# Great photo of storm over Sydney **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706 "2004-12-14T01:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/1 "2004-12-14T01:48:54Z")
[This photo](http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2004/12/14/1102787051886.html) in today’s paper shows the storm that struck Sydney yesterday afternoon. I thought it was a rather impressive picture. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/2 "2004-12-14T03:15:44Z")
It was an impressive storm all right, but I don’t agree that pic does it justice. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/3 "2004-12-14T03:21:01Z")
I barely noticed it. I must be in the wrong part of Sydney. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/4 "2004-12-14T03:32:27Z")
Holy asdfjk !!! What did you guys _do_ to piss off the weather gods? ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/5 "2004-12-14T05:55:29Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Holy asdfjk !!! > > What did you guys _do_ to piss off the weather gods? That’s pretty funny, coming from a Torontonian. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/6 "2004-12-14T06:03:08Z")
Oh, fark off. 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/7 "2004-12-14T12:06:42Z")
[Mackinac Bridge](http://www.postcardstop.com/showitem.cfm?id=19045) and lightning. (Ok, it is a postcard, but its fairly cool.) ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/8 "2004-12-14T14:14:58Z")
> [@vl\_mungo](#): > > That’s pretty funny, coming from a Torontonian. Hey! SARS and power outages are _not_ weather problems! and the army hasn’t shoveled our snow for how many years now? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/9 "2004-12-14T14:22:20Z")
Unfortunately I must confess that I am the cause of all the wet weather in Sydney. I have a little patch of lawn outside my townhouse and have been trying to mow it since October. I don’t work on Wednesdays (4 on and 3 off is fairer than 5 on and 2 off) and every time I have decided to mow it has rained. Two weekends ago I was going to mow it on Saturday and changed my mind and left it for Sunday so it rained Sunday morning. As I write this at 1-25am I intend to mow it today but there will be a torrential downpour between now and 9am. It will be my fault. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/10 "2004-12-14T14:50:34Z")
So, a little rain, a little wind? [Pffft.](http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/newpage/tornpix.html) ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/11 "2004-12-14T15:04:46Z")
Good grief! Did you all wash your cars on the same day or something? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/12 "2004-12-15T12:05:59Z")
I got totally soaked in that bloody thing. Ducked out from work for a bite to eat at the takeaway, and it hit full force as I was walking back. Was a cool storm though. Provided CityRail with an excellent excuse for all the trains to stop too.\* \*Foreigners who catch trains that run in blizzards etc may not appreciate this. In Sydney, if it rains, the trains stop. If it’s too hot (80F), they stop. If it’s too cold (40F), they stop. If there’s hail or anything, they stop so severely they go backwards. If a bird craps on the rails, the trains stop. It doesn’t snow here, which is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/13 "2004-12-15T12:15:04Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > I got totally soaked in that bloody thing. Ducked out from work for a bite to eat at the takeaway, and it hit full force as I was walking back. Was a cool storm though. Provided CityRail with an excellent excuse for all the trains to stop too.\* > \*Foreigners who catch trains that run in blizzards etc may not appreciate this. In Sydney, if it rains, the trains stop. If it’s too hot (80F), they stop. If it’s too cold (40F), they stop. If there’s hail or anything, they stop so severely they go backwards. If a bird craps on the rails, the trains stop. It doesn’t snow here, which is a good thing. But, does CityRail profusely apologize for any inconvenience? you need to move to Michigan. Not only do we not have rail transport for humans - the people mover in Detroit does not count - we all have SUV’s and drive over everything and then valet park it. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-storm-over-sydney/279706/14 "2004-12-15T12:22:37Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > But, does CityRail profusely apologize for any inconvenience? They _used to_, but then it got to a point where they couldn’t do it with a straight face, so the commuting public asked them to stop. Seriously! When there was an announcement over the public address system at a station regarding a train being late or cancelled, they’d apologise. When it happened every day without fail, they were politely asked to cease insulting our intelligence.