Auckland Weather 27/01/23 and Cyclone Gabrielle

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#3029956 31-Jan-2023 14:34

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Yet almost all the Auckland MPs, Labour, National etc, were, and many including Councillors were either doing the same or on the ground in the affected areas. Actual leadership isn't just sitting back and being told things, it's being a visible presence and getting messages out to people who need them.

Yup. Friend of mine lives in a flooded area and his local former MP was going door to door, house to house checking up on people. And note that's "former", he wasn't doing it for the votes, he was doing it because that's what an effective leader/public servant/whatever does.

The mayor seems a bit like other notable populist politicians, great at complaining about everything and promising to drain the swamp before he gets elected but about as useful as a Trump during Covid when the ordure enters the air conditioning.

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#3029959 31-Jan-2023 14:36

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GV27:

As an aside, does anyone know where I can find the current Harbour Bridge wind-speed? I've got staff that I don't want stranded here and am looking to send home early if needed.

There's one at Northcote Point:

https://www.windfinder.com/report/northcote-point

You can also go to a site like Weather Underground and pick your preferred data location off the map, this being the closest AFAICT.

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#3029983 31-Jan-2023 15:44

Not so much rain here on the Shore today - definitely nowhere near as bad as Friday - but windy as hell.

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#3029984 31-Jan-2023 15:45

I just got an emergency alert on my phone, which I just closed coz it made the phone (Samsung S21) make a horrible sound, now I can't find it to read it.

Where do those messages get saved?

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#3029985 31-Jan-2023 15:49

kiwifidget:

I just got an emergency alert on my phone, which I just closed coz it made the phone (Samsung S21) make a horrible sound, now I can't find it to read it.

Where do those messages get saved?

Settings>Notifications>Advanced Settings>Wireless Emergency alerts>Emergency Alert history

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#3029986 31-Jan-2023 15:53

@throbb thank you, not sure burying those messages so deep in the phone is a good idea.

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#3029991 31-Jan-2023 16:10

quickymart:

Not so much rain here on the Shore today - definitely nowhere near as bad as Friday - but windy as hell.

It looks like the main rain band will be coming through after midnight

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#3030005 31-Jan-2023 16:45

Great it has gone from a orange to a red rain warning in Rotorua , in 2 minds now because i love a big storm and were i live it will never flood but Ngongotaha is in trouble if it comes down as hard as they are saying it will.

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#3030009 31-Jan-2023 16:53

Good informative article just released by Consumer NZ - It is a free article

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Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#3030036 31-Jan-2023 18:21

kiwifidget:

I just got an emergency alert on my phone, which I just closed coz it made the phone (Samsung S21) make a horrible sound, now I can't find it to read it.

Where do those messages get saved?

I had that issue too :)

But my wifes phone did one better... Huawei. It displayed her a COVID alert from 2021 :D Tonights alert was there but not bought to the front :D

XPD / Gavin

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#3030164 1-Feb-2023 08:18

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wayne-brown-interview-i-was-kept-waiting-while-auckland-flooded-and-why-the-media-are-drongos/SO342GURFJDEFHTBXWXE5BIMQY/ (paywalled)

An interview with Wayne Brown (which I read as being rather combative) and why his response to the flood was so slow; I interpreted it as "not my fault" - but as someone else pointed out earlier as the mayor he "carries the can" for the council.

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#3030175 1-Feb-2023 08:43

quickymart:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wayne-brown-interview-i-was-kept-waiting-while-auckland-flooded-and-why-the-media-are-drongos/SO342GURFJDEFHTBXWXE5BIMQY/ (paywalled)

An interview with Wayne Brown (which I read as being rather combative) and why his response to the flood was so slow; I interpreted it as "not my fault" - but as someone else pointed out earlier as the mayor he "carries the can" for the council.

Hopefully there'll be a non-paywalled version on another news site somewhere.

Back on topic: Woke to some pretty heavy and sustained rain this morning.

Thankfully our road has gotten away with it again, so the stormwater culverts are doing their jobs here, unlike our friends' on Friday.

Yet to hear if they have been affected again. Fingers crossed that many of those already affected are not further affected and that anyone who wasn't, stays that way!

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