By Dominique Tassell
Locals have shared pictures online of the recent storms through the Granite Belt highlighting the damage done to the region.
Judy Wills asked on Facebook if anyone had news, as “the aftermath looked bad in the darkness”.
Dan Wats reported that they got eight and a half millimetres of rain at the Summit, with their power out for two and a half hours.
Another local, Kylie, stated that the storm was pretty bad where she lives near Granite Belt Brewery.
Colleen Kneipp says things were “all good” at her house in Applethorpe, will around 12mm on the rain gauges.
She said there was wind, and maybe a tiny bit of hail.
Judy Wills replied that the highway was littered with hail around McDonald’s.
At Mt Marlay, Yvette Neilsen reported no damage, with six millimetres of rain.
Brooke Watson stated that her shed was struck with lightning.
Reportedly, her shed was burnt to the ground.
Another local reported trees down around their house in Applethorpe, while Ronda Speranza posted a photo of her paulownia tree ripped off at the front of their shed.
Jo and Peter McKee stated that they drove through the storm.
“I was literally hanging on for dear life waiting to see a tornado touch down, trees down Applethorpe and power out at McDonald’s when we drove past during the storm.”
Judy Wills stated that the aftermath looked bad enough, and she wouldn’t have liked to drive in it.
Char James stated that they received over 18mm of rain, with eight trees down.
They stated there was massive wind for a short period, which “must have been 150km an hour easy”.
“Scary as,” they said. “We got hammered”.
Stacey Hile said that at Ruby Creek, they didn’t have their power come back on until after midnight which was apparently due to powerlines being down.
