Buzz·Posted on 21 Apr 201524 Pictures That Define The Great Umbrella Massacre Of 2015You can't stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, because it's f**king broken.by Lane SaintyBuzzFeed News Reporter, AustraliaLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Hundreds of abandoned umbrellas lined the streets of Sydney on Tuesday morning. Klara Kalocsay @klaratiara It just one of those days #SydneyWeather #rain 07:22 AM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 2. Utterly defeated by the extreme rain and wind battering Sydney, the umbrellas lay in tatters, rejected by their once-loving owners. View this photo on Instagram 3. People tried in vain to avoid the downpour under their rapidly disintegrating shelters. Nadia Jones @nadiajones1 "@Wildeturkey: The look on the face under this umbrella must be joyous... ☔️ #sydney #SydneyRain #SydneyWeather " 10:12 PM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 4. But most Sydneysiders had some variation of this happen to them. J.L @johnnieisalways Sydney weather 2. Umbrella 0. Lost 2 umbrella in 2 days. #SydneyWeather #SydneyStorm #Sydney Need #bluntumbrella 10:37 PM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. Or this. View this photo on Instagram 6. Or even this. 7. Many umbrellas didn't survive the deluge and were left to ponder their fate on Pyrmont Bridge. 8. Some people took the opportunity to turn their destroyed umbrellas into art. Norman Ma @darkhorse166 Tuesday morning, fallen umbrella. #sydney #streetphotography #vscocam #iphone6 #skwrt #rain http://t.co/Ef2tpoVVKE 11:07 PM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 9. While others called for a reinvention of this obviously flawed product. Fiona Smith @fionaatwork Time to reinvent the umbrella 11:04 PM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 10. And some battled on, doggedly ignoring the fact their inverted umbrellas offered little protection from the elements. 11. Hundreds of people threw out the now-useless contraptions. View this photo on Instagram 12. They were in heaped piles at train stations. Sian Edwards @sianwithaSHH Umbrella graveyard at the train station. #SydneyWeather 07:34 AM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 13. Shoved into 140 litre garbage bins. Warwick Goodman @warwickgoodman This Sydney weather is an umbrella manufacturer's dream. #aapweather 11:11 PM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 14. Cuddled up with coffee cups in street bins everywhere. Amanda Hoh @amandahoh They finally gave up #umbrella #Sydneystorm 11:45 PM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 15. And tossed away in fits of frustration to lie sodden on the sidewalk. AKHost @dragonflyautumn Queens Square is one of the windiest places in Sydney. Spotted around 30 umbrella corpses this morning. #weather 10:26 PM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 16. Picturesque umbrella bins made it to Instagram. View this photo on Instagram 17. While others were just a tangled mess of metal and plastic. View this photo on Instagram 18. Ruined umbrellas were around every corner. Dave Earley @earleyedition #umbrellageddon. A #sydneystorm tragedy 09:43 PM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 19. Some were elegant in defeat, while others looked utterly destroyed lying prostrate on the pavement. View this photo on Instagram 20. This umbrella – and probably its owner – will never be the same again. 21. Some had their fabric ripped away entirely, leaving just a skinny metal skeleton. Justin @justipen Redfern is an umbrella graveyard this morning (feat. guest installation from some fallen trees) 11:43 PM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 22. This umbrella found peace ensconced in a bed of leaves in the gutter. View this photo on Instagram 23. At Sydney University, bin covers designed to deter ibises were blown off to accommodate the sea of discarded umbrellas. 24. And this umbrella owner probably wasn't singing as they got drenched en route to work. View this photo on Instagram If it's raining tomorrow, maybe pick up one of these instead. MissusNash @missesnash Hoping for a better outcome today #SydneyWeather 10:19 PM - 20 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite