Auckland Weather 27/01/23 and Cyclone Gabrielle

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#3037630 16-Feb-2023 14:07

networkn:

Holy Christmas Trees Batman. *Torrential* rain in Central Auckland this very minute for the last 10 minutes. Serious quantities of water!

Literally not a drop in Greenlane.

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#3037631 16-Feb-2023 14:07

floydbloke:

I've donated, and encourage all other Geekzoners who can afford it to do so as well.

Done, and Trade Me are doing this https://www.trademe.co.nz/stores/thekindnessstore

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#3037645 16-Feb-2023 14:34

When power is unreliable and internet likewise, cash becomes king again.

It does seem that going totally cashless in a country prone to various natural disasters is not a thing.
Otherwise we will be bartering with Dairy owner to accept tradeable bottles of liquor or cigarettes.
Cash is probably handier.

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#3037705 16-Feb-2023 15:24

wellygary:

GV27:

Looking at the scenes from the Bay and the East Coast, there is just simply no way Auckland would have coped if the initial track of directly through or bouncing off the city had played out.

It just would have been chaos.

Probably better that didn't happen, but I'm gutted for Napier and the Bay that it's happened to them.

TBH the exact track becomes a bit irrelevant, the storm is so big that its impact is damaging 100s of kms away

Someone on Twitter posted the paths of Bola and Gabrielle, they are hugely different but both pummelled the east coast of the Nth Island...

exactly. its not the track thats all that important but rather the front(s) it swings over and where the moisture is in it.

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#3037712 16-Feb-2023 15:26

johno1234:

networkn:

Holy Christmas Trees Batman. *Torrential* rain in Central Auckland this very minute for the last 10 minutes. Serious quantities of water!

Which neighbourhood? Completely missed us. Looking at the rain radar it is very small localised areas:

A couple of days ago that entire frame was blue all day.

theres been small storm cells coming across today. i see northland got hit by a few. however they are small and give very localised dumping of very heavy rain.

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#3037713 16-Feb-2023 15:26

Poured down here (on the Shore) around lunchtime for about 10-20 minutes, then the sun came out and it was stinking hot again.

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#3037714 16-Feb-2023 15:31

quickymart:

Poured down here (on the Shore) around lunchtime for about 10-20 minutes, then the sun came out and it was stinking hot again.

Sounds like proper summer has finally arrived then.

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#3037807 16-Feb-2023 17:26

Yes, with less than a fortnight to go 😕

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#3037818 16-Feb-2023 17:53

I feel slightly guilty. We had one chilly, wet day with some rain that was no worse than many winter days.

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#3037830 16-Feb-2023 18:27

After watching the TV1 broadcast about the emergency at 5:30 today I had some sympathy with Mayor Brown. When the questions were called for from the "drongos" it was embarrassing. Talk about stupid questions.

Or am I being too critical?

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#3037835 16-Feb-2023 18:41

duckDecoy: I just drove to and from Newmarket and went through that. Torrential is a mild description. Was crapping myself on the motorway, people gave up on lanes and just drove whereever - never seen that before

Marked lines all but disappearing in rain is a problem.

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#3037841 16-Feb-2023 18:50

linw:
After watching the TV1 broadcast about the emergency at 5:30 today I had some sympathy with Mayor Brown. When the questions were called for from the "drongos" it was embarrassing. Talk about stupid questions.

Didn't see it but in situations like this journalists are often obliged to ask the sorts of questions the public wants asked, not the ones they'd actually like to ask. So when you get a bunch of dumb questions it's often journalists channelling what Joe Bloggs on Facebook wants to know.

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#3037842 16-Feb-2023 18:51

quickymart:

Poured down here (on the Shore) around lunchtime for about 10-20 minutes, then the sun came out and it was stinking hot again.

Reminds me of the GC

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#3037844 16-Feb-2023 18:52

Geektastic: I feel slightly guilty. We had one chilly, wet day with some rain that was no worse than many winter days.

Weather wise and other wise, NZ has had a tough trip over the last few years. Everyone seems to get a turn. Weather wise, it will repeat

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#3037849 16-Feb-2023 19:19

Watched Three News...gut wrenching. How will these poor people get through such carnage. This is worse than an earthquake which is at least a dry event weather permitting.

Their farms, homes and crops gone and knee high in mud contemplating the next step. No amount of money can fix this. Do they build again in the same place? Do they leave their history and connections to go elsewhere? Very difficult and heart breaking decisions. May they find strength to cope. Certainly you can’t watch without feeling their pain.

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