This is a phenomenon called a Microburst. When the thunderstorm is collapsing cold air from the upper atmosphere rushes downward and is accelerated to speeds 150km/h+. With it comes hail and rain (as seen here) they can pack a punch stronger than F1-3 tornados. Amazing Footage. :)
bad storm alright amazing to watch though. i was on a rooftop car park and my sister and i helped a young family get into their car right in the middle of it! and warned a further 20-30 people it was coming inside the shopping center. those people saved their cars and warned still more to do the same!
Wow, great footage! I miss being in SE Qld and experiencing these amazing storms (hail, high winds, and having to wait on the side of the road until it's over if in the car at the time.)
i was in that storm walking with no shelter you no how bad it stings getting hit with rain at 130 kms it was cold as shit and i saw wheelie bins fly ill never forget it
THAT's the problem: they SHOULD be scared! However, at least they had the sense to stay inside. Otherwise, I guarantee you that they would have been hit, and pulverized, by disseminating debris. Also, the wind would have knocked them off of their feet and blown them yards away. Some people confuse stupidity for bravery. I'm from tornado alley (Texas) so I'm quite familiar with intense weather. We take it very seriously. The awesome power of nature can be safely viewed, from a protected area.
Wow! Glad you guys didn't get blown away! I'm glad I don't live too close to the coast (the coast of Alabama that is lol). Cyclones/hurricanes don't look like fun. We usually get the tornadoes from the hurricanes that hit the coast where I live in the states. Love how ya added, "Escape the next Brisbane storm by going on vacation" at the end LOL xD
I've done some investigating.... for the USA folks... the peak winds were just over 100mph and the rain dropped was 6.5 inches in 15 friggin minutes. That is 26 inches per hour in intensity.... MIND BOGGLING!
Honest: I was having sex with someone I didn't know well when this beastly storm came across. Now this chick had a lovely personality, but had a face like a smashed crab. Normally I would escape through the bathroom window, leaving my shirt/shoes behind, as I've done before, especially when I lived at the Coast.
But, being the legend that I am, I went back and dove under the covers and took refuge near her large, smelly vag, till it was over.
its amazing how us aussies love our storms cyclones floods damn what is wrong with us hehehe. Your footage is amazing, if i was there i would have grabbed a cold one (beer). btw i worked on fixing the cunningham hwy from that strom on the top of the gap.
check out " john mccullagh " ....IS THIS HOME !....ITS A SONG THAT WAS WROTE ABOUT THE FLOODS IN ENGLAND...BUT IS NOW ABOUT THE FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND TOO.....GOD BLESS ALL THEM PEOPLE.
We Australians, have strong foundation. Our homes are strong, our economy is strong, and our people are strong.
We Australians, always help each other.
I have no surprise if these blokes so relax watching the storm from their backyard, because we know that we always have a full support from the government, army, and the people, in case we need help.
I'm Indonesian ethnically; I’ve been living in Australia for 15 years and become Australia’s citizen. I’m so proud with my adopted country.
@SharedJoy And its 2nd most modernized country on earth. My opinion :). Theres nobody poor in Australia. Becouse Australia wasnt made to have poor people!
This is amazing footage. It's often difficult to explain to people how dangerous the weather can get in Australia because this kind of power and destruction is beyond the imagination of most people.
I live in Aspley about 5 mins from this and we didn't get it nearly as bad as you guys did. I have never seen such extreme damage done to one specific area whilst leaving the surrounding arrears untouched. Amazing.
Thanks so much for sharing the video! I hope your place was ok.
Due the the topography around The Gap the effects of the storm might have been enhanced. The hills and valleys around The Gap most probably would have caused turbulence (rotor) and venturi effects on the wind and rain.
@thecartel69 I agree with you. Did you notice that one side of the mountain (where the most damage occured) was completely devestated and the other side was untouced?? It was so difinitive.
I remember this at the same time it was devastating the damage it left with families although nothing happened to my house and then it is AMAZING the power of nature. My eyes were stunned. Craziest cylcone to ever hit australia in decades
So true, I am showing this to all my international friends here in Holland, and they can't believe that the people in the video are all having a great time watching!... I must admit I would be doing to the same thing!
@TheKrawlSpace Australians are like ants. We work together to overcome everything and anything. Even though in the global picture we're kinda small we lift many, many times our own weight when we need to. We'll help other ants we've never met without second thought just so the nest we call Australia can be rebuilt bigger and better. The floods subside, the winds ease and the fires go out eventually and you bet that as soon as the sun rises the next day we get things fixed - no matter what!
@TomHallPhotography most of the ones I know are more like kunts.....probably all hailing from the coast mate, coasty, fuggen, coasty, fuggen coasty mate!!!
@morningchaps me too.i think your right cause we are gonna all die soon but who knows if the world will end in 2012 cause i think its a lie, Obama is a big fat liar, he was poor,but now he's the president.He's a monster,the iluminati is from Lucifer and i dont like that.The Goverment will delete (or maybe not) the dollars and fight the euros.
i admit it its true that the Goverment have a machine(or however you spelll it)named:HAARP, that machine was the one that caused the earthquake of haiti and the earthquake of chile.So,anyways hope you guys beilieve me cause you can search Haiti Earthquake Cause by HAARP and itll show.oh and there's one more thing,the Goverment say that they were trying the machine and it was a mistake for the earthquake of haiti.And something else,this is funny Bush touched a hasian's hand and wiped it on pres.
Yeah, that was a bit of a rough storm aye. I remember going to the Gap after that storm to remove a tree that fell through my grandparents roof. I was kinda shocked by the carnage, roofs gone, big old gum trees uprooted, the place was a mess. Wasn't a cyclone though, we hardly got a third of that in New Farm.
I was once in a storm like that just south, it wasn't quite as big but it did some damage. My family used to live next to a school because my dad was principal. one day a storm came from the west and within minutes trees were uprooted. we all stood out on one of the balcony's on the school and a lightning bolt hit a tree about 30 metres away. scared the living daylights out of me.
Awesome footage man. I'm up at payne road and that cyclone ripped up half my trees in the back, smashed multiple windows and left the road itself completely unrecognizable. Still, i'd like it to happen again :P
great storm footage.however and more importantly,we all are born with a conscience and are free to choose good or evil.God does not make humans like animals that only follow instincts.we have souls that move in our sleep for instance, even though the body is still.the soul loves hates etc in mixed memories in sub conscience.
God gives us a mind to understand truth, such as the sun the right distance from earth for life is no accident, our soul needs a saviour
i was living in Kings Park at the time just over the hill from The Gap, i had my roof ripped off and two big gum trees come down and miss my car by inches. Was home alone with two young babies and i still feel funny (after 2 years) watching this. Very good footage guys....wish i stopped panicing for a moment to think about getting my camera out.
ive seen 1000s of videos with amazing footage of severe storms from trees blowing over to lightnight striking 1m away, but i have never seen anything as amazing as this!
I live in maleny 500m above sea level, and an hour north of brisbane, i captured some footage of this storm and it looked bad!! but i never ever expected it to be like this!
Never forget that day :) i only wish we got the storm full on like that.. (in maleny the storms either die down or go around us)
i remember this storm i had my formal that night!!! it was so scary but exciting we all got wet but didnt care and then couldnt make it to the after party cause roads were blocked so we partied in the car off the road....ahhhhh good times :) but felt sorry for the damage it made to alot of families.
Man thinks he got it all figured out with his 'intelligence' and personified opinions. If it was truely intended, nature could wipe the surface of the earth clean in less than a day... Perhaps it wouldn't be an unwise decision to start showing some respect for the soil that is lived on. xD
I was in Wynnum and didn't get anything like this at all, not even close. Must have been a very localised storm. Also, it wasn't a cyclone, but a severe thunderstorm, and thunderstorms don't have an 'eye', only tropical cyclones.
My house got smashed i have a beach house andd all the trees fell over and no power for 2 days and my fence got crushed by a 150 foot tree ahahah fun fun tho
@elmoallan55 severe storms can circulate and create an eye ( FACT ). I have expereience the " eye " of a severe storm a few years ago. It looked like a mini cyclone on the radar and behaved like one too with clockwise winds and a definitive eye.
your area is wack, I live in the gap and you couldnt see ANYTHING, not even the rain it was like a massive white wall was put in, no damage to my house though.
I was living there when the storm hit. My garage sloped uphill and the water was still over a ft deep @ the far end, 40m from the door. Cars wrecked, trees thrown all over the roads, massive flooding. A workmate of mine was in bed and his daughter came in and said "Daddy, my room's gone." The storm then removed the main bedroom too, only 2 mins after they managed to get their kids and hide in the bathroom. It LOOKS cool for sure, but for some people it wasn't if you were there.
This storm wasn't actually a cyclone, I think they were just comparing it to a cyclone. A cyclone and a hurricane are the same thing - they are just called cyclones in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. In the northern Pacific they are called typhoons.
@myronny95 Umm, I'm from Brisbane and experienced this storm, which was a thunderstorm and not a cyclone. I know that might be difficult for you to understand, since by the way you speak I doubt you finished kindergarten.
@myronny95 mate it wasnt a cyclone, it was a bad storm with winds that match a cyclone, u dont get cyclones in brisbane only severe storms, cyclone are for the tropics. And cyclones also last about 6-8 hours and that one lasted like 2
@squidgiepoo no i wasnt there doesnt mean i dont know the difference between a cyclone and a severe storm, did the storm form in the ocean like cyclones do? no it formed on the land, was there cyclone adviserys on the tv and radio? no, did it go for 8 straight hours with 2 days of monsoonal rain NO i guess not. It was a storm that has similar force of a cyclone, it wasnt a cyclone
Footage is amazing - nice job. This storm was impressive. I only caught the rain part driving back from the gold coast, and didn't realise how much damage had been done til I visited family out on the northside.
typical qld thunder storm which this is a storm btw viewers not a cyclone just a typical storm with a added punch of insane winds 170 kmph that day i believe?? nice footage best I have seen congrats love it
Me: Just a normal storm. 1:34 OH CRAP. I live in America, and Illinois got storms like that before. We got hit by a category 1 inland hurricane, also.
Dude!!.. I was the shift leader for the BCC that day and to this day it remains as the 1 scariest moment in my life.. We were based on level 15 of brisbane Square in the City and saw the storm destroying The Gap and then it turned its fury towards us... Mate lets hope for all of us that it was a once in a life time event as I NEVER want to relive that storm and its aftermath!!
Ahh I remember when this happened. I live at Mt Ommaney and could see it from the back of the house (someone cut a tree down so the day before, conveniently revealing Mt Cootha). House flooded a bit, plus half a meter of water in the backyard. The sky just looked freaky. So dark and green. Then we turned on the news later on and I was shocked.
come on change the name it wasnt a cyclone its a micro burst lookit up on wiki but apart from that it wasnt a good thing my friend had his arm split open when it happened
i still think this is one of the best storm vids on youtube. I remember watching the news here in Perth and they said the wind in this storm was about 130km/h, that is crap coz i've seen and experienced wind around 160km/h but the wind in this vid is stronger ( more like 180-200kph ). Great vid of an amazing storm.......
Property will fall by up to 50% in the first quarter of 2010, this is avery scary fact !! propety in Brisbane and the suburbs will be hit the very worst. we were warned about this but most people chose to ignore the facts. a property in Albany creek valued at $650,000 will only be worth about $325,000-$347,000. this is the doom we were all warned about...
loli've seen about 4 this good in the past 2 years (including this one lol) trust me you didn't want to be there! i've seen one huge hailstorm that sent me off to europe! a thunderstorm that produced a tornado 2 weeks after the hail one and a flood about a month after that. not to mention going to brisi to pick up a formal dress and running into this storm! we tried to drive a 5 min trip before it hit when we left we thought we had about 15 mins or so... in truth we had about 3. it moved fast!
it was awesome! i was in chermside for this one. it wasn't as bad there but it was still one heck of a wall of water! i was at a shopping center and a shopping trolly in the rooftop was blown so hard by the wind that it dinted 2 cars. it only traveled about 20m
lol i remember playing computer when it happened, then the power went out, looked out the window and there were small branches falling down. These branches turned into entire trees, so i though, time to move away from the window
We were 4WD wen this hit, intense, trees were falling down was muddy as hell, we cudnt see any thing infront of us, there was soo much water on the road in such a short time, im glad we had the 4by
Im so glad i was away on holiday when that happened.
BabyCakesStyles 1 month ago
OMFG. Is this normal or fricken what?. tough lads indeed!! great vid. .. .. from Cork. Ireland.. thank you.
fairhillnorrie 1 month ago
if i remember, it was a good birthday that year:\
WARHEAD4201 3 months ago
i love the comment - "you couldn't fill the tank that quick with a hose...." hahahaha. smart dudes.
TheSlothman01 3 months ago
It infuriates me how people mistake these for cyclones.. Gret video by the way (The trees are standing straight we must me in the eye)please haha
lettuceo0 3 months ago
This is a phenomenon called a Microburst. When the thunderstorm is collapsing cold air from the upper atmosphere rushes downward and is accelerated to speeds 150km/h+. With it comes hail and rain (as seen here) they can pack a punch stronger than F1-3 tornados. Amazing Footage. :)
bobmeister93 3 months ago
bad storm alright amazing to watch though. i was on a rooftop car park and my sister and i helped a young family get into their car right in the middle of it! and warned a further 20-30 people it was coming inside the shopping center. those people saved their cars and warned still more to do the same!
budgiebreder 3 months ago
OMG I was in this storm! My neighbours roof got ripped off, no joke! o.o
pinkleopard98 4 months ago
Lol I was is that storm and I remember lookin out the window to see my trampoline flying ion my neighbors yard
MrCoolmannico 4 months ago
that was a bloody bad storm that year. I hate storms i get really scared
bronwyn13245 4 months ago
I LIVE IN FLORIDA...AND WE GOT HIT BY FRANCES THEN JEANNE ALL WITHIN A 3 WEEK PERIOD IN 2005..IT SUCKED...BUT I HAD FUN GOING OUTSIDE IN IT
brando12790 5 months ago
Wow, great footage! I miss being in SE Qld and experiencing these amazing storms (hail, high winds, and having to wait on the side of the road until it's over if in the car at the time.)
TheFaithArtist 5 months ago
I live a few suburbs from the gap, i don't remember any storm this big in 2008??
clipzed 5 months ago
i was in that storm walking with no shelter you no how bad it stings getting hit with rain at 130 kms it was cold as shit and i saw wheelie bins fly ill never forget it
IAMKYLEIAMGOD 5 months ago
THAT's the problem: they SHOULD be scared! However, at least they had the sense to stay inside. Otherwise, I guarantee you that they would have been hit, and pulverized, by disseminating debris. Also, the wind would have knocked them off of their feet and blown them yards away. Some people confuse stupidity for bravery. I'm from tornado alley (Texas) so I'm quite familiar with intense weather. We take it very seriously. The awesome power of nature can be safely viewed, from a protected area.
MALP1231 6 months ago
@ Indoor lighting
This has got to be without a doubt the best storm video on youtube by far! Good job!
Pardon my language but there is not other way to say it, you guys have balls of steel!
geordo2001 6 months ago
Wow! Glad you guys didn't get blown away! I'm glad I don't live too close to the coast (the coast of Alabama that is lol). Cyclones/hurricanes don't look like fun. We usually get the tornadoes from the hurricanes that hit the coast where I live in the states. Love how ya added, "Escape the next Brisbane storm by going on vacation" at the end LOL xD
heatherdumas 7 months ago
I've done some investigating.... for the USA folks... the peak winds were just over 100mph and the rain dropped was 6.5 inches in 15 friggin minutes. That is 26 inches per hour in intensity.... MIND BOGGLING!
sacredaustin 7 months ago
This is hands-down the best video ever captured of a non-tornadic severe thunderstorm ! This simply boggles my mind.
sacredaustin 7 months ago
lol im moving to aussie land ;D
MrFreerunner247 7 months ago
Watch this - No Helmets! We don't need your firepower. Have a great day!
watch?v=EvKBz3lkTiE
TomHallPhotography 8 months ago
it'd be cool if you could play in that storm
sldklr 9 months ago
Honest: I was having sex with someone I didn't know well when this beastly storm came across. Now this chick had a lovely personality, but had a face like a smashed crab. Normally I would escape through the bathroom window, leaving my shirt/shoes behind, as I've done before, especially when I lived at the Coast.
But, being the legend that I am, I went back and dove under the covers and took refuge near her large, smelly vag, till it was over.
PhatStork 9 months ago
great footage, this storm's wind speeds would have been roughly equivalent to a Cat 3 or 4 cyclone i would say...
trex0021 10 months ago
Shit!!!
TheEdgimamaman 10 months ago
Scariest day of my life.
TheHazelErwin 10 months ago
Best micro burst footage ever!!! Well done and thanks for sharing it
anthonystjohn 11 months ago
its amazing how us aussies love our storms cyclones floods damn what is wrong with us hehehe. Your footage is amazing, if i was there i would have grabbed a cold one (beer). btw i worked on fixing the cunningham hwy from that strom on the top of the gap.
iluvrnb1 11 months ago
@0:28 how goods that lol
iluvrnb1 11 months ago
check out " john mccullagh " ....IS THIS HOME !....ITS A SONG THAT WAS WROTE ABOUT THE FLOODS IN ENGLAND...BUT IS NOW ABOUT THE FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND TOO.....GOD BLESS ALL THEM PEOPLE.
LARRSON77 11 months ago
It looks like a shower
jennybabe8 11 months ago
Aussie tornadoes and cyclones go in reverse too, right?
UnoRaza 1 year ago
wow thats awesome!! i thought our super cell storm in melbourne was cool. nothing compared to that. gr8 vid
ozigal1 1 year ago
probably the best what mother earth can serve.
itsnotlikewethink09 1 year ago
We Australians, have strong foundation. Our homes are strong, our economy is strong, and our people are strong.
We Australians, always help each other.
I have no surprise if these blokes so relax watching the storm from their backyard, because we know that we always have a full support from the government, army, and the people, in case we need help.
I'm Indonesian ethnically; I’ve been living in Australia for 15 years and become Australia’s citizen. I’m so proud with my adopted country.
SharedJoy 1 year ago 14
@SharedJoy And its 2nd most modernized country on earth. My opinion :). Theres nobody poor in Australia. Becouse Australia wasnt made to have poor people!
UltimateOwnz 2 months ago
@UltimateOwnz ..That isn't true, there are poor people everywhere :|
and in terms of technological advancements, we are so behind on everything compared to Europe, Asia and North America.
aaalexishhh 2 months ago
Amazing footage.
stevehoughton 1 year ago
lol if your house went to pieces
mondomedialover 1 year ago
What Category?
SlittyDrake 1 year ago
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dafunk26 1 year ago
This is amazing footage. It's often difficult to explain to people how dangerous the weather can get in Australia because this kind of power and destruction is beyond the imagination of most people.
I live in Aspley about 5 mins from this and we didn't get it nearly as bad as you guys did. I have never seen such extreme damage done to one specific area whilst leaving the surrounding arrears untouched. Amazing.
Thanks so much for sharing the video! I hope your place was ok.
mptaylor84 1 year ago
Due the the topography around The Gap the effects of the storm might have been enhanced. The hills and valleys around The Gap most probably would have caused turbulence (rotor) and venturi effects on the wind and rain.
thecartel69 1 year ago
@thecartel69 I agree with you. Did you notice that one side of the mountain (where the most damage occured) was completely devestated and the other side was untouced?? It was so difinitive.
mptaylor84 1 year ago
beautiful sunny queensland
yoshino225 1 year ago
I remember the meteorologists saying that it was technically wasn't a cyclone, and I remember thinking "rubbish"!
shazzadee 1 year ago
@shazzadee It was a Microburst, never heard of the term myself till this storm happened.
Damian2257 1 year ago
" not gunna be laughing if the house blows over "... pmsl lovin it !~
valcarni1 1 year ago
I remember this at the same time it was devastating the damage it left with families although nothing happened to my house and then it is AMAZING the power of nature. My eyes were stunned. Craziest cylcone to ever hit australia in decades
beingaloserisfun2 1 year ago
Not a Cyclone!! If as you say "we are in the eye" Why hasn't the wind come from the other direction??
Tropicous 1 year ago
Ha I remember this. It really was almost like there was an 'eye' in the storm then BOOM. Crazy stuff. Great footage :)
tonatxic 1 year ago
I love how we Aussies just so casually accept what ever's coming. We're a tough breed and there isn't a lot that scares up. So proud to be an Aussie!
TomHallPhotography 1 year ago 26
So true, I am showing this to all my international friends here in Holland, and they can't believe that the people in the video are all having a great time watching!... I must admit I would be doing to the same thing!
ccon7279 11 months ago
@TomHallPhotography Definitely Understand. It's Been Rough For You All Lately. Peace To You and Yours.
TheKrawlSpace 11 months ago
@TheKrawlSpace Australians are like ants. We work together to overcome everything and anything. Even though in the global picture we're kinda small we lift many, many times our own weight when we need to. We'll help other ants we've never met without second thought just so the nest we call Australia can be rebuilt bigger and better. The floods subside, the winds ease and the fires go out eventually and you bet that as soon as the sun rises the next day we get things fixed - no matter what!
TomHallPhotography 11 months ago 2
@TomHallPhotography most of the ones I know are more like kunts.....probably all hailing from the coast mate, coasty, fuggen, coasty, fuggen coasty mate!!!
MrKwameR 9 months ago
@TomHallPhotography coasty, fuggen coasty, fuggen coasty mate!!!!
Also sounds like one of the ferals is having a tug in the background, either that or someone's punjabed his bare ass without lube
MrKwameR 9 months ago
@TomHallPhotography american fire power will scare u. XD
MrZAS10 8 months ago
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TomHallPhotography 8 months ago
@MrZAS10 Fire?
MsSloppyseconds 7 months ago
When nature puts on a show like this you can't help but be left in awe.
TomHallPhotography 1 year ago
Thats an awesome video, i live in Birkdale, and we saw the storm pass over the gap. The sky went dark green.
dustinx100 1 year ago
shit that a ton of rain. haha 'we're not gonna be laughing if the house blows over.'
knester21 1 year ago
Man I Can Watch That All Day
1crans1 1 year ago
Gotta admit, I really prefer the Australian response to natural disasters - none of that wailing & praying to Jesus crap.
morningchaps 1 year ago 4
@morningchaps me too.i think your right cause we are gonna all die soon but who knows if the world will end in 2012 cause i think its a lie, Obama is a big fat liar, he was poor,but now he's the president.He's a monster,the iluminati is from Lucifer and i dont like that.The Goverment will delete (or maybe not) the dollars and fight the euros.
notawordbutmine 1 year ago
i admit it its true that the Goverment have a machine(or however you spelll it)named:HAARP, that machine was the one that caused the earthquake of haiti and the earthquake of chile.So,anyways hope you guys beilieve me cause you can search Haiti Earthquake Cause by HAARP and itll show.oh and there's one more thing,the Goverment say that they were trying the machine and it was a mistake for the earthquake of haiti.And something else,this is funny Bush touched a hasian's hand and wiped it on pres.
notawordbutmine 1 year ago
Yeah, that was a bit of a rough storm aye. I remember going to the Gap after that storm to remove a tree that fell through my grandparents roof. I was kinda shocked by the carnage, roofs gone, big old gum trees uprooted, the place was a mess. Wasn't a cyclone though, we hardly got a third of that in New Farm.
Morganfrench01 1 year ago
Looks like the storm let go a massive downburst from about 1:30 onwards. A good downburst can have the same damaging potential as a tornado.
castlemania08 1 year ago
Holy shit! Mother nature at it's best....and worst! I live in Brisbane and will never forget that storm. I love storms :)
Rusldalovemusl 1 year ago
I was once in a storm like that just south, it wasn't quite as big but it did some damage. My family used to live next to a school because my dad was principal. one day a storm came from the west and within minutes trees were uprooted. we all stood out on one of the balcony's on the school and a lightning bolt hit a tree about 30 metres away. scared the living daylights out of me.
hepalopala 1 year ago
I rode the storm out in a park. Worst decision ever!
DOUCH3AG 1 year ago
@aus245 zomg you like cyclones?!
zobarok0910 1 year ago
power hose from hell
BillEatSuttonPoyntz 1 year ago
I miss brisbane because of epic storms like this, and also the bike tracks it is such a great city to be active in.
Tonystarkes888 1 year ago
Awesome footage man. I'm up at payne road and that cyclone ripped up half my trees in the back, smashed multiple windows and left the road itself completely unrecognizable. Still, i'd like it to happen again :P
xTurquoiseGlazex 1 year ago
Cyclones are great
aus2045 1 year ago
Unbelievable! I was on my way to a Touch game. I passed The Gap and most buildings had great damage.
JustJanice99 1 year ago
great storm footage.however and more importantly,we all are born with a conscience and are free to choose good or evil.God does not make humans like animals that only follow instincts.we have souls that move in our sleep for instance, even though the body is still.the soul loves hates etc in mixed memories in sub conscience.
God gives us a mind to understand truth, such as the sun the right distance from earth for life is no accident, our soul needs a saviour
bibliosca 1 year ago
Sooo Aussie.. Larakin comments and all.. lol, love it
rtorcon 1 year ago
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rtorcon 1 year ago
"were not going to be laughing if the house goes over"
davknot 1 year ago
i was living in Kings Park at the time just over the hill from The Gap, i had my roof ripped off and two big gum trees come down and miss my car by inches. Was home alone with two young babies and i still feel funny (after 2 years) watching this. Very good footage guys....wish i stopped panicing for a moment to think about getting my camera out.
aakg08 1 year ago
ive seen 1000s of videos with amazing footage of severe storms from trees blowing over to lightnight striking 1m away, but i have never seen anything as amazing as this!
I live in maleny 500m above sea level, and an hour north of brisbane, i captured some footage of this storm and it looked bad!! but i never ever expected it to be like this!
Never forget that day :) i only wish we got the storm full on like that.. (in maleny the storms either die down or go around us)
:(
hawty0boy 1 year ago
those poor.. poor trees :(
smellmytootsies 1 year ago
Probably one of the most severe storms in the last ten years in SE QLD . Wind speeds in this storm by dopplar radar were recorded at 180kmhr.
AussieStorms 1 year ago
lol the storm heard him. as soon as he said THATS NOTHING!!!, the wind picked up speed
Ninja6317 1 year ago
Amazing Footage - Loved the 'Wall Of Water' after the 'Eye' of the 'Cyclone'.
Hail looked more like tennis balls...
SNOW! - Yummy Yummy
XD
LukeMcBrick 1 year ago
Good vid, i copped it pretty bad as well. No power for three days sucked a bit.
Timmy522 1 year ago
Wow - excellent footage. Actually, my mother`s house in D`Aguilar Road got trashed in this deluge.
owling9 1 year ago
fuck now thers a cyclone coming to sydney i hope it will be like this one
jhonnyboyxo 1 year ago
Stick your ass out the window.
SirDamned 1 year ago
Rain you are not supposed to be moving sideways!
andbruno 1 year ago
AWESOME
JimmyRimsphere 1 year ago
i remember this storm i had my formal that night!!! it was so scary but exciting we all got wet but didnt care and then couldnt make it to the after party cause roads were blocked so we partied in the car off the road....ahhhhh good times :) but felt sorry for the damage it made to alot of families.
eljayy91 1 year ago
crickey i remember this storm in brissy, it was scary shit. I lived in hervey bay at the time n we got the back end of it. I hate cyclone season lol
bronwyn13245 1 year ago
beautiful, but dangerous ;-) great
zrucnadsazavou 1 year ago
lol how funny
kyrifidis 1 year ago
my house was practically killed from that storm :'( haha
Zozaleenie 1 year ago
Man thinks he got it all figured out with his 'intelligence' and personified opinions. If it was truely intended, nature could wipe the surface of the earth clean in less than a day... Perhaps it wouldn't be an unwise decision to start showing some respect for the soil that is lived on. xD
ZMorpheus 1 year ago
WOW mad storm! great video
14seymour10 1 year ago
btw the bureau of meteorology confirms that the winds reached speeds of about 180 kph
CadburyCorpse 1 year ago
This same storm hit the Bunya/Albany Creek area (10 - 15km north) not long after this.
We had about 60mm of rain in 10 minutes. The winds were just as strong but hail wasn't a big factor.
CadburyCorpse 1 year ago
Thanks for showing this. I am so scared of storms as i think it is one of my worst fears with spiders. :)
ReeBee74 1 year ago
I think it was what the Bureau of Meteorology call a 'microburst'
ASkywalker1 1 year ago
I was in Wynnum and didn't get anything like this at all, not even close. Must have been a very localised storm. Also, it wasn't a cyclone, but a severe thunderstorm, and thunderstorms don't have an 'eye', only tropical cyclones.
ASkywalker1 1 year ago
I live in mackay andd Ului is about to hit soon KEEEN!
elmoallan55 1 year ago
i live in mackay aswell haha,
deathradman 1 year ago
My house got smashed i have a beach house andd all the trees fell over and no power for 2 days and my fence got crushed by a 150 foot tree ahahah fun fun tho
elmoallan55 1 year ago
@elmoallan55 severe storms can circulate and create an eye ( FACT ). I have expereience the " eye " of a severe storm a few years ago. It looked like a mini cyclone on the radar and behaved like one too with clockwise winds and a definitive eye.
munyman07 1 year ago
your area is wack, I live in the gap and you couldnt see ANYTHING, not even the rain it was like a massive white wall was put in, no damage to my house though.
cmoun5 1 year ago
sweet thats my birthday
spidermatt21 1 year ago
how are those trees even still standing after that
Dorkdufus 1 year ago
Great video Guys. I live at Sinnamon Park which is probably, as the crow fly's 10-12 klms and we got nothing like that...Great video.
anthonyi69 1 year ago
omfg! Thats so amazing!Ahh and scary so much rain at 1:34...I'm scared of lighting and thunder lol
Mikuru68 1 year ago
I was living there when the storm hit. My garage sloped uphill and the water was still over a ft deep @ the far end, 40m from the door. Cars wrecked, trees thrown all over the roads, massive flooding. A workmate of mine was in bed and his daughter came in and said "Daddy, my room's gone." The storm then removed the main bedroom too, only 2 mins after they managed to get their kids and hide in the bathroom. It LOOKS cool for sure, but for some people it wasn't if you were there.
Freaky ...
chrisrnz 1 year ago
amazing!
1GOD1JESUS 1 year ago
Far fucking out how heavey was the rain and that wind that was like 200kmph shit balls lol Kool video best part was 1:34
TheHabbo42 1 year ago
Ah! I don't remember that. I live South side so it might not have been as bad.
chunkyxsushi 1 year ago
definitely a microburst ...i havn't seen anything like that since the 80's in brissie!!!!
MitteryDragon 1 year ago
absolutely stunning
rogeressig 1 year ago
Great footage! 5 stars
bj616 1 year ago 11
Yeah man, I remember hearing about that.
axlfoleyfanatic 1 year ago 2
I'am jealous wish I could have been there.
scarlett24ca 1 year ago
This is so Australian. The images, the voice over. I love it. Thanks for uploading.
vermillionesque 1 year ago
WHats the difference between a cyclone and a hurricane????
999mimi 1 year ago
This storm wasn't actually a cyclone, I think they were just comparing it to a cyclone. A cyclone and a hurricane are the same thing - they are just called cyclones in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. In the northern Pacific they are called typhoons.
Laufirio 1 year ago 2
@Laufirio where the fuck r u from kunt?
it was a cyclone aka hurricane not all fukn cyclones have to be fuckn sharp twisty pointy things u faget
myronny95 1 year ago
@myronny95 Umm, I'm from Brisbane and experienced this storm, which was a thunderstorm and not a cyclone. I know that might be difficult for you to understand, since by the way you speak I doubt you finished kindergarten.
Laufirio 1 year ago
@Laufirio are you from the gap i had a boulder go throw my house so don`t doubt it it was like a cyclone
squidgiepoo 1 year ago
@squidgiepoo I was in Chapel Hill at the time. I think you're right - while it wasn't a cyclone the wind speed was the same. Scary stuff!
Laufirio 1 year ago
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@squidgiepoo I was in Chapel Hill at the time. You're right - even though it wasn't a cyclone, the wind speed was the same. Scary!
Laufirio 1 year ago
@myronny95 mate it wasnt a cyclone, it was a bad storm with winds that match a cyclone, u dont get cyclones in brisbane only severe storms, cyclone are for the tropics. And cyclones also last about 6-8 hours and that one lasted like 2
mrbenno720 1 year ago
@mrbenno720 were you there i guess not
squidgiepoo 1 year ago
@squidgiepoo no i wasnt there doesnt mean i dont know the difference between a cyclone and a severe storm, did the storm form in the ocean like cyclones do? no it formed on the land, was there cyclone adviserys on the tv and radio? no, did it go for 8 straight hours with 2 days of monsoonal rain NO i guess not. It was a storm that has similar force of a cyclone, it wasnt a cyclone
mrbenno720 1 year ago
@mrbenno720 you weren't there that is all i need to hear
squidgiepoo 1 year ago
@squidgiepoo it wasnt a cyclone thats all i need to know :)
mrbenno720 1 year ago
@Laufirio FUCK DUDE
my family house was in this shit got a roof torn off was n was chanel 7 kunt
for fuck sake
dont u fkn watch the news mr smart fuck
they even said it on the news u fuckhed
finished fuckn todler school fuck man ur retarded a todler cant type u fuckhed
myronny95 1 year ago
@myronny95 hay you do no calling people a retard is mocking the sick kids like that
what if you of any of your family members where like that then what would you do ???? im not being mean ether
imwaytoc 1 year ago
just different countries have different names for them., it is the same storm
SuperBullygirl 1 year ago
OMFG dats so cool && supa scary :)
JaNiTa1996 1 year ago
being from Kansas, I'm pretty insulated when it comes to thunderstorms, etc., but this is just jaw-dropping. What a storm.
chimayai 2 years ago
you are from kansas?, don't you get tornadoes and supercells over there?
SuperBullygirl 1 year ago
Looks like a cross between a supercell and a Catagory three hurricane LOL!!!
LaserDarkDX 2 years ago
Footage is amazing - nice job. This storm was impressive. I only caught the rain part driving back from the gold coast, and didn't realise how much damage had been done til I visited family out on the northside.
bring on this storm season :D
allatheaussie 2 years ago
typical qld thunder storm which this is a storm btw viewers not a cyclone just a typical storm with a added punch of insane winds 170 kmph that day i believe?? nice footage best I have seen congrats love it
jacobblack1000 2 years ago
It wasn't cyclone!
cityfolkferal 2 years ago
1:35 onwards is immense!!
stigno89 2 years ago
Immense Mannnnnnn !!!!
Truthspeaker74 2 years ago
WHAAATT!!!
tacktitioner 2 years ago
1.32 onward....SHIIIIIT!....man i would of totally crapped myself by then.....that is so bizzare
TheSugaqueen 2 years ago 2
now that should be one of the things you get with your three park super pass!
looks like the most fun you can have in australia haha, i love storms.
boarderx113 2 years ago
2:44 You can hardly see a thing!
kevyo90 2 years ago
Lightening hit my grandma's tree in this storm, and all of her windows were broken with like mud and shit on the walls. Pretty insane shit.
thedoolz 2 years ago
Me: Just a normal storm. 1:34 OH CRAP. I live in America, and Illinois got storms like that before. We got hit by a category 1 inland hurricane, also.
Pokemon978IsBackOn 2 years ago
Dude!!.. I was the shift leader for the BCC that day and to this day it remains as the 1 scariest moment in my life.. We were based on level 15 of brisbane Square in the City and saw the storm destroying The Gap and then it turned its fury towards us... Mate lets hope for all of us that it was a once in a life time event as I NEVER want to relive that storm and its aftermath!!
cbaus76 2 years ago
i do, despite the fact a tree went through our house and had a tarp roof for 3 months, it was fucking AWESOME
n00bsreadthis 2 years ago
I will never forget this day. We lived through this storm also and it was the worse one we have ever had. Never going to forget this day! :)
AMFForumvideo 2 years ago
Ahh I remember when this happened. I live at Mt Ommaney and could see it from the back of the house (someone cut a tree down so the day before, conveniently revealing Mt Cootha). House flooded a bit, plus half a meter of water in the backyard. The sky just looked freaky. So dark and green. Then we turned on the news later on and I was shocked.
Ripped the shade sails apart.
wikiwama 2 years ago
come on change the name it wasnt a cyclone its a micro burst lookit up on wiki but apart from that it wasnt a good thing my friend had his arm split open when it happened
ArtisticTerror 2 years ago
i still think this is one of the best storm vids on youtube. I remember watching the news here in Perth and they said the wind in this storm was about 130km/h, that is crap coz i've seen and experienced wind around 160km/h but the wind in this vid is stronger ( more like 180-200kph ). Great vid of an amazing storm.......
munyman07 2 years ago 2
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Property will fall by up to 50% in the first quarter of 2010, this is avery scary fact !! propety in Brisbane and the suburbs will be hit the very worst. we were warned about this but most people chose to ignore the facts. a property in Albany creek valued at $650,000 will only be worth about $325,000-$347,000. this is the doom we were all warned about...
bphillimore 2 years ago
I envy you for getting to experience that!!
we had the June 07 storm / flood / ship getting beached...but our storm in Newcastle wasnt anywhere near as cool and hectic as that storm!!
great vid and footage :)
ProDrummer08 2 years ago
loli've seen about 4 this good in the past 2 years (including this one lol) trust me you didn't want to be there! i've seen one huge hailstorm that sent me off to europe! a thunderstorm that produced a tornado 2 weeks after the hail one and a flood about a month after that. not to mention going to brisi to pick up a formal dress and running into this storm! we tried to drive a 5 min trip before it hit when we left we thought we had about 15 mins or so... in truth we had about 3. it moved fast!
budgiebreder 2 years ago
lmao. i love the commentary subtitles.. good entertainment. haha. good footage 2.. looked awesome
ViperInc 2 years ago 2
it was awesome! i was in chermside for this one. it wasn't as bad there but it was still one heck of a wall of water! i was at a shopping center and a shopping trolly in the rooftop was blown so hard by the wind that it dinted 2 cars. it only traveled about 20m
budgiebreder 2 years ago
lol i remember playing computer when it happened, then the power went out, looked out the window and there were small branches falling down. These branches turned into entire trees, so i though, time to move away from the window
EFOREH 2 years ago
I've watched this so many times. Its kinda relaxing in a chaotic way
MyUsername156 2 years ago 2
me 2 haha, theres no other Brissy storm footage like it!
tonzislandsandman 2 years ago 2
Best storm footage ever 5 stars! I think what you got was a microburst
anthonystjohn 2 years ago
I live in Ashgrove and it was pretty bad there but not as bad as the gap and our retaining wall fell down which was holding up our whole house!
Janeee97 2 years ago
I live in The Gap and this storm was awesome
richards002 2 years ago
We were 4WD wen this hit, intense, trees were falling down was muddy as hell, we cudnt see any thing infront of us, there was soo much water on the road in such a short time, im glad we had the 4by
Magicmungbean 2 years ago
a year later and we still dont have carpets down
givemethebeatboys 2 years ago
I would have shit myself at 1:50, LOL.
Azza1070 2 years ago
i remember this it was a huge storm
guitarheroa7x 2 years ago
wtf? at 156 157 i thought i saw people in the pool lol great video
goodzila2000 2 years ago