We had a message on Facebook yesterday afternoon that the Weather Bureau was predicting severe hailstorms on Monday afternoon which would affect areas in Tasmania's Central North and Hobart. The Hobart people can look after themselves but we're right in the middle of the Central North. I hurried to the website to confirm that Launceston, Longford and some other places were right in the eye of the destruction.
We were advised to worry about outdoor furniture, vehicle in the open, and so on. Marilyn's first thought was for the plants she had just sorted out following our trips to Bunnings. They were on unprotected shelves and would be ruined by a heavy hailstorm.
I wondered about Jamie's car which had been left out in his driveway.
The warning suggested that the storm was likely to hit in the afternoon so our plan was to head to Hadspen in the morning, put his car under cover, clear away any outdoor furniture, then come home to carry all the new plants into the garage and store away the outdoor glass table and so on.
The first part worked OK; Jamie's car is now in the garage with anything else vulnerable. When we got home, I decided to check the BOM website to see the progress of the storm, only to find that the alert has changed and the danger zone is now Scamander on the East Coast. The warning for Central North is cancelled! I can't believe it!
It's now about 5 o'clock and the weather is stunning: bright sun and just a little too hot. I don't know whether anyone else in Tasmania is huddling under cover to avoid hailstones but we're certainly not.
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