Storm

Victoria was swept by gale-force winds yesterday.

The sky turned a worrying grayish colour by 2pm and was followed soon after by the wind.

The wind was so strong that it rattled windows, doors and the roof.

It even managed to force leaves under the door. Fresh, green leaves, mind you.

At its strongest, the wind was blowing in fine black dust through window gaps. I'll have to clean the house again...  -__-"

The power went out at 1pm.

It only just came back on and now is about 1am.

The entire neighbourhood was affected.

I cooked dinner by torchlight.

Even our local train line has stopped running indefinitely. Thank God my brother was home sick today. Otherwise, I really don't know how he would have gotten home.

Talk about drama.

On the bright side, I know Alex the possum survived. 
I saw him on the neighbour's wall. 

Also, I saw a gorgeous, full double rainbow after the wind and the rain died down. :)






Special mention goes to Yith, PT and PK. 

Thanks for checking on my bro and I. Yith and PT, thanks for offering to bring food. PK, thanks for checking on us even though you're all the way in KL. Love you heaps. *mwaaaah*


Update: As of Saturday (5/4/2008), 15,000 Victorian homes are still without power. Reports say that most will be without power till Monday or later.