Auckland Weather 27/01/23 and Cyclone Gabrielle

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#3041580 24-Feb-2023 19:34

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Very popular in Northern NSW or Queensland to see houses on stilts.

That's not typically flood related, more to do with the fact that it assists in cooling the house down in the subtropical temperatures. Any flood mitigation benefit is purely incidental.

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#3041581 24-Feb-2023 19:36

neb: Given the events of the last month, whichever politician retargets Three Waters to One Water and comes out with a roadmap to fixing it is going to win by a landslide...

Wrong thread possibly, but as they say on TV, "Its complicated" NZ has enough issues from low interest in many sectors going back decades. Covid, Ukraine, Fuel, fertiliser, wheat. Covid supply issues. Covid sick day issues causing low supply, demand post Covid adding to demand issues, then this, which is yet another big spend. Looking at some parts of the world, we are ok.

And when politician A says "this", politician B says "that".

All we can do nationally is hunker down and box on, but no matter what anyone does, it will be seen as a fail.

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#3041582 24-Feb-2023 19:46

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Did everyone receive a text alert about the incoming rough weather? Some phones at my place got it, some didn't.

It seems to have been pretty random, neighbours here (north shore) didn't get it but a friend a few km further south did even though the most-affected areas are north and west of here, not south.

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#3041583 24-Feb-2023 19:49

quickymart:

Did everyone receive a text alert about the incoming rough weather? Some phones at my place got it, some didn't.

I only got it on my dual sim phone that has 2 degrees and spark in it, and it got it once. My vodafone phone did not get it. Android doesn't tell me which sim an emergency alert came from like it does for SMS. I can see up the harbour from here to the affected places somewhat so I guess it was probably 2 degrees getting signal from there since they have almost nothing bar wise on the phone most of the time here in beach haven.

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#3041584 24-Feb-2023 19:50

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I can see up the harbour from here to the affected places somewhat so I guess it was probably 2 degrees getting signal from there since they have almost nothing bar wise on the phone most of the time here in beach haven.

Ah, and the friend I mentioned is line of sight to West Auckland, that would explain them getting it but no-one here.

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#3041618 24-Feb-2023 20:34

richms:

quickymart:

Did everyone receive a text alert about the incoming rough weather? Some phones at my place got it, some didn't.

I only got it on my dual sim phone that has 2 degrees and spark in it, and it got it once. My vodafone phone did not get it. Android doesn't tell me which sim an emergency alert came from like it does for SMS. I can see up the harbour from here to the affected places somewhat so I guess it was probably 2 degrees getting signal from there since they have almost nothing bar wise on the phone most of the time here in beach haven.

I have a few Vodafone mobiles, and a Spark one. The Spark one didn't receive anything but two of the Vodafone ones did - but one didn't. Very random indeed.

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#3041627 24-Feb-2023 21:03

tweake:
well it looks like mangawhai has taken a hit. rain radar looks really bad. it looks to be cut off. mangawhai road flooded, mangawhai-kaiwaka rd flooded/slip, side roads flooded. a message that dome is also flooded. i suspect tomarata will be as well. there was a message that cove rd was out but not sure on that.

https://twitter.com/Kiwi_Wiski/status/1628988134959771649/photo/1

I drove into Mangawhai at lunch time, I wont be leaving anytime soon. Rains eased up now. The estuary looks like it's high tide but it's still 3 hours away.

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#3041630 24-Feb-2023 21:18

Friend of mine reported crossing a slightly underwater bridge on his way home in his work van, maybe 10-15cm of water, barely moving. There were several Remuera tractors with probably twice his ground clearance stacked up behind the bridge afraid to cross.

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#3041633 24-Feb-2023 21:45

It is not a good time to encourage risk taking. Seriously, unless there is an officer or a civil engineer waving people across, I myself think I'd do the exact same thing this evening turn around and take a different route.

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#3041634 24-Feb-2023 21:47

Apparently this is the area it was sent to (in red).

In our case, literally parts of the suburb were meant to get it, and parts of it weren't, yet we were all getting the same weather. Not sure how well the red line corresponds to who did and didn't get it in our neighbourhood, I assume its related to where each cell tower is?

(Credit to https://twitter.com/4n6expert/status/1629007984595705856...)

May be an image of ‎map and ‎text that says '‎CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY MOBILE ALERT SENT το THIS AREA Game CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY MOBILE ALERT NOT SENTTO THIS ۔IAREA‎'‎‎

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#3041636 24-Feb-2023 22:02

gzt: It is not a good time to encourage risk taking. Seriously, unless there is an officer or a civil engineer waving people across, I myself think I'd do the exact same thing this evening turn around and take a different route.

He's lived there for 40-odd years and the bridge has always had issues with water coming over it so he knew what he was doing. In terms of turning around, I don't think there were other routes, or at least none that weren't tens of km through even more flood-prone areas, that's why the SUVs were stacked up there. But in general, sure, don't cross a flooded bridge if you don't know what the conditions are.

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#3041670 25-Feb-2023 09:24

gzt: It is not a good time to encourage risk taking. Seriously, unless there is an officer or a civil engineer waving people across, I myself think I'd do the exact same thing this evening turn around and take a different route.

the old rule, if you can't walk it you can't drive it.

i bet non of the suv's got out and checked the depth and speed of the water.

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#3041677 25-Feb-2023 10:29

antant:

Apparently this is the area it was sent to (in red).

In our case, literally parts of the suburb were meant to get it, and parts of it weren't, yet we were all getting the same weather. Not sure how well the red line corresponds to who did and didn't get it in our neighbourhood, I assume its related to where each cell tower is?

(Credit to https://twitter.com/4n6expert/status/1629007984595705856...)

Interesting, one of my phones must have been getting the signal from an area in red, whereas the other ones weren't so didn't receive it.

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#3041686 25-Feb-2023 11:25

tweake:
gzt: It is not a good time to encourage risk taking. Seriously, unless there is an officer or a civil engineer waving people across, I myself think I'd do the exact same thing this evening turn around and take a different route.

the old rule, if you can't walk it you can't drive it.

i bet non of the suv's got out and checked the depth and speed of the water.

Dad's sister always complained that she did the walking and Uncle Charlie did the driving. Fording streams was the norm in far north.

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#3041688 25-Feb-2023 11:37

A ford and bridge are two different things. A picture of the bridge might be needed.

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