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#3259802 15-Jul-2024 14:34

tweake:
i'm getting sick and tired of those overhyped weather forecasts in the media.

metservice predicts light rain with heavy rain watch. media headlines "heavy rain warning!!". its becoming boy who cried wolf. ever since Gabrielle they are so overhyping anything that might be bad weather. hysteria at its finest.

Link please.

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#3259807 15-Jul-2024 14:51

gzt:
Link please.

Live: Heavy rain for Auckland, Coromandel, Northland, BOP, Tasman

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/thunderstorms-to-rattle-upper-north-island-auckland-as-heavy-rain-gales-hit-at-rush-hour/F2JRLIM5ZBF4PLZ25YXONV7FLY/

as a quick example. there was others but probably removed now the rain is over.

every time it rains its "heavy rain forecasted" even tho metservice did not issue a heavy rain warning, only a heavy rain watch. if you look at metservice rain prediction they had no prediction for heavy rain in auckland/northland.

the northland "heavy rain" was a mere 3.4mm/hr, auckland recording 5mm. far cry from heavy rain ie 50mm+.

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#3260002 15-Jul-2024 20:50

They probably don't want to get caught out like many organisations did during Gabrielle e.g. ZB

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#3260152 16-Jul-2024 11:18

tweake:

i'm getting sick and tired of those overhyped weather forecasts in the media.

metservice predicts light rain with heavy rain watch. media headlines "heavy rain warning!!". its becoming boy who cried wolf. ever since Gabrielle they are so overhyping anything that might be bad weather. hysteria at its finest.

I think these OTT forecasts go back a decade or so after some flooding that they completely missed.

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#3261222 19-Jul-2024 07:56

Trump supporters wear ear bandages in ‘new sign of unity’

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Doing your best is much more important than being the best.

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#3261318 19-Jul-2024 10:26

Bee: Trump supporters wear ear bandages in ‘new sign of unity’

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#3261327 19-Jul-2024 10:47

freitasm:

Bee: Trump supporters wear ear bandages in ‘new sign of unity’

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A taped on Tampon...makes sense

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#3261330 19-Jul-2024 10:59

If only his mouth had been injured.

Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos

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#3261385 19-Jul-2024 11:26

sir1963:
A taped on Tampon...makes sense

There's so much BS flying around at these rallies a pair of full sized incontinence pants would be better.

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#3261618 19-Jul-2024 21:32

From the NZHerald Frontpage:

Does this mean that I'm not really here posting this message?

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#3261729 20-Jul-2024 10:04

Spot the deliberate mistake?

Radio NZ - CrowdStrike glitch live:

image caption: "Global flight disruptions after the CrowdSrike (sic) glitch may have flow-on effects for New Zealand today."

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#3261863 20-Jul-2024 16:38

Another one from NZ Herald

If you can't laugh at yourself then you probably shouldn't laugh at others.

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#3262101 21-Jul-2024 12:04

In fairness, they were probably halfway through writing a headline blaming Cloudflare like usual when someone said "psst, it's CrowdStrike this time!"

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#3262447 21-Jul-2024 21:04

NZ Herald/Reset/Ethical Living/How to dispose of expired batteries - Today

Kiwi Can Do on show, just amazing, I never knew:

"Some parts of the separated battery are processed in a rotary kiln to transform magnesium oxide content into zinc oxide."

This is a real scientific achievement--I bet the Kiwi boffins are now working on transforming base metal to gold!

gml

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#3264009 24-Jul-2024 15:52

I'm being a real pedant here, but given that the flight was still in Wellington where the delay occurred doesn't that make it a "Christchurch flight"

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/350353444/toy-gun-holds-jetstar-wellington-flight

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

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