No internet yesterday and a big storm hits our coast
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
Rockingham, Australia
May 24, 2020 7:09pm CST
We were promised wild storms yesterday and the prediction even hit the Irish news. Our son rang to see if we were okay as their news had reported a lot of damage. At that point, we’d had some rain but that was all. Later, on our news, we saw rooves being torn off buildings and slung across power lines. More than 60,000 homes are without power. It is still a bit blustery here. We haven’t been down to measure the rain yet.
We had no internet at all yesterday but luckily we had other things to do. I’m bound to miss a few of your discussions but thankfully I’m back on board now. During the ‘downtime’ I sorted through some photo and found this one of a spider web in the bush. I wonder how they fare in a storm.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
25 May 20
Thankfully you are back!!!
Did a bad moon rise first?
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 May 20
@JimBo452020 I did guess that. It's a great song. Love CCR.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
25 May 20
@JudyEv
I was thinking of the CCR song
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@marguicha (215470)
• Chile
25 May 20
The photo is beautiful. Keep safe. Mother nature is sometimes a stepmother
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@marguicha (215470)
• Chile
25 May 20
@JudyEv I am glad that you only had minor problems.
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@wolfgirl569 (95226)
• Marion, Ohio
25 May 20
Glad to hear you guys are okay. Nice web
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@Deepizzaguy (94552)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
25 May 20
I am happy to learn that you are back on this site after having no internet service for a day.
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@Deepizzaguy (94552)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 May 20
@JudyEv I know how you feel without internet for a long period of time.
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@kobesbuddy (74569)
• East Tawas, Michigan
25 May 20
Oh my gosh, what a turbulent storm this was! Thank God, you and Vince didn't get the blunt of it:( Our storms are over, hopefully!
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 May 20
@kobesbuddy Oh yes, the drone came down the next day! We were so lucky. And it still flies so it's all good news. 
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@kobesbuddy (74569)
• East Tawas, Michigan
25 May 20
@JudyEv I wonder if Vince's camera came down, from that tree!
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@Tampa_girl7 (48997)
• United States
26 May 20
I’m glad that you and your husband are okay.
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@moffittjc (118449)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 May 20
Welcome to my world. We seem to go through this every year here in Florida. Just glad to hear you are okay and safe from major damage.
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@moffittjc (118449)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 May 20
@JudyEv Just another day in paradise here in Florida! lol
I take it that storms of that nature are not common where you live?
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 May 20
@moffittjc The one that hit the coast was a once in a decade storm. They never seem to be really bad where we are. We're half an hour inland and sheltered a bit by the bushland around. It depends a bit from which direction the winds and rain come from.
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@sallypup (57898)
• Centralia, Washington
25 May 20
That's a lovely spider web. Have you seen the move Aracnaphobia? There is a spider web in a barn scene that takes up much of the barn's interior. Quite the movie and it had folk lore woven in which made it much better than the average scare you!! movie.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 May 20
Our son in Ireland heard about the damage before we did. Apparently it made the BBC news too. lol
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 May 20
Thank you. We seem to be a bit protected here as we rarely have too much damage.
@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
25 May 20
that is an awesome picture - funny how we come to rely on something (the internet) that wasn't even a concept 100 years ago.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 May 20
@DocAndersen We can use the hotspot on the phone but this wasn't such an urgent need really.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
26 May 20
@JudyEv it is frustrating. I have a back up internet connection if I need it just in case!
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 May 20
Yes, Bunbury and Perth are on the coast and both got hammered by the storm.
@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
25 May 20
It sounds like it was some storm! Glad everyone is OK.
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@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
25 May 20
@JudyEv Yes, we have frequent storms here especially in the summer..it is not unusual to find branches broken and lying in the driveway.
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@LowRiderX (22907)
• Serbia
26 May 20
You have a lot of species of spiders in Australia, which I am very afraid of, so don't get me wrong, I wouldn't think about them at all.
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@LowRiderX (22907)
• Serbia
27 May 20
@JudyEv I don't like insects in general, but spiders are especially disgusting to me
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