground to a standstill and shopping centres , cinemas and sporting arenas where deluged with lashings of rain and hail stones.
Those munters out shopping were possibly oblivious to the chaos all around them until it became time to leave the store.
Buckets of water were pouring down the front of the windows of the new shopping complex I was in , torrents cascading through light fittings and electric doors unopenable and shops computers all failing .
The get away car normally parked in the underground car park was mercifully parked in the street. Despite rapidly rising , swirling floodwaters , doors were opened and shopping flung in .The only casualty in the hasty departure was a thong that floated away on the rushing torrent.
A terrifying ordeal began as a path was forged through the rapidly flooded roads which were quickly becoming impassable . Parked cars were becoming submerged and inner city streets were unusable. A circuitous route was employed and a safe arrival home was managed by using all the non damaged and unaffected roads.
raining cats and rabbits?
It was an unnerving experience . One that truly tested the tenaciousness of even the most sturdy munter.
Melbourne Storm
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