Auckland Weather 27/01/23 and Cyclone Gabrielle

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#3036270 14-Feb-2023 09:29

No power since yesterday evening. How long should I wait before opening the freezer and eating all the ice cream?

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#3036275 14-Feb-2023 09:41

No power for a long period of time definitely feels like more than first world problems :)

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#3036278 14-Feb-2023 09:44

gzt: No power since yesterday evening. How long should I wait before opening the freezer and eating all the ice cream?

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If you are able to keep it shut, your freezer should stay frozen for 48 hours or more depending on how full it is.

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#3036282 14-Feb-2023 10:01

gzt: No power since yesterday evening. How long should I wait before opening the freezer and eating all the ice cream?

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One should never wait to eat all the icecream.

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#3036284 14-Feb-2023 10:05

gzt: No power since yesterday evening. How long should I wait before opening the freezer and eating all the ice cream?

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If the power is off, what else are you going to do with your time?

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#3036285 14-Feb-2023 10:10

State of National Emergency Declared | Beehive.govt.nz

The New Zealand Government has this morning declared a National State of Emergency, to assist in the response to Cyclone Gabrielle.

The Minister for Emergency Management, Kieran McAnulty, signed the declaration at 8.43am.

Prior to signing the declaration he advised the Prime Minister, and the Opposition spokesperson for emergency management, who were both supportive of the declaration.

The declaration will apply to the six regions that have already declared a local State of Emergency: Northland, Auckland, Tairāwhiti, Bay of Plenty, Waikato, and Hawkes Bay.

This is only the third time in New Zealand history that a National State of Emergency has been declared.

“This is an unprecedented weather event that is having major impacts across much of the North Island,” Kieran McAnulty said.

“Since Sunday, NEMA have been in close contact with local civil defence emergency management (CDEM) teams of affected areas to assess the need of a declaration of a state of National Emergency.

“NEMA has been giving advice to myself and the Prime Minister on the need of a national State of Emergency based on the assessments of the local teams, and until now the advice has been that it was not necessary.

“NEMA met with the affected CDEM groups. Based on feedback from the groups and NEMA

I consider that the criteria have now been met and a National State of Emergency would be beneficial.

“The local leadership, CDEM groups, and emergency responders in all of the affected areas have been doing an outstanding job, but the widespread damage caused by this cyclone means we need a National declaration to support them.

“This declaration will enable the Government to support the affected regions, provide additional resources as they are needed, and help set the priorities across the country for the response.

“A National State of Emergency gives the National Controller legal authority to apply resources across the country in support of a national level response.

“This declaration gives us the ability to coordination further resources for affected regions. I want to emphasise that the Government has already been surging support and resources to the regions for some days.”

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#3036286 14-Feb-2023 10:12

Regarding Cyclone Grabielle:

On Monday the telecommunications sector activated its Telecommunications Emergency Forum to prepare for Cyclone Gabrielle. We are working closely to support NEMA and regional civil defence operations around the country.

Our networks are largely undamaged but there are outages due to a lack of power supply. Each telco is working to ensure cellsites operating on batteries are optimised for power saving. Network teams are working to get generators out to the key nodes around the networks to ensure they will continue to operate.

Chorus reports two fibre lines are damaged in the eastern part of the North Island - the Taupo to Napier line and one running across the north of the region. This is affecting mobile coverage in the Hawke’s Bay region for all providers on top of the power situation. Teams are working to locate the fault or faults on the line but this work is hampered both by the weather and by access to the lines. Staff safety is of paramount concern in such situations so the teams will be proceeding carefully.

The situation is developing and as power is brought back in areas that were offline yesterday we can re-allocate resources into newly affected areas. However reports from Northland suggest the weather, particularly the wind, is still causing trouble for the teams on the ground.

Customers are advised to keep their mobile devices charged if possible and minimse their use for non-essential communications. Calls to 111 are prioritised across the mobile networks so if you have coverage, even from another provider, you should be able to make an emergency call.

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125 cellsites are offline mostly due to power cuts.
Gisborne and Taupo offline for both fixed and mobile service due to fibre cuts.

Spark
136 cellsites offline due to power cuts.
Emergency generator has been sent to Muriwai to assist emergency services and restore cellphone coverage there.

Vodafone
Approximately 115 cellsites are offline
46 in Northland
18 in Auckland
30 Central North Island

Rural Connectivity Group
Approximately 96 cellsites are offline (impacting all 3 mobile operators)
34 in Northland
9 in Auckland
53 Rest of North Island

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#3036300 14-Feb-2023 10:37

Power out and completely cut off but well-supplied and not in any danger. Hastings/Hawke's Bay. Checking email once a day to save battery.

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#3036301 14-Feb-2023 10:38

networkn:

No power for a long period of time definitely feels like more than first world problems :)

12 hours is not a long period of time.

The year I arrived here, 2006, we had no power for 8 days due to snow. Since, we have had other outages that lasted 2-3 days.

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#3036302 14-Feb-2023 10:40

How long should a cell tower battery last for?

My 2D tower lasted 30 minutes last night after the power went out.

So no internet or phone for about 2.5 hours until 6:30am when the power came back on.

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#3036313 14-Feb-2023 11:38

And lost power here at work in Palmerston North.

Thank you laptop + sharing to my iPhone for a data connection.

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#3036329 14-Feb-2023 12:13

Rikkitic:

Power out and completely cut off but well-supplied and not in any danger. Hastings/Hawke's Bay. Checking email once a day to save battery.

Prepare for it to be possibly out for Days,

Transpower have lost their grid connection ( GEX) - they suspect the main Substation (at Redcllyffe) is underwater as the Tūtaekurī River has burst its banks..

"Grid emergency: Power could be out for weeks in Hawke's Bay and Gisborne

Transpower has declared a Grid Emergency following the loss of electricity supply to Hawke's Bay and Gisborne, warning of outages for "days to weeks, rather than hours".

The outage is a result of flooding to the Redclyffe substation following extreme weather from Cyclone Gabrielle.

The Unison and Eastland networks that distribute electricity to the region are currently down as a result."Due to the current situation, we are not able to obtain communications from our substation, but it is likely the Redclyffe substation is underwater.

While we cannot currently access the site, we have a helicopter on standby for further investigation when possible," a spokeswoman said in a statement.

"Until we are able to gain access to the substation we will not have a clear picture of how long the region will be without power, but we are advising that the community should be prepared to be without power for days to weeks, rather than hours."

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#3036335 14-Feb-2023 12:43

Makes one realise how vulnerable we are. No power, no eftpos, no internet, no cell phones. Imagine this in winter. Lucky are those who have a generator.

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#3036404 14-Feb-2023 14:22

There are so many faults on the Chorus outages page you'll notice a huge delay (multiple seconds) before it displays any results

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#3036431 14-Feb-2023 15:20

Eva888: Makes one realise how vulnerable we are. No power, no eftpos, no internet, no cell phones. Imagine this in winter. Lucky are those who have a generator.

Wellingtonian here, feeling for people who have lost life / property / livelihoods to the North. What you've mentioned can be categorised as "first world" problems. I mentioned Wellingtonian since we've NO excuse for not being prepared, space / financials dependant.

LED Torches / lantern to see at night, a book to read, a battery bank or two for charging devices, some food and water supplies to live on for a week, some cash for no Eftpos situations (if they can remember how to country cash) or for trading with a stranger / neighbour, a sleeping blanket for winter.......... Yes some sort of power backup to keep the freezer going until you've used things in it - if the contents of the freezer cost more than the thing to keep it frozen.

As an aside for the first world geeks, I've talked to a few dozen locals about going in for a Starlink (if they'd let one of us have one in an urban area), so that in a worst case event there would be communal place to get Internet and the initial buy in would be $75 and $15 per month per person to keep it active.

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