State of Emergency

[Hectorplains]

Kia kaha Aucklanders.  Coasties know all about the pain of weather events. Some horrific footage coming out of the flooding and damage.  Thoughts are with you all.  Take care - nga mihi nui.   

[Buzz]

Kia kaha Aucklanders.  Coasties know all about the pain of weather events. Some horrific footage coming out of the flooding and damage.  Thoughts are with you all.  Take care - nga mihi nui.   

Disturbing footage of the devastating flooding, thoughts are with you Aucklanders. 

[Basil]

Thanks guys, its a shocker alright.  Managed to get back from the very enjoyable long lunch at the Viaduct with a few friends after navigating extreme rain at the Viaduct the likes of which I have never seen before and fording through three rivers and navigating several huge slips.  30 minute journey took nearly 2 hours.  Arrived home to no power or water and some water leaking through the wall from the flashing of an overflowing gutter...no major damage thankfully.

Power only just back on an hour or two ago but still no water.  I think the Beagle clan got away lightly compared to some poor other souls in Auckland.  249mm of rain in 24 hours, that's absolutely nuts!

[Basil]

How our 'brilliant" civic leaders handled the situation.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/300794503/countdown-to-chaos-as-aucklanders-were-desperately-seeking-safety-officials-were-silent
We're still living in third world conditions with no water.  Power came back on for a few hours last evening and then when I woke this morning no power.
Back on again now but for how long ?  Not being able to have a shower is starting to really grind my gears a fair bit.

Dramatic pictures https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/in-pictures-dramatic-images-of-aucklands-big-flood/V6SVF5A5T5B7PM2526IUTXYYIA/

[Shareguy]

How our 'brilliant" civic leaders handled the situation.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/300794503/countdown-to-chaos-as-aucklanders-were-desperately-seeking-safety-officials-were-silent
We're still living in third world conditions with no water.  Power came back on for a few hours last evening and then when I woke this morning no power.
Back on again now but for how long ?  Not being able to have a shower is starting to really grind my gears a fair bit.

Dramatic pictures https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/in-pictures-dramatic-images-of-aucklands-big-flood/V6SVF5A5T5B7PM2526IUTXYYIA/

Unbelievable weather. Have been up in far north in fishing comp since last Thursday and have had mostly good weather, which was unexpected. SHW1 back to Auckland ok with a few detours. Lots of farms have bad flooding.

Have been catching up on the news. Thoughts are with all the people that have been impacted. Certainly has been a Summer to remember.

[Basil]

Unbelievable weather. Have been up in far north in fishing comp since last Thursday and have had mostly good weather, which was unexpected. SHW1 back to Auckland ok with a few detours. Lots of farms have bad flooding.

Have been catching up on the news. Thoughts are with all the people that have been impacted. Certainly has been a Summer to remember.

Shocker. Some people in terrible trouble with their homes.
We still have no water, the irony of which with so much outside is not lost on me. Down at the boat loading up water containers and really looking forward to my first hot shower in four days!

[Basil]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weather-news/300795141/in-photos-auckland-devastated-by-flooding-slips
Images of the devastation across Auckland.
Our suburb, Titirangi, features in many of these images.  I've visited that guy in the water tanker, (photo 4) just up the road from where I live many times in the last few days.  Admire his work ethic, he's there from about 7.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. every day. 

Another 80-120mm of rain expected in the next 24 hours to fall on already saturated ground....oh my goodness, when will it end!

[winner (n)]

Jeez ... 80mm-120mm more rain to come

For us oldies thats maybe 5 inches of rain .....that's a lot.

Take care and kia kaha

[Basil]

Big slip happened and was caught on camera https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/roading-contractors-ready-with-excavator-on-site-in-case-more-slips-come-down-on-sh2-in-karangahake-gorge/ILILK65Q2BFVDK3AH7LQGBOM7Q/

[Basil]

It rained like nothing anyone had ever seen before.  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-floods-interactive-map-how-hard-was-your-suburb-hit/OZZ3SVMVFJENBES7C2X2ANQFME/

[Basil]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/supermarket-rush-scenes-reminiscent-of-lockdown-as-kiwis-prepare-for-cyclone-gabrielle/2ZLPO53XEVCX7HXHJJINABUREI/
The crazies and dooms-dayers have been out in full force today.
Some crazy and aggressive behavior in the supermarket car park when Mrs hound and I got a few supplies this morning.  Fortunatly there was enough left on the shelves when we visited our local supermarket but as we left we noticed the traffic really starting to build around mid-day.  Not overstating it to suggest some people appeared to be in a mild-moderate state of panic.

I think a lot of people in the upper and east north Island have an accumulated level of anxiety already from weather bombs this year.
Random thought - With obvious global warming impacts on the weather the south island is looking more attractive as a place to live these days.

[KW]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/supermarket-rush-scenes-reminiscent-of-lockdown-as-kiwis-prepare-for-cyclone-gabrielle/2ZLPO53XEVCX7HXHJJINABUREI/
The crazies and dooms-dayers have been out in full force today.
Some crazy and aggressive behavior in the supermarket car park when Mrs hound and I got a few supplies this morning.  Fortunatly there was enough left on the shelves when we visited our local supermarket but as we left we noticed the traffic really starting to build around mid-day.  Not overstating it to suggest some people appeared to be in a mild-moderate state of panic.

I think a lot of people in the upper and east north Island have an accumulated level of anxiety already from weather bombs this year.
Random thought - With obvious global warming impacts on the weather the south island is looking more attractive as a place to live these days.

Now that Covid is over the media have nothing else to do but find something else to create fear and panic over, as that generates clicks and ad revenues.  Its been three days so far of "OMG a cyclone is coming, the end is nigh" on the front page of the Stuff and Herald.  I got up this morning and thought "FFS isnt this over yet?  What do you mean its still not even here?".  I'm laying odds on it will blow right past and nothing will happen, and its all just more media fake news.  

I think you should definitely head down, we've had lovely weather this summer, if you like non stop heat and sunny days.  

[Jay]

Seems to me they can't win either way.
If they did not warn us and something does/did happen, there will be all the bleating about why did not tell/warn us, if nothing much happens, then nobody will believe them next time!

[Hectorplains]

E hika ma!  Biblical amounts of rain on the East Coast.  Anyone keen on floating (sorry...) an Ark building company?  I reckon a bodged together backdoor listing would attract floods (okay, I'll stop now...) of cash!

[Basil]

Best wishes with coping with the extreme weather mate.  Doesn't look good down your way and they haven't cleared the rivers from all the forestry slash from the last deluge yet.  What a "summer" it's been so far!!
Kia kaha.