Surprise Hailstorm and Lightning Delays at Sweetwater!

[@67hr74]

Don't thank us Jack, we are the ones who are grateful to you for the time taken to edit a video after a hard days work. Than you and cheers.

[@duncanm6589]

Great video Jack. Impressive storm. Driving back home footage was very interesting to watch. Thanks for putting it together.

[@SusanHughes-po1ds]

So glad you didn't climb that tower! Thank YOU for taking us along on your days work.

[@Bob-q1v]

Thank you for the epic shots of the drive home.

[@roberthocking9138]

Wonderful sound and vision of that thunderstorm Jack, I can only imagine the smell of rain on that country, must be great to experience.

[@ballsyau1974]

For bird proofing your cables try anaconda flexible conduit with ferrals and bird mesh with stainless ties. I'm an electrician with 20 years in the grain movement industry. The cockies will eat the black conduit as well but not as much as the standard grey. Anaconda is metal inside, even when they eat the sheath off it still works, bitumen paint to waterproof after damage.

[@recumbentkoala]

Yep. Thunderstorm season here at the West end of Java. Two days with no measurable rain so far this month. 712mm so far this month. YTD 3739mm. Thunderstorms pretty much every afternoon. Sometimes they start before noon. Sometimes they run to late night. I haven't seen hail here yet though. Retired here in late 2021. The humidity is a killer at an average of 90% for the year. Average is 95% some months, like this one. That is REALLY hard on electronics. Everything corrodes like crazy. 304 Stainless Steel rusts. USB keys rust. RJ45 plugs and sockets corrode. I'm continually doing troubleshooting and repairs to my LAN (6 POE cameras, 2 DVRs, 2 POE switches, 4 other switches, multiple access points covering 2 buildings, 2 NASs, multiple computers, and various other Ethernet connected devices). It is a busy retirement.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Weather watching is the best part of storm season ✌️👏

[@SHANEWILSON-u8s]

It’s good to see your looking after your safety. THANK ANT. There is nothing better than the smell of rain especially knowing it’s helping your environment. 👍you don’t have to thank us for your work. It’s just amazing how you work in this environment. Have you looked into proximity sensors for your tanks ? You’ve already got the ability and systems in place to detect and control/monitor your tank levels ? Most of the switching is low voltage and will connect very easily?

[@colingiles5074]

Hi Jack. I liked the fact that Starlink held a signal. Go Starlink. More drinking water for the camels there.

[@stevedunford7632]

Sitting here in the UK I've always thought the outback was a dry wasteland. Just shows what Jack and the internet can do to perceptions.

[@andrewgroom1806]

Hail storm here two years ago delivered cricket balls which destroyed the polycarb roofing but the solar panels survived the pummelling which surprised me. Some hail punched fully through the polycarb sheets. Don't forget to check the harness webbing. Normal nominal life is 10 years but the fibers do degrade. Best check is to flex them with sunlight from the side and you might see the speckles of fibre particles in the air. I would replace the harnesses after 15 years. Store in the dark away from UV. I do enjoy your adventures and learn a lot.

[@toddrife8375]

That was some good video of the Sweetwater area I know how rain can affect arid areas I live outside of California City California in the Mojave desert we don't get rain very often when we do get rain it's a gully washer have a pleasant day Jack thank you for the content I enjoyed watching as usual keep up the good work good things in life for never easy you have to work for them.. ✌️❤️🍺

[@bigunone]

Mom used to tell us thunder was the sound of the angels rolling out the tables for supper!

[@williamsmith5514]

Wet season on , still ?. Never mind Queensland going to score 400 mills thumping this weekend !. coming Jack 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

Wet season hasn't started yet.

[@donfinch862]

Thanks Jack

[@John-z2d4o]

nice little storm

[@peterbaylis2111]

Sounds like a Pretty Decent little Storm Could get some Gd Rains out of it

[@chartphred1]

Wish we'd get a few decent storms in Perth. Haven't had a good dumping from one in a decade it feels like.

[@gman7329]

What kind of grasses typically grow in your parts? Just wondering if it would be worth spreading some seed mix to try get some more ground cover like clover & anything else the cattle will enjoy.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

The water laying on the ground and not soaking in is evidence of the camel pressure on the water it would be interesting to see how the ground a few km down stream where the heavy padding is minimal and test the infiltration rate compared to red dust puddles the next generation of how well this is set up is more tank and traps on pipelines in a patern so waterstorage is more and easy to distribute property wide to spread that pressure more evenly over the hole property increasing the feed consumption and decreaseing the walking just like some of the biggest now checking a water is looking at a camera if a pump failure could be a matter of a tap actuator or manual turn the need to fix things like pumps straight away ?

[@chenderson4969]

What was the timeline like between storms?

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Straight out of winter into cyclone season not a real Autumn when it does stop it's going to be felt

[@andrewwebb2691]

Nice drop of rain know that country will change heaps now

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Insurance might right of the ute from the hail damage and pay for it self 🤔

[@robsin2810]

There just happened to be a dead tree with the perfect fork in it, so you could put the pipe through it. Always a delight to see what you do. As a side issue. Hope are making some money off of utube. So many bloody adds in your vlogs.🇦🇺👍🙏

[@jack_out_the_back]

I am discussing this with the partner program at the moment... The ads are there if I make anything or not, so I'm better to try and make something off them! But they aren't exactly playing fair, because some of my content grates with some of their leanings...

[@r0br33r]

​@@jack_out_the_back Best of luck brother, robots can only be so flexible when it comes to deviating from programming :')

[@Evo698]

Hail storms during the floods north of Kal in 1948 striped the bark off trees and killed some. Not a safe place to be.

[@edwardhawkey5714]

32mm Jack

[@andreeverts3874]

Could you possibly leave a decoy bit of pipe, for birds to chew on?

[@darrenbrown5248]

I would love a perenti downs shirt ?

[@jack_out_the_back]

Hi @darrenbrown5248 we have hats and stickers but unfortunately not shirts. Here is the link 👌🏻 amcolourcorrectionandsignage.com.au/shop/ols/products/jacl-out-the-back-trucker-cap

[@jack_out_the_back]

We don’t have shirts but we do have caps and stickers. Check out the link below amcolourcorrectionandsignage.com.au/shop/ols/products/jacl-out-the-back-trucker-cap

[@stephenpaget3660]

We're is Danny

[@andyjordan7542]

Good for a Jamesons eh Jack😂

[@jack_out_the_back]

I'm fond of the Singleton 😅

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Not often you find a bit of ice in the desert ay

[@jack_out_the_back]

There's been a few caravans investigated down towards Laverton that had some in them...

[@homey3051]

Are you going to put a claim in for hail damage🤣🤣 What did you think about going with a thinner float stick on your tank floats so there not binding up in the sleeve, it would save you from having to free them all the time

[@stephencambron7943]

Al Gore rhythm

[@neilmiles9211]

Jack, Why do you keep messing about with these water tanks and solar. You need to standardise everything. One set up on every site, all the same pipe, all the same sizes, all the same cable. Then if something happens you only need one set of kit and parts...... period. Case in point, messing about with poly pipe, armored poly conduit, do it once , forget it forever. Every site you do something different, I just don't get it. Regards Neil

[@Mark-wv6sg]

Sometimes if we didn’t want birds damaging cable or conduit we would put cable ties appox 250 mm apart don’t cut ties seems to deter birds