33 feels 29 Wednesday 645 pm
Forecast for morning walk
Forecast for morning walk
What's the temperature where you are???
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Thursday 18th January. Grey cloud cover / sunny gaps / o'nite rain. Wind is Light 11.1 / 13kph SE, Hg is 61%, Temp is 22.8c / 73F, heading for 28c / 82F Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, becoming less likely this afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon. Huh? 
Moon is 50%
Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast
Mr Price has no idea when he'll be able to rebuild his home. (Supplied: Andrew Price)
Andrew Price feels stuck in a time warp.
The shingles he's developed are a painful reminder of what life has become in three traumatic weeks for him and his family.
"It's just not something that you ever think is going to happen to you, this is something that happens to other people," Mr Price said.
Each time it rains, the Wongawallan father sits bolt upright in bed, panic coursing through his body.
And that's on the rare nights he gets any sleep since the deadly Christmas storm that lashed the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim.
"I'm not usually an anxious person but at the moment, when it's been quite a few days since I've heard from someone, just waiting by the phone for the insurance or builders or anyone to call, it's frustrating," he said.
The Price family is still living in their water-damaged home, if you could call it that.
There's no roof, only a cheap tarp pretending to offer any layer of protection.
The clock goes tick, tick, tick as Mr Price waits for insurance assessments to be processed.
Mr Price had been playing cards with his wife and kids on Christmas night when the storm hit, blowing their roof off, imploding the garage doors and sending other doors flying off their hinges.
"Looking through our front sliding doors was like looking through the door of a front-loader washing machine. I'll never forget the almighty noises and banging going on, it was just so eerie," Mr Price said.
It is the largest clean-up it has ever undertaken after a storm, according to the council — even bigger than Tropical Cyclone Oswald in 2013.
"The next bit we'll go to [is] Guanaba and Wongawallan, but safety is first to make sure our cars can get through," Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said.
"We continue to have 300-400 officers from Gold Coast City Council on the frontline … plus contractors, plus Disaster Relief Australia."
The council estimated 13,500 tonnes of storm debris had been mulched so far.
"Our street looks like a tip to be honest, there's heaps of green waste everywhere and now people have started dumping their old carpet and furniture and everything just on the side of the road in anticipation of the council coming through for its clean-up," Mr Price said.
But this is a very slow race and it could be the end of summer before the council finishes the clean-up.
Without a roof for protection, his home has been turned inside out and his furniture has been left saturated and smelly.
"There's so many of my possessions which just got blown out of the garage; I probably won't know what I'm missing until I go to use something in six months and realise it's not there," he said.
Despite the mould and damp, they're staying put for now, even though thin wooden boards and a tarp offer the only layers of security from potential looters.
"Ultimately, we'll have to move out, but it could be up to six months to replace the whole roof and check all the existing trusses because that much force went into the roof cavity as well," Mr Price said.
Moon is 50%
Wind Warnings for Friday 19 Jan
Strong Wind Warning for the following areasIllawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast
Gold Coast family living in home without roof three weeks after Christmas storms
20 hours ago
Mr Price has no idea when he'll be able to rebuild his home. (Supplied: Andrew Price)
Andrew Price feels stuck in a time warp.
The shingles he's developed are a painful reminder of what life has become in three traumatic weeks for him and his family.
"It's just not something that you ever think is going to happen to you, this is something that happens to other people," Mr Price said.
Each time it rains, the Wongawallan father sits bolt upright in bed, panic coursing through his body.
And that's on the rare nights he gets any sleep since the deadly Christmas storm that lashed the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim.
"I'm not usually an anxious person but at the moment, when it's been quite a few days since I've heard from someone, just waiting by the phone for the insurance or builders or anyone to call, it's frustrating," he said.
The Price family is still living in their water-damaged home, if you could call it that.
There's no roof, only a cheap tarp pretending to offer any layer of protection.
The clock goes tick, tick, tick as Mr Price waits for insurance assessments to be processed.
Mr Price had been playing cards with his wife and kids on Christmas night when the storm hit, blowing their roof off, imploding the garage doors and sending other doors flying off their hinges.
"Looking through our front sliding doors was like looking through the door of a front-loader washing machine. I'll never forget the almighty noises and banging going on, it was just so eerie," Mr Price said.
Mammoth clean-up
The Gold Coast City Council is having to remove debris and green waste from 1,500 streets, including the Prices'.It is the largest clean-up it has ever undertaken after a storm, according to the council — even bigger than Tropical Cyclone Oswald in 2013.
"The next bit we'll go to [is] Guanaba and Wongawallan, but safety is first to make sure our cars can get through," Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said.
"We continue to have 300-400 officers from Gold Coast City Council on the frontline … plus contractors, plus Disaster Relief Australia."
The council estimated 13,500 tonnes of storm debris had been mulched so far.
"Our street looks like a tip to be honest, there's heaps of green waste everywhere and now people have started dumping their old carpet and furniture and everything just on the side of the road in anticipation of the council coming through for its clean-up," Mr Price said.
But this is a very slow race and it could be the end of summer before the council finishes the clean-up.
Damp despair
It's too hard for Mr Price to see a finish line right now.Without a roof for protection, his home has been turned inside out and his furniture has been left saturated and smelly.
"There's so many of my possessions which just got blown out of the garage; I probably won't know what I'm missing until I go to use something in six months and realise it's not there," he said.
Despite the mould and damp, they're staying put for now, even though thin wooden boards and a tarp offer the only layers of security from potential looters.
"Ultimately, we'll have to move out, but it could be up to six months to replace the whole roof and check all the existing trusses because that much force went into the roof cavity as well," Mr Price said.
28° and feels like 30°
20°F, we are experiencing a veritable heat wave! 
This is the first time we have seen double digits in over a week.
This is the first time we have seen double digits in over a week.
23° and feels like 26°
26°F light snow and gusty wind
1:11 a.m.
1:11 a.m.
Thursday: 5:24am, 39°F, humidity 78%, wind SW @ 6mph, clear.
Expected to be 70°F today!
Expected to be 70°F today!
22F with a high of 34 predicted - snow tonight into tomorrow.
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