There was both rotational winds and straight line winds, as I was at the Mooloolaba Wharf seeking shelter and was able to watch the beast. We were hit with a small tornado. You know it is bad when the power is taken out before the storm actually hits

But the main damage would have been straight line winds from a microburst. At the Wharf we were just on the right handside of the main damage path. It just skimmed us fortunately but the roar of the wind was unbelievable.

I was watching the vortex forming over land just to the North of the Hoggs Breath Restaurant, you could see the debris rotating very quickly, leaves, cups, paper/ rubbish etc, then it brushed the side of the Restaurant and hit the water. Once it hit the water everyone was able to see the vortex/funnel skim across the marina and hit the other side of the Wharf. ( The other shops and restaurants) there was al lot of smashing and banging of things hitting the ground etc. Then it was just a white out.

If you have a look back at the last few pages you will see some photos and radar images.

It sucked out a very heavy window that was bolted shut from the upstairs part of the Hoggs Breath. It sounded like a bomb going off.