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Heads up!Any of you with cars or valuable stuff outside:time to cover up!One of my customers "out west" of Canberra has been totalled by hail,and the Bureau of Meterology says it's headed our way...Hopefully it misses us,but if it doesn't:get your 'Line inside!!

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im gonna put my cat out in a big open feild, put it in a big steel box it cant get out of, with a large metal rod sticking out of it and hope for the best.........oh i dont like my cat by the way.

bit worried about the car though, no way i can put it inside so i guess im going to have to stand outside and hold an umbrella over of it, or once it hits just drive as fast as i can in the direction of it and try and out run it?

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Been on the BOM website and looking at the weather radar:

http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR402.l...oop.shtml#image Check it out GOOD SHIT

and ive been watching it for a while, SOmething is growing and it isnt looking good!

Although the weather worning says big hailstorms, but not in our area...which means its coming our way.. (they never get it right)

My Car will be first class with my duna tonight.... Ill freeze if i have to.... :S

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Well,THAT all amounted to SQUAT...Still,better to be safe than...stuffed?My mum's Forester got totalled 2 nights ago in Goulburn,so don't just dismiss these hail warnings.Oh,yeah:I'm on a motorbike to and from work:think I'm feeling good about the weather at the mo'?!

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im gonna put my cat out in a big open feild, put it in a big steel box it cant get out of, with a large metal rod sticking out of it and hope for the best.........oh i dont like my cat by the way.

bit worried about the car though, no way i can put it inside so i guess im going to have to stand outside and hold an umbrella over of it, or once it hits just drive as fast as i can in the direction of it and try and out run it?

use the cat to bat away the hailstones as they near the car.

bang smack meoOOOOOWWWWWWW

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use the cat to bat away the hailstones as they near the car.  

bang smack meoOOOOOWWWWWWW

hahaha thats some funny shizer i got worried about my car the other night in melb there was thunder and lightning very very frightning and knowing melb it would probly hail during a 40 degree day!!

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