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#173177 14-May-2015 10:09

How are you guys in the Welly area coping?

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#1304999 14-May-2015 10:43

Missed my flight from WLG - AKL today due to road/rail closure - no flights out of Kapiti for the rest of the day - time to bench watch something - what do you recommend?

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#1305021 14-May-2015 11:26

I certainly picked the wrong weekend to head home to Pram to see the kids!

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#1305069 14-May-2015 12:05

Hmm... I thought someone was taking photos outside... quite a few lightning flashes and impressive thunder. Great day to huddle by the warm glow of my monitor!

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#1305072 14-May-2015 12:09

I have the kids at home, Kapiti completely cut off with both road and rail suffering slips. The river levels are incredible and I think the worst is yet to come as rain tonight coincides with high tide, eek!

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#1305078 14-May-2015 12:20

Interestingly, not that far away in Martinborough, all we have had so far is a couple of periods of medium heavy rain. It's a bit chilly round it, too.

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#1305086 14-May-2015 12:31

SH1 is now open northbound only (and apparently still being closed intermittently due to flooding), but one of my friends has made it home from Tawa to Pram just now.

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#1305094 14-May-2015 12:53

Tawa has just had a significant flood down main road. Its chaos out here

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#1305098 14-May-2015 12:58

My wife had to go into the city to pick up passports, she took the SUV and needed it, she said there was a torrent running across the Motorway at Horokiwi. The Hutt River is very high. We have flooding at home for the first time ever. I may need
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#1305109 14-May-2015 13:09

Stay safe everyone! :)

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#1305113 14-May-2015 13:17

Stress: Tawa has just had a significant flood down main road. Its chaos out here

Tawa School is flooded and asked parents to collect the kids. There's an inflatable boat being used to ferry kids from classrooms to the front car park. Understandably kids wanted to stay and play...

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#1305115 14-May-2015 13:19

Damn, just got a leak in my lounge ceiling here in Plimmerton. No flooding, thank goodness, as we are on the top of a hill.

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#1305122 14-May-2015 13:26

freitasm:
Stress: Tawa has just had a significant flood down main road. Its chaos out here

Tawa School is flooded and asked parents to collect the kids. There's an inflatable boat being used to ferry kids from classrooms to the front car park. Understandably kids wanted to stay and play...

I bet you wanted to as well :P

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#1305123 14-May-2015 13:27

-All Tranz Metro services are suspended until further notice. Wellington Station is now closed. See http://t.co/EBBuBxL2Mn for info. 14May15

— Tranz Metro (@TranzMetro) May 14, 2015

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#1305125 14-May-2015 13:34

Wow, all trains suspended? That'll be chaos!

My sister and her man live in Tawa, but are overseas presently. Hopefully their house is safe from any slips/floods.

Take care everyone there.

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#1305160 14-May-2015 14:05

My wife just rang me she is in gridlock I doubt she will get out of Wellington tonight

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