My Car! My Car!! OMG My Car!!!!
Submitted by UncutTriggerInWA on Mon, 2010-03-22 21:32
I was crossing (trying to) the Narrows this arvo on the way into the city and got smacked by this huge hailstorm. No bullshit, those stones wree the size of cricket balls. I ended up with a smashed front windscreen and irrpairable damage to the roof, bonnet and the side of my beloved 4x4. So what to do next? What will the insurance company say???
How much other damage is out there? I see there is a structural calamity and the Jacob's ladeder region.
One thing is for sure, my beloved 4x4 got me home. A lot better result than a lot of other small car owners out there .
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till
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There is a burn out car on
There is a burn out car on the corner of orrong road and leach hwy. Hard to believe it happened today with all the rain.
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theres burnt out cars everywhere on the side of the road
tryig to drive thru the water and fried there coils and dizzys lol or computers
tonyb
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that car has been there
that car has been there since the weekend. I remebered thinking today why is it still there.
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Driving the trains thru subi
Driving the trains thru subi tunnel was fun today (not) bloody thing was flooded with a few trains not liking it too much. Amazing the amount of rain in a few hours.
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Time to get a new car
Time to get a new car Vince!! and take it beach bashing again!! hehe
My sister's echo got hammered as well....literally. The roof looks like someone taken a mallet and made some impressions on it!!
DieHard
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well Our car got absoluetly
well
Our car got absoluetly smashed Front windscreen and all over are little dings....
No school for me tommorrow :)
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Blacky
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all my skylights in my house
all my skylights in my house got smashed in......damn plastic skylights....
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yeah the big storm
there was almost a water crossing down the end of my street with one car breaking down in it probably because of taking in water
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My street had water 2ft
My street had water 2ft deep. The next street over(paralell to mine) had a car upto the door handles with the opposite side street having 4 cars in the same sh^t. The local hoons told us of a street that had water over the bonnet of their jacked up landcruiser. Also know of some family members with smashed with windscreens and panel damage.
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we got a brand new BLACK out
we got a brand new BLACK out of all colours sv6 sportwagon and we got absoloutly smashed by the cricket ball size hailstones on main st balcatta my poor car has roof/bonnet/doors and boot dents plus my windscreen is cracked, BRAND NEW i am gutted.. lucky for me i found cover in a drive thru bottle o. . what a lovely place to be in a hail storm
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Black Subaru 3.0RB with craters as an optional extra
Counted about 17 dents, though there must be more (it was dark when I did the count). I am not looking forward to checking it out in the daylight tomorrow.
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house flooded patio
house flooded
patio smashed
2 cars dinged up
roof leaking
bugger!
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
mikestan
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my ute
i ripped the missus car out the garage and wacked mine inside and the onlyhail we got were tiny drops i was so depressed. he he
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ding
I got one ding in my roof but when I saw the size of the hail I ran for cover at innalloo cinema under the overhang was the 1st there lucky me had best spot and the show only one ding and a medium ding nice to own a 4x4 in this weather the aurion would never have made it home. Hows everyones boat ? I cant see any damage but the hail must have hurt it ? maybe I cant see it ? Everyones boat survive OK ? (and I was going to pick up my covers on friday crap)
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didnt ahve the covers on
didnt ahve the covers on mine, but dont think Bertram got hail.
Can tell you tho, there isnt one grain of salt on it now!!
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hmm
Hope everyone sold their insurance shares yesterday! Sounds like one hell of a storm.
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Hospital trip
No house or car damage but ended up at hospital with my son (11) after we went to the outlaws for dinner. They lost power just as we got there so the kids decided to play murder in the dark (almost literally). My son was picked up by an older cousin and thrown over the new white leather lounge and smashed his head on the coffee table.
Blood everywhere as is typical with head wounds. Ended up being a small laceration to the back of his head which got glued but could have been much worse.
BLOODY KIDS!
Mother in law not impressed either. Most of the blood ended up on her new lounge!!!!
Hope no one else had any injuries.
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dude i was on the narrows at
dude i was on the narrows at the same time
work ute is pretty much a write off I'd say, there would be hundreds and hundreds of dents on the roof, bonnet, side, back tail gate, smashed mirrors, tail lights the whole lot.
That was mental, and the wind that was howling across the narrows was insane.
1 hail stone hit the mirror and got stuck in it, no sh!t it was 1/3 of the size of the mirror!!!!
UncutTriggerInWA
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Sure was not the place to be Bodie
I anticipate my 4x4 will be a write-off as there is far too much damage to the roof, bonnet and passenger side panels to warrant repairing it given the cost against its market value. Unlike a lot of people I am quite upset as I like my car.
Once I got off the Narrows by surfing a foot deep ice blanket I was confronted with a wall of water coming down the f/way from Parliament house. Lucky I was in a 4x4 I recon as small cars were being tossed around a bit.
At Osborne Park I was sure I was struck by lightening as the second front went through. Man it was a crazy experience.
It's going to take some while to get a claim in as the RAC web site has died and their phone system is understandably chockers.
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We were very
lucky, took some photos of the front garden, 4x4 looked like it had flat tyres, water up to the wheel nuts and have water mark on tyres this morning, also took some fantastic shots of the sunset from the back yard last night, as we are at the end of a hill in our street, never seen in 14yrs half full storm water drain. First time ever kicked off my wireless INTERNET as the storm was coming, absolutely played havoc with the digital signal for the TV and no mobile signal for about 2hrs, Old fart pushed the boat out from under the car port to get a good clean hahahah, it nearly fainted as it hadn't been wet in quite a few months. Thank good we havent got a black out as the freezer in the laundry is full of prawns, squid, fish, crayfish and all meats to go away with.
Just hope you all ok and no lives lost, as you can replace cars etc but not lives.
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looks like lace!
just counted 26 dents in the boot of my car which was under the carport. Needless to say the carport fibreglass roof now looks like lace!
News is saying $100,000,000 worth of damage. ouch.
Nelly
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Counted 30 dents around my
Counted 30 dents around my car excluding bonnet/roof would be atleast 30 each in them so close to 100dents..With just paying my excess and losing no claim bonus gonna cost me atleast 2k...
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I stopped counting dents at 20
It will be interesting to see what the insurance company policy on this will be. Most cars I have seen that were hit by the hail have a serious amount of dents on their roofs.
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well ours will be written
well ours will be written off
there would be atleast 500+ dents, and not just in the roof, bonnet, but in the doors, and side bars.... couldnt believe that part of the car could actually get damaged by hail.
Every panel except 2 doors needs to be replaced... surely a write off.
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86 dents
all panels, some worse than others
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Sister
Sister rang me to say her car is possessed.When she finally collected it brand new after a 3 month wait,2nd night the garage ceiling fell down on top of it.Got it back from the panels shop and 2 weeks later its back there after a roo decided to run in to it.She had it back 2 weeks,went away overseas for a trip and 2nd day back at work at Charlie Gardiners hospital and on comes the storm.No mirrors,windows and big dents in every panel.She's got her fingers crossed for the insurance company will write it off.
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gee hope she isnt one of the
gee hope she isnt one of the many that had parking fines today!! the insurance company will be telling her dont come back!!!
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my 2009 narvara has dents on
my 2009 narvara has dents on the bonnet, roof and sides - not a happy chap!!!
i've been trying to get through to RAC to see what the go is? Have any of u spoke with RAC? I'm assuming this type of damage is covered?
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I was picking up my 09 Prado
I was picking up my 09 Prado .. less than 12 months old from Big Rock Toyota when the storm hit.... they were the size of tennis balls. I had to stand and watch while my rear windscreen, roof, bonnet and side panels were all totalled...
Theres dents all over the place ..... everything is going to have to be replaced...
I was getting it serviced for my Exmouth trip in 2 weeks.... oh well at least if i get any scratches on the way up or back they will be fixed when I get back !!!
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We rolled up to work
We rolled up to work expecting an easy day ha phone rang of the hook.building in perth flooded and ceiling came down big job ,pulling it all down now we have to get it down three floors to the bin .I was gob smacked at all the trees down around kings park,unbelievable.
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If you have fully comp it
If you have fully comp it should be covered....I love my car its 09 dmax and now it has dents in it everywhere pretty pissed....
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Tragically someone's
Tragically someone's basketball hoop fell over and missed my car.
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25000 Phone calls in a day
It was only a car - how no one lost their lives is utterly amazing - cars and carpets and ceilings can and will be replaced - you cannot do that with people
Get it into true perspective !!
And as for the 100 mill toted as the likely damage bill - after 40 years in the game that is way short - the number was the calls we received today - one insurer - one car yard alone sustained way of 3 mill - as I said - put it in perspective be patient be patient be patient if you have lodged a damage claim - and only press IF it is for life and limb otherwise take your turn PLEASE
UncutTriggerInWA
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OK Ok Sunshine LOL
I do respect your problems in dealing with such an influx of calls. I have been trying patiently to lodge a claim since last evening. My car is a MESS!!! I NEED HELP LOL. Trying to lodge a claim online was my best bet as the phone lines were understandably chockers. It took me most of the day online as the "coockies" kept timing out.
I guess the "true perspective" here is that 1. if my windows caved in on the Narrows, I would have been pounded by missiles and hit from behind from those who could not have seen me and 2. I would not have been able to go to work and have no chance of compensation for the loss of income. Insurance companies charge big bucks.. they need to be able to respond.
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I wont start a debate but
Even the most basic of examinations of insurers profits over the last ten years would reveal the ONLY big bucks they made was from investment as loss ratio's have hovered around 100%
And don't blame insurers for a Telstra phone system that literally melted down before 9.00am as so many people sought to lodge claims.
Most badly hail damaged vehicles will be written off - client;s who were prepared to go to a central assessment centre we set up kbnew within perhaps an hour whether theirs qualified as total or otherwise and will have their money within days.
Homes with wet carpets is a different matter - and even glass repairs - I note no mention of the fact that the largest glass repairer in WA was talking replacement next week at the earliest. As usual the typical insurance company beat up - wake up to yourselves !
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FYI For people still without power
You may want to pass this on to anyone who might have been without power for at least 12 hours straight in the recent storms. Under Clause 19 of the Electricity Industry (Network Quality and Reliability of Supply) Code 2005, anyone who was without power for more than 12 hours straight is entitled to an Extended Outage Payment of $80 from Western Power. The claim can be done online at:
http://www.westernpower.com.au/mainContent/yourPowerSupply/extendedOutage/EOPS_Claim_Form.html
In addition, you can claim some damage for loss of fridge and freezer food or for electrical damage from Western Power but only if it was a failure of their equipment, not say if it was caused by lightning etc. People should check out the following info to see if their circumstances qualify:
http://www.westernpower.com.au/documents/forms/customer_damage_report.pdf
The forms can also be mailed in if people prefer to:
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time to buy a 4kva genset
time to buy a 4kva genset from china meee thinks...
We had also invested in a dozen $10 tarps from one of the cheapo hardware stores in Midlands in case we got any leaks and needed to protect furniture.
Call us paranoid, but many people still live with the "
she be allright mate" and come short.
Being a boyscout is scoffed at when you " be prepared", but those from cyclone areas or regions know for heavy violent thunder storms know better...
Like the fools on motorcycles in the rain and hail, your lifes not worth it mate. Park it and take a taxi or train or sit it out.
-some little things to keep for a hail storm kit.
two or three old blankets ( for the car windscreen and roof) makes a huge diff.
-a dozen cheap tarps to cover TV's etc and expensive furniture etc..
-having masking tape to tape across windows damaged to prevent them from falling in and too peaces.
- having a pair of leather gloves to handle glass and sharp stuff.
-parking close to a wall and with your front windscreen pointing away from the storm. basic, but many did not do this.
-taking your sunshade out of your car and putting it under your windscreen wipers will help lessens the impacts. ( don't risk your life doing this, but if you see it's coming, make a plan!)
just a few pointers, some how I have a feeling this is not the last of the big bad thunder cells we going to see this year.
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Dunny
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Sunshine, tone it down a bit
Sunshine, tone it down a bit mate. No ones going off their tree at anyone...they are talking about the damage they copped in a storm which they are quite welcome to do so. Take a deep breath or a stiff drink or drive your hopefully non-dented car down to the beach and throw a line in...its a good day for it!
Tony Halliday
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thats exactly what I'm going
thats exactly what I'm going to do this weekend...lol
waste bait and look at the sea... :)
Just freaked me out how people around me at work just ignored the weather warnings and then cried like babies the next day saying they never knew...
The weather boys got this one spot on, warning as far as 36 hrs before about the risk of bad storms and by 1pm they again called it a bad one with people laughing it off at my work.
Till it hit town like a freight train!
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My mini pergola
over the fish cleaning bench is like swiss cheese. Thank god I kept some spare alsenite sheets.
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STONEY
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LoL, I was one of the fools on a motorbike.
I was on my way for a fish at shelley bridge when it all started to unfold. Just started to get belted by golf ball size hail as i arrived, frantically tried to park, and ran for the cover of riverton bridge. LoL,still fished for an hour though! (one undersize bream) The ride to a mates place half way home was something Ill never forget. The muffler was underwater a dozen times between canningvale and huntingdale. Sorry to all those whose front lawn i rode over, and hi to all the people that waved and laughed as I made my way along the Rivers Edge lol. Fair dinkum,that was stupid,I should have stayed under the bridge.
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lol...mate at least you got
lol...mate at least you got home safe.
At least one guy on a motorcycle did not when it aquaplaned and he lost the front end in about 6 inches of water heading out the city. Heard from a friend he hit the water / road pretty hard.
but hey would have made a great funniest home video with your thongs floating off...lol wheres a video camera when you needed it the most...lol
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dannyg
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we had 50k worth of damage
i live next to kings park and our house is the lowest on the street...all the water went from kings park, across the road, into our driveway and banked up 1m high in our front garden, inside our house, and also in our back garden...our one car is a writeoff, the other not so bad - everything has to be gutted from the lower level of our house, including floorboards, kitchen, laundry, loungeroom etc.... also garage was so flooded that boat came off the trailer and was floating when we opened the garage door.
not much fun!
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Glad it was my week off,
Glad it was my week off, heard of plenty of cars copping damage in the long term car parks at the airport, I park up there when I fly out.
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Percula
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the boat
the boat was taking itself for a spin
imagine seeing that - open the door and the boat is floating
I missed out on all this living in Albany, I think thats a good thing!
499
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this is the reason why u
this is the reason why u should never ever buy shares in an insurance company..now where is that vaseline
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luckily Safety bay was
luckily Safety bay was spared the storm damage this time and i feel for all you guys. But as mentioned in previous posts, have patience and things will get back to normal soon.
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Shorty
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One mans journey,,,
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/6977052/one-mans-storm-insurance-journey/
sunshine
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It wasn't me who
Immediately took the opportunity to sling off at rich insurers - another 2000+ calls today - and we don't use auto call answering - just people, I just love the guy with NO damage at all who rang wanting to claim because his mulch washed away in the rain.
Some mothers do áve em
dannyg
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tell him, he can have as much mulch as he likes
just tell him to contact me, he can take it off my driveway...hell be doing me a favour
eltaco
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I went down the beach at
I went down the beach at mulloo before the storm hit and when it did its completely riddled my car with dints and smashed the windscreen . A bloke next to me lost his back window and side window would of been shittin
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not good news for all those
not good news for all those that have sustained damage to cars or houses.we had no damage ourselves as we had no hail but we were without power for over 30 hours and my folks had a swimming pool installed in their lounge room
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chookc
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Well no damage for us just no power.
Finally got power back on at 2pm today.. It went off at 5pm Monday arvo came on for an hour tuesday lunch time then off agauin till today.
Hope western power have a spot for the mobile phone bill for the caqlls to western power to keep relogging a power outage and having to hold for over 45 minutes each time.. bloody mod cons why can't you use a landline these days? because they all need power toi run....
bod
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hire cars
just heard on the radio about people in hire cars being slugged for damage, dents and stuff. One guy got charged $3,300 extra and another fortunately had the cheapest insurance and only had to pay the $300 excess. :-(
Dunny
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Sunshine, mate, there was a
Sunshine, mate, there was a minor comment not a rant like yourself. I work for the State Goverment and yes you get plenty of frantic calls from angry and often misinformed members of the public all the time.
I don't envy your position right now, but its part of the job, show a bit professionalism by not going into a tirade on a public fishing forum, and get on with it.