Helen I'm glad you're alright. You guys seems to have born the brunt of it. I headed for Canberra about 4 pm Friday afternoon and a trip that normally takes about 3.5 hours took nearly 7 hours! It was a wild trip and very dangerous. I was driving back at about 1.30 am and the wind gusts blew the car across two lanes and i was aqua-planing as much as I was driving. I didn't need my wipers because the rain was falling paralell with the road - it was like being in a massively powerful car wash. Then my wind screen caved in. I tell you, it was dramatic! The NRMA eventually came and very efficiently (in the wind and the rain) fixed it. Normally they would ask you to stay out the car while they did this but they just got me to sit in the back seat. It was all scarey and amazing. Anyway I got home about 6 am and sort of felt glad to be alive. Why did I do it? Who ever believes meteorologists????!!!!@@@@! Anyway am so sorrowful for the families who lost loved ones and glad for all the rest of us who survived.