Perth Hail Storm - 22nd March 2010

Hail the size of golf balls, gale force winds and a hell of a lot of water. Over 1 billion dollars in damage (worse than the Melbourne hail storm not long before). There was even a land slide at Jacobs Ladder. It was a balmy 30 degrees just before I was wading in knee deep iced water. Many windows and windscreens shattered and trees fallen on cars. 150,000 houses left without power and many road accidents occured. This is the most extreme weather I have ever witnessed in Perth.

Perth has witnessed some of the hotest summer periods, coldest winter days, dryest spells of weather, and now the most intense hail storm in a long time.

Perhaps the subtle stresses of human induced climate change should be given more emphasis as we are clearly experiencing increasingly destructive and inconsistent weather patterns.

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• storm
• Perth
• WA
• gail force winds
• ice
• thunderstorm
• lightning
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• snow

[richiesvideo]

please note the correction that it FELT like summer. It was a typical summer day in Autumn however.

[dipabara]

Scary! I go to Perth to live and this left me a little worried!: (

[Jagwa3]

Can we please have another? i need to buy a car

[familydestroyer]

oh fiona, your internet trail pops up everywhere , you are so easy in so many ways

[Mustang37650]

I remember that day, I was on my PS3 then i suddenly hear bangs from the hail on my roof. I go check out side my whole garden was white, hailing. I was pretty amazed.

[TheCRONIKClan]

I remember this was hetic filled my house

[robbiexps]

love the static interference with the camera from the lightning

[CandyGirlzTKJR]

i was hell scared wen that hail came down lool! i wish i caught it on camera:)

[mattymoo1998]

i had to run from my bus to the train at Stirling station and glass was smashing everywhere

[javaretia]

I remember that afternoon. I was supposed to go to the Education library in Nedlands for my presentation the next day. Felt too lazy and tired and slept. Then awoke with all the hail . And my laundry was outside. It smashed my friend's window and she came running into my room.

[TheAnkaraProject]

That was mad. I was near Kwinana and it was bad but nowhere as bad as the northern suburbs. The West reported the storm that morning and people commented on the west that they were full of shit because it was a beaut day with a perfect sky but wow it came in fast!!!