skippy wrote:Perfect weather last weekend for the WSW. Biggest home crowd in four matches of 12,124, or 59% of capacity. Yep, really need those extra few thousand seats.
NSW SES Sydney Western Region
March 22
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for LARGE HAILSTONES
For people in the Illawarra and parts of the Hunter, Metropolitan and Central Tablelands Forecast Districts.
Saturday, 22 March 2014.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Penrith, Wollongong, Bowral, Campbelltown, Bathurst and Katoomba.
NSW SES Sydney Western Region
March 22
#Parramatta has now also been included in the storm warning.
The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* Move your car under cover or away from trees.
* Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.
* Keep clear of fallen power lines.
* Keep clear of creeks and storm drains.
* Don't walk, ride your bike or drive through flood water.
* If you are trapped by flash flooding, seek refuge in the highest available
place and ring 000 if you need rescue.
* Unplug computers and appliances.
* Avoid using the phone during the storm.
* Stay indoors away from windows, and keep children and pets indoors as well.
* For emergency help in floods and storms, ring the SES [NSW and ACT] on 132
500.
NSW SES Sydney Western Region
March 23
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for LARGE HAILSTONES, HEAVY RAINFALL and DAMAGING WIND
For people in the Metropolitan,
Illawarra and parts of the Central Tablelands Forecast Districts.
Issued at 12:16 pm Sunday, 23 March 2014.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce large hailstones, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging winds in the warning area over the next
several hours. Locations which may be affected include Penrith, Parramatta, Wollongong, Nowra, Bowral, Campbelltown, Orange, Bathurst and Katoomba.
"Perfect weather last weekend for WSW". Yeah, right.
"Biggest home crowd in four matches of 12,124, or 59% of capacity." Not surprising given the weather forecasts all weekend.
2 March v Newcastle - 15mm of rain fell on the day of the game.
16 March v Adelaide - 17.2mm of rain fell immediately before kick off causing the game to be delayed.
You do realise that 65% of seats are not under cover at Pirtek and that in February and March in Sydney when they forecast storms they are talking about rainfall events that often deliver 25mm+ an hour.
Oh, and the 4th "low crowd"? The midweek ACL game. Come on now. 9.3k midweek is well above par.
The last non midweek, non rain affected game at Pirtek was a sell out with 16,401 in attendance.
