West Gate Bridge Closed Due To Weather

[Do-Luck]

I'm down in Tassie and heard about it. Kinda glad I didn't have to put up with any of it.

Needless to say, I still rang home to make sure my 180 was fine and undamaged

[Kaz200]

theres 2 lanes open on the westgate (sounds like an alternate route might be a better idea still!).. but yeah no trucks or motorcycles allowed.. cars are ok atm.

3 separate incidents on the way home where people are stupid, dont look and almost ran into me..

and lights are out not far from my house and people aren't giving way and just flooring it through the lights... HELLO :\

But weirdly enough.. I left like 30mins early (just in case of congestion) and it was nice and quick to get home tonight

even the garbage bin went flying today apparently.. reminds me of when there were those SE floods and a fully restored Trans Am got a modification to its roof.. a 3m skip bin lol

[Mavric]

Im still in the office after a few too many from lunch time antics so i have picked a good day

[Leon.T]

http://www.connexmelbourne.com.au/ is down also hahaha.....

[Jezza-gtR]

trains were all messed up.. took me 2 1/2 hours to get home.. got stuck in camberwell and had to get picked up.. i live in bayswater north lol

[scotty014]

when i was driving into work at about 12.00 in the afternoon there was one of those big green street signs near the airport. When i was about 200m away it lifted up into the air and blew about 100m into the airport, luckily the wind wasnt going the other way or it would of landed on the road. also there was dust everywhere it was like fog i couldn't see anything in the distance. then it rained, now my car is really dirty .

[saff_cossie]

Crazy weather, tree fell on someones car below my office window then an old bloke was out there with what looked like a pair of scissors trying to cut it free!

Someone elses garage door was flapping around while the residents were trying to hold it down!

The city vanished from view with the dust then when the rain came in at about 5pm, appeared like magic again from my office window.

[flyingfridge]

Got home and a big panel had been torn off the garage. Unfortunately it let in all the dust and now the GT-R is coated! Right after I polished it on Sunday too.

Ah well, could have been worse.

[Phatboy]

Man, 2 people died. Pwned by falling walls.

What a way to go, poor bastards.

[adam-__-]

Yeah, the two deaths were pretty bad. An elderly lady just walking to shops or something then BAM, wall falls on her. The other being a 47 year old man working then the building he was working on just decides to fall down.

RIP

[SmashBoxx]

Hope public transport doesnt have any problems.

i heard trains had to stop..

all the lights were out it was shocking!

cars backed up everywhere

[FATGTS-R]

Was on the road all day today unfortunately and seen a whole heap of mayhem but a couple things of note was that yellow panel shop on dandenong road on the right hand side just before you go down under the bridge towards caulfield had its roller door completly gone and was lying on top of a car in there workshop.

Seen three VERY brave tradies on top of an awning on warrigal road who didnt look very happy.

And lastly McDonalds in Yarraville...the golden arches stayed put along with the "c" but there was a huge "donalds" sign on the ground...

Good point Paul about people being more awake when theres no lights. I travelled to Sunshine from Ashwood using warrigal and princes and went through at least 25 sets of dead lights and it was chaos but very organised chaos. Didnt see one intersection with Police in control either. Guess they had other issues today.

[Snowman]

The weather in Melbourne even made the news over here in Germany!! (On CNN news)

Must have been a cracker of a storm

[KezR33]

Anyone know if Westgate is down today, or a website to find out if it is? I've got to get to Geelong today, and it looks pretty windy out (although nothing on yesterday).

[The STiG]

Not too much drama over here in the Sth West.

Weather never seems to make it here, just goes around the bay and comes back in or heads out towards Tulla and back in.

Certainly wouldnt have wanted to been on a plane yesterday.

Ada///M.

[DogKnight]

Took forever for me to get home to Box Hill. Caught a late train to Camberwell, walked down burke st, walked half way down riversdale rd, then caught a tram for the other half. Then a bus to box hill station. Took me 2.5 hours to get from the city to box hill -.-

[Kaz200]

Anyone know if Westgate is down today, or a website to find out if it is? I've got to get to Geelong today, and it looks pretty windy out (although nothing on yesterday).

3 April 2008 - 7am

VicRoads advises that all lanes are open on the Westgate Bridge, and that it is open to all vehicle types.

The traffic signals on the bridge are fully operational and drivers are asked to refer to signs for the correct speed limit.

VicRoads urges motorists across the network to take extreme care and avoid non-essential travel.

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/News/R...dTrafficAlerts/

[_Ryan_]

TMU tried to have anal with me at an orange light, must of thought i wasnt stopping... i just had cold pads LOL

Was going to Emerald when it hit, trees came down, wind was INSANE, volvo got blown around a bit, then on the way home it was greasy as a chapel st resident.