tiabunna's photos with the keyword: storm

A strong low pressure system brought raging southerly winds, which have caused extensive beach erosion. I took this image the day that it all began to settle down, but the waves were still large (and the water very dirty from river run-off).

Over recent weeks there's been severe weather in eastern Australia. My area has been fortunate to have been spared the ongoing record floods affecting places further up the coast, but an unusual weather pattern did bring gale force winds which have resulted in major beach erosion. In one area the breaking waves crossed the beachfront (see PiP1), passed under the trees, across the road behind and almost to the houses in the background. The following day I took the image (in PiP 2) of the reducing but still significant waves. At Andy's request, the PiPs are now viewable as separate images. This seems very appropriate with the release in the past few days of the 3rd part of the report of the expert Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC report stresses the need for urgent action to limit emissions and minimise the effects of climate change which include extreme weather.

Significant erosion at part of the beach, as a result of an intense low pressure system that brought high winds and giant surf. Hopefully the well established Norfolk Island Pines will not be affected by their exposure to salt water, as a result of waves running past them at the height of the storm

Copied from an old slide. The ship rolled particularly badly one night during the storm. The result was that the Beaver aircraft dipped a wingtip causing this damage: needless to say, it was unserviceable for the trip. Hey, what's that on the horizon?

Copied from an old slide. Far into the Southern Ocean, the weather conditions improved. The wind dropped a little and the sun came through, though we still continued to roll in large swells. Long after, someone recounted the story of how the Captain said of the Nella Dan "She's a good ship in the ice" : the reply was "yes, but she's no b****y good in the ocean" . She was as tough as nails though, even if she would roll on wet grass. :) The ship rolled particularly badly one night during the storm. The result was that the Beaver aircraft dipped a wingtip causing the damage seen in the PiP: needless to say, it was unserviceable for the trip.

Copied from an old slide (and now brought forward in my photo stream). Heading south on the Nella Dan , a few days out from Australia we encountered a major storm system in the Southern Ocean. This was taken from the deck above the bridge. It was a matter of getting the shot, then diving behind the barrier as the spray passed overhead. At the worst of the storm, we finished up hove-to, pointing due west into the hurricane force winds for several days.

Copied from an old slide. I mentioned in my previous shot about the thickening cloud. It foreshadowed an impressive storm shortly after we reached the Southern Ocean, lasting for about a week.