Batten down the hatches Victoria!

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Originally Posted by johntins

Apparently many people welcomed the SMS warning, even though there was no threat to themselves, their family or their property, so we can expect more of the same, and we cannot opt out. .

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I'm not sure about that, certainly the government forces this measure on all but there may be a way for android 6 and 7 users. Certainly the government seems happy to play CYA to the max. As I noted earlier 6 irrelevant to my area flood warnings in one hour. All it achieved was me turning my mobile off.

With android 6 & 7 it is easy to set a 'black list' of rejected numbers and as all my warnings came from the same number 044 444 444 it may be sufficient to just 'black list' it.

Deano :)

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Originally Posted by DeanoH

I'm not sure about that, certainly the government forces this measure on all but there may be a way for android 6 and 7 users. Certainly the government seems happy to play CYA to the max. As I noted earlier 6 irrelevant to my area flood warnings in one hour. All it achieved was me turning my mobile off.

With android 6 & 7 it is easy to set a 'black list' of rejected numbers and as all my warnings came from the same number 044 444 444 it may be sufficient to just 'black list' it.

Deano :)

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Oh yeah i love my Android [thumbsupbig]. As im on a hill in suburbia so no chance of flood nor bush fire`s [bigwhistle]

And why weren't we warned of this one?


Victoria weather: Buildings damaged, thousands remain without power after severe storms hit - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Victoria weather: State mops up after severe storm causes flash flooding, damages buildings - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I didn't get any warning text messages. No one on the telly told me not to drive in floodwaters.

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

And why weren't we warned of this one?


Victoria weather: Buildings damaged, thousands remain without power after severe storms hit - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Victoria weather: State mops up after severe storm causes flash flooding, damages buildings - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I didn't get any warning text messages. No one on the telly told me not to drive in floodwaters.

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Dunno. I blocked that number on my iPhone ( not just Android, Chris ), so maybe that's why. Or could it be they are still red faced from the last one?

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

And why weren't we warned of this one?


Victoria weather: Buildings damaged, thousands remain without power after severe storms hit - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Victoria weather: State mops up after severe storm causes flash flooding, damages buildings - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I didn't get any warning text messages. No one on the telly told me not to drive in floodwaters.

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Dont think anyone saw it coming until it was too late - moved very quickly from the North West building up as it went. We copped just the edge of it here and it was still bucketing down, but the winds only lasted a couple of minutes. Sky was green as it approached so we knew it was going to be bad.

There were various severe weather warnings on the BOM site, stuff was also visible on their radar.
From what I saw yesterday, the storm did build up fairly quickly, in various spots on its southward journey, and it was very localized,on its way to Melbourne, and in various Melbourne suburbs,...some got nothing, some got heavy rain, large hail etc,...I don't know which areas in Melbourne copped it most. Definitely pretty savage in spots though.
Pickles.

We copped it at home. Very Windy and bucketed down.. luckily no hail or it would have damaged the van from all reports....

Landrover owners dont get warnings and after the last downpour apparently neither do Maserati owners.

Jeeze you Mob whinge when you get warnings then groan and moan when you don't get a warning.
I usually simply look up at the sky and see the dark purple clouds coming to know if there is a storm coming or check the Bom website radar.[bigwhistle]

We were driving east from Echuca when it hit. We experienced strong winds and saw some big branches coming down.