We are surrounded by windy stormy rainy weather.
 Never before have I heard of as much destruction in the Hunter as regards uprooted trees, downed power lines, loss of power supply, loss of phone services, roof and fences, schools and institutions closing their doors but no real flooding in the suburbs but flooding of the towns and roads of the hinterland.  
A dreaded east coast low, a Pasha Bulka storm, quite a change from the benign.
Council workers and chain saws soon opened the road again.