Thursday, March 01, 2007
Two nights ago, the worst hailstorm I have ever witnessed hit Canberra. Hailstones as large as golf balls and 50km/h winds lashed the city for less than 30 minutes but left the city a metre deep in hail in some places.
The storm caused the closure of the ANU, several schools, roads and offices in Canberra. My lab and office, which is situated on the top floor of RSISE, also had been severely damaged by the storm. The sun roof I was very fond of, gave way and collapsed. Computers, equipments and personal items in the lab as well as other rooms on the top floor were soaked wet and damaged. The worst is that my experimental test bed suffered significant damage due to water leakage into power supply units, electronic amplifier circuits, and the computer I used for testing and implementing control systems. It is likely that the test bed is unsalvageable, although the magnitude of damage is yet to be determined. It is fortunate that I have completed all of the experiments required and obtained the results, but if I find that there is a gap between results for the thesis or additional experiments are required, I am basically f##ked.
It will be a few days before we can assess the situation and the damage caused by the storm. Lectures, tutorials and access to ANU are mostly cancelled until the end of th week.
Here are some photos of the aftermath of the storm:
Some related links:
Hailstorm - Wiki
Reuters - News
The Australian - News
Canberra Times - News 1
Canberra Times - News 2
Felix's Photo Link
Andrew's Photo Link
The storm caused the closure of the ANU, several schools, roads and offices in Canberra. My lab and office, which is situated on the top floor of RSISE, also had been severely damaged by the storm. The sun roof I was very fond of, gave way and collapsed. Computers, equipments and personal items in the lab as well as other rooms on the top floor were soaked wet and damaged. The worst is that my experimental test bed suffered significant damage due to water leakage into power supply units, electronic amplifier circuits, and the computer I used for testing and implementing control systems. It is likely that the test bed is unsalvageable, although the magnitude of damage is yet to be determined. It is fortunate that I have completed all of the experiments required and obtained the results, but if I find that there is a gap between results for the thesis or additional experiments are required, I am basically f##ked.
It will be a few days before we can assess the situation and the damage caused by the storm. Lectures, tutorials and access to ANU are mostly cancelled until the end of th week.
Here are some photos of the aftermath of the storm:
Some related links:
Hailstorm - Wiki
Reuters - News
The Australian - News
Canberra Times - News 1
Canberra Times - News 2
Felix's Photo Link
Andrew's Photo Link
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