Storm of the Century.

on Tuesday night last week we had some pretty bad storms that flooded parts of the city, and they continued into Wednesday.  around 5.15pm, the radio stations were advising residents of the city to leave work and return home prior to the "storm of the century" hitting the city.  it was a pretty eery scene driving home, as the highway was relatively clear with little traffic.

what i saw when i visited the bureau of meteorology
**image courtesy of bureau of meteorology**

so, i left to come home and was glad that i got here before the rain to take some pictures.  i went out to the beach, and to my left...clear, beautiful skies.

beautiful spring day

to my right, storms are a brewing...

spring storm coming in from the west

right before the action started

all in all, it wasn't the worst storm that we have seen here, although one of the girls that jeff works with had her house flooded and there was 23mm (almost an inch) of rain in 6 minutes in one part of the city.  we were very fortunate that we didn't get the worst of it.