HEY, searching out more info on last Sunday's Southerly Buster, I just tripped over something ...
Paris battered by storm
December 19, 2004
FOUR people were killed when hurricane-strength winds battered Paris and large areas of northern France, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and causing major disruption to air, rail and road traffic.
More at:
http://www.sundaytelegraph.news.com....-29237,00.html
Wild storms lash Sydney
December 19, 2004
Emergency crews are working through the night in New South Wales to clean-up the damage from a thunderstorm.
The State Emergency Service (SES) received about 250 calls for help for fallen trees and power poles.
More at:
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1268593.htm
Wind storm deadly
(Alberta, Canada)
December 19, 2004
A snow-kite sailing trip across frozen Lac St. Anne ended in tragedy yesterday when 100-kmh winds slammed a man and his snowboard into the side of an abandoned church, killing him.
More at:
http://fksa.org/viewtopic.php?t=405
I believe this was a record gust for the area.
I know it is winter, in the Northern Hemisphere anyway, but there seems to be a LOT of violent weather out there, particularly last Sunday.