Stormy blast gone but not soon forgotten

THE weather which wreaked havoc right across the state is now exiting via East Gippsland with a trail of destruction in its wake.

Power out to more than 500,000 homes, bushfires raging in the state’s west with multiple fire fighters hurt, roofs off in South Gippsland, trees down across the local district and power out over a wide area of Gippsland, impacting hospitals, emergency services, business and homes, with no idea when it will return…

It’s been quite a storm.

Bureau of Meteorology is reporting, for example, that winds gusted to 126 km/h at Yarram at one stage on Tuesday.

Winds gusted above the 80km/h mark at Wilsons Prom between 4.05pm ad 5pm, there was a short-sharp blast at Warragul and in the Strzelecki hills where gusts touched the 90km/h mark between 4.20pm and 4.30pm but with relatively little rain falling, 10ml after the front had passed.

And now, all is calm.

And that’s the way it is going to stay for at least the next six days in Wonthaggi, sunny and partly cloudy, calm, and daytime temperatures of between 20 degrees and 24 degrees – raging one day, perfect the next.