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Freak wind wrecks roof

By Anthony Radford

Golden Square home damaged

MOST Bendigonians welcomed the slight improvement in the city’s weather early this week, all bar one anyway.
Tuesday’s temperature peaked at a little over 30 degrees, with a slight wind with gusts up to 39 kilometres an hour, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
However, Golden Square resident Janelle Simmonds had a different story.
While sitting at her computer at 2pm on Tuesday, she noticed a short, strong breeze blowing in her curtains.
“All of a sudden it got louder and there was a loud crash,” she said.
“It was a really loud noise and I could hear the tiles moving on the roof.
“I went outside and looked up on the roof and saw half of it had been destroyed.”
A quick phone call to her landlord saw the plumber
immediately dispatched to check it out.
“He said it looked like a bomb had gone off up there,” Janelle said. It was a real freak thing and I was shocked. I didn’t know what was going on.”
All Janelle and her mum are now hoping is that it doesn’t rain. “Not much chance of that happening,” Janelle said.