In two words..."its fudged!".
The 5 minute storm that took out half a million home's electricity in Vic was one hella strange weather event. It was hot and dry one minute, then storm the next, then all clear sky in low 20s....all in space of a few hours.
The storm took out all the traffic lights and shops in my area, yet my house still had electricity. Even the servos were offline. As soon as the power came back (I was walking the dog at the time, and so were thousands of others...cos there was nothing else to do
) you saw all these cars flock to the servos.
Its a bit surreal driving through some of the suburbs that got hit hard. The severity of the damage varies from street to street. One street is all clear with no sign of damage, the next is a disaster zone.
I think we can put the bed the debate around climate change. Its going to be a matter of whether man can do anything about it now.