Coming into work early to get some quiet time before the chaos and find chaos is already there!

johno1234:

 

Windy and rainy in Auckland for the last 24hours. Just a stormy day of no particular note I would have thought but based on media reports you'd think we were in the middle of a catastrophe.

 

Media and Metservice both still very aware they gave no warning of the January 2023 floods. They won't be caught short again for another few years. 

Behodar:

 

No rain in Whakatane either, although we're only under a "watch", not a warning. Apparently Tauranga got a bit of rain this morning though.

 

A "bit", overnight, this morning and continuing on currently in Tauranga.   Can only hope if keeps the "out of towners" away for a quiet easter 

I've had two power outages so far today, and my lights are flickering again. I'm holding my breath...

Mildly bad weather is NOT an emergency! Stop sending those BS warning messages to all our phones. Just received a warning about thunderstorms (big deal!) in Auckland, through to 2:15pm.

SirHumphreyAppleby:

 

Mildly bad weather is NOT an emergency! Stop sending those BS warning messages to all our phones. Just received a warning about thunderstorms (big deal!) in Auckland, through to 2:15pm.

 

This feels ignorant of the people who were flooded out last night. We missed having our home flooded by perhaps 2mm of rain. 

I'll take it over no warning thanks. 

networkn:

 

This feels ignorant of the people who were flooded out last night. We missed having our home flooded by perhaps 2mm of rain. 

 

I'll take it over no warning thanks. 

 

I don't agree.

We've also experienced flooding in our street in late 2022. Two vehicles were written off and homes threatened. It would have been much worse had the neighbours not worked together to clear the drains and move other vehicles. I couldn't care less about the lack of warning. We just got on and did what we needed to do. Any rain brings the potential for flooding in isolated areas. It's a fact of life, not something to warn a third of the population about.

SirHumphreyAppleby:

 

Mildly bad weather is NOT an emergency! Stop sending those BS warning messages to all our phones. Just received a warning about thunderstorms (big deal!) in Auckland, through to 2:15pm.

 

Well they sent that warning thru with a few mins that it was in force for, and then another one extending to 3pm.

There has been nothing after those warnings. Its not even raining. They should have sent them out last night before the mad wind and rain.

SirHumphreyAppleby:

 

Mildly bad weather is NOT an emergency! Stop sending those BS warning messages to all our phones. Just received a warning about thunderstorms (big deal!) in Auckland, through to 2:15pm.

 

It's probably an emergency to anyone who's paranoid about their property values shedding even a few dollars.

I guess a fair question might be why do you watch it?

Visit the toilet. Check your email. Pet the cat. Put on something more comfortable. Lots of ways to fill a spare minute.

Inane youtube posts.

What kind of gremlin orchestrates a fridge malfunction while the owners are away! The cameras alerted me to someone in the house. Checked it to see my daughter on her knees soaking up dead animal juices. She said it was stinking but still partially freezing and the top was cold. Told her to shut the door and I will deal with it on my happy homecoming. Ugh! And I was dreading unpacking which now sounds like a pleasure in comparison. Fridge is two years old.