Storm Near Bunbury?

Really awesome shots, but if this is anywhere near Bunbury W.A., then I'm a monkey's uncle. Try mid-west USA. Here's what I think gives it away....
- Lack of Australian scenery, in particular, gum trees
- American style barn with flagpole in frame 7
- reverse cyclonic rotation in the wall clouds and tornado (i.e., northern hemisphere) frames 3,4 and 8
- approaching car appears to be on wrong side of road in frame 2
- incorrect storm type, instead of a spring/summer supercell should have been a winter frontal system 〈cloud in frame 6 would be plausible if not for the scenery〉

I am familiar with the countryside near Bunbury and it is mostly well forested with hills in the distance, Tuart trees are a frequent large gum in the area, with plenty of Marri/Jarrah forest around. The flat coastal areas tend to peppermint and paperbark swamps. Bunbury itself is a reasonable sized city with a hill in the middle of it that you can see for miles around.

READ THE BLOODY THREAD!!! Sheeshhh and Bleeding heck, how many more times do we have to post this: The storm photos are a hoax--they are from the collection of 2004 storm photos on the Extreme Instability site. They were in Iowa, USA, not Bunbury, and can be seen in their original state here:

http://extremeinstability.com/2004photos.htm

Weighing in here after the gunfire has died down. Interesting to note that even though a single quick visit to the link posted by shel on May 21 established indisputable bona fides for the origin of these images, the debate continued for almost 3 more weeks. Maybe us humans are so easy to hoax cuz we likes it.

Just from looking at the photos, I could tell they were the midwest:
Vehicles on the right side of the road
The street sign
The corn and soy bean crops
And it's flatter than $#@!

I'm moving back to Montana!

ok i live in bunbury, for starters... the storms went through about 6am. not after getting to werk at 8.30am. outside was darker during the day than in any of these pictures. and the landscapes, the only places near bunbury that are open spaces and full of grassed areas are the collie/brunswick hills areas. all not flat as in these pics. bloody top pictures, but as far as im concered every 1s been had.

READ THE THREAD. READ THE THREAD. READ THE THREAD.

As I said back in May.......
"Bleeding heck, how many more times do we have to post this: The storm photos are a hoax--they are from the collection of 2004 storm photos on the Extreme Instability site. They were in Iowa, USA, not Bunbury, and can be seen in their original state here:

http://extremeinstability.com/2004photos.htm
Posted by shel on Wed May 25, 2005 at 08:37 AM"

_We_ haven't been had, _we_ know where they're from.

Shel.

Actually . . . I posted the link to the original non-bunbury photos in this forum on May 21. Alas and alack, still we have debate . . . .

Sorry, shel. People are dumb. And tend not to read what anyone else has posted.
*shrugs*

Hi,

Not only have these photographs been incorrectly circulated as a hoax under this name it has under other names as well unfortunately. And in one known case, it may have been submitted to one of the US channels incorrectly authored by someone in Texas. Mike Hollingshead has had to unfortunately come to terms with losing control of an absolutely awesome set of photographs.

Here they are again, this time in Canada....

Last Friday (Aug 18) a severe storm came through the Toronto area. We don't usually get storms that bad, so everyone was really impressed.

It took exactly 1 week for these photos to show up in my inbox with the caption, "Photos taken near Orangeville during last Friday's storm! Isn't nature amazing!?!" (Orangeville is in a rural area NW of Toronto.)

Where will they appear next? Anywhere but Iowa, no doubt.

I first received these photos in early July, after Calgary and area had experienced days of rain and floods. The email's subject was "storms in Southern Alberta". I knew that these storms didn't happen here!! I just burst out laughing when I received them again in August, now titled "storms in Toronto area"! My friend at work received them the same week, titled "storms in Fergus and Barrie, Ontario".
Every time I receive an email now with a picture that seems too good to be true, I check with a hoax site first. I also send a link to either this site or snopes.com to the person who sent me the email....I wish people would be a bit more discriminating about what they forward.

Yep they've turned up again. I've just been sent this same set as being photos of Hurricane Katrina.

I stumbled across this forum whilst reseaching an apparant increase in Tornado's in Western Australia for a documentary I'm working on.

Allow me to settle the argument irrefutably.

The pictures in question cannot possibly be of the storms experienced in Bunbury WA on 16-05-2005, because the storms hit Bunbury and Metropolitan Perth BEFORE sunrise.

If however, anybody does have any pictures or footage of any tornado's in Western Australia (according to official burinformation, Perth experiences an average of 6 per year) then I would love to hear from you.

I can be contacted by email - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Adam, this issue has long ago, and in this very thread, been settled irrefutably, even down to identifying _exactly_ where the photos were taken, by whom, and when. To cut a long story short, earlier posts point you to:

http://extremeinstability.com/2004photos.htm

wherein all is revealed.

regards,
Shel

These pictures were taken in near Orangeville Ontario Canada by a friends sisters friend. As I got them exactly 2 days post the Tornado that hit the Orangeville/Erin / Toronto area on Aug 18th.

I've now seen this doing the rounds as "Hurricane Katrina"

Media Watch (ABC) did a piece on it the other night. Not only did the W.A newspapers use Hollingshead's photos incorrectly, but I think the Herald & even the tv show Sunrise featured them. Talk about not doing your homework!

I'm not posting to refute where the photos actually came from. But to add something. About a month or a month and a half, my secretary showed me these pictures claiming they were the Orangeville tornado. I believed her until I got home and realized it was a hoax. I cannot believe that people STILL believe every fucking thing that comes into their inbox.

:gulp: tell me more because i am doing a project on austrilian weather

Ashley, this issue has long ago, and in this very thread, been settled irrefutably, even down to identifying _exactly_ where the photos were taken, by whom, and when. To cut a long story short, earlier posts point you to:

http://extremeinstability.com/2004photos.htm

wherein all is revealed.

At least Aussies can establish facts for themselves without having to "wait until Snopes gets holds of this to know for sure".

regards,
Shel

hahahah!!!
man did have a laugh when i seen those photos!! i live in bunbury and believe me if they hit us we wouldn't be on the map!!! it was a cyclone not a tornado!! honestly that's the sort of stuff we see in the cinemas!!

..., but, and, .... in Australia do they travel generally NW to SE ?

Sbcoleridge, yes, they do. At least in Western Australia, where Bunbury is located.

These photos are not of the storm that hit Settlers in Australind as the storm hit at night, early morning. So as theres plenty of daylight around the tornado photo's i think someones pulling our chains. Plus as a home owner in Australind i have never seen such storms like this during daylight hours.

James et al, this issue has died long ago, and in this very thread has been settled irrefutably, even down to identifying _exactly_ where the photos were taken, by whom, and when. To cut a long story short, earlier posts point you to:

http://extremeinstability.com/2004photos.htm

wherein all is revealed.

Trouble is, people don't seem to be in the habit of checking previous posts in a forum such as this before commenting 😊
Shel

i live in bunbury and there arnt anything like this.... it doesnt even rain much in bunbury who the hell said this is in bunbury aus?

Crikey guys, how on earth any of you think these are from Bunbury is pure hogwash times infinity! Look Im telling you these photos are NOT (repeat NOT) from West Australia. I visit cuzzy bros there ALL the time and you can just tell by the light and the air in the photos they are obviously from America not from West Australia!

Bloody heck . . . Graham, look at the dates of the posts to which you refer, and read at least my post a couple above yours . . . . we know where they are from, and have done for years now, hence this thread sorta dying out (until you kicked it into a semblance of life again) 😊

Crikey Shel, honestly I have cuzzy bros live there and I can tell you for a fact that aint bunbury you just need to look at the clouds and air!

iTS PURE HOGWASH! I would say the photos are from America and someone on the Internet just said they were from Bunbury.

Do yous believe me now? I telling you, this aint bunbury. I been there! This bunbury no it aint, no siree!!!

Bunbury is by the ocean. I cant see no ocea in this pictures, can you??? See??

Well, even if maybe the camera was pointing away from the ocean you dont get big clouds like this ones by the ocean. Ask any weather man this and you will know.

Well i will still insist this storm aint in bunbury cuz i have been there hey. I dont no why yous keep saying this storm is bunbury cuz it aint.