they say melbourne has ’4 seasons in one day’ and i can’t tell you how true this saying is. it’s very common for it to rain, then be sunny and warm, then get cold. possibly a few times in a day.
this has been a pretty crap summer in my opinion. it hasn’t been consistently warm at all. yesterday it was grey and raining. about 3pm the sun came out and it warmed up. about 6pm i talked to a friend who said it was pissing rain on the east side. it was very grey here and it began raining at some point. i was inside so whatever. at 330am i was awoken by thunder. it was pouring and we had a LOT of thunder and lightening. i went bk to sleep but it did wake me up a another time so i think it went on for a few hours.
apparently 45 mm fell in the city in like no time at all. (if the conversion is right… that’s 2 inches… but that doesnt seem too bad. i know the areas where it flooded got like double what the city did). the area where my school is (glenferrie rd in hawthorn) completely flooded with people getting stuck in their cars and such. the news showed this guy that lives right down the street from me who’s entire ceiling fell in. that’s scary since i live on the top floor but everything seems to be fine here.