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Title: more rain
Post by: Andy H on 28 January 2023, 09:48:09
Got a bit wet cycling to work yesterday.

249mm (10") rainfall in 24 hours :o
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Post by: Varche on 28 January 2023, 10:58:20
Crikey tthat is a lot. I doubt we had that much all last year!
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Post by: STEMO on 28 January 2023, 11:28:09
Saw it on the news, Andy, chest height flooding and submerged cars. Glad you and yours are safe.
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Post by: dave the builder on 28 January 2023, 12:33:37
You need to het a canoe  :)
Like that bloke who appears on the news EVERY time there's a flood  :D
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Post by: ronnyd on 28 January 2023, 14:07:40
Got a bit wet cycling to work yesterday.

249mm (10") rainfall in 24 hours :o
My grandson is living in Auckland at the moment. Will have to ask him if the bar he's working in is submerged yet.  :D
Title: Re: more rain
Post by: Andy H on 29 January 2023, 19:26:53
You need to het a canoe  :)
Like that bloke who appears on the news EVERY time there's a flood  :D
kayaks everywhere in this part of Auckland  but it wasn't safe to use them on Friday.
The first person to die was in a kayak https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131094849/man-who-died-kayaking-in-floodwater-remembered-as-natureloving-surfer (https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131094849/man-who-died-kayaking-in-floodwater-remembered-as-natureloving-surfer)
Title: Re: more rain
Post by: dave the builder on 29 January 2023, 20:46:37
You need to het a canoe  :)
Like that bloke who appears on the news EVERY time there's a flood  :D
kayaks everywhere in this part of Auckland  but it wasn't safe to use them on Friday.
The first person to die was in a kayak https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131094849/man-who-died-kayaking-in-floodwater-remembered-as-natureloving-surfer (https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131094849/man-who-died-kayaking-in-floodwater-remembered-as-natureloving-surfer)
Get a BIG canoe then  :P
Title: Re: more rain
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 29 January 2023, 21:20:04
You need to het a canoe  :)
Like that bloke who appears on the news EVERY time there's a flood  :D
kayaks everywhere in this part of Auckland  but it wasn't safe to use them on Friday.
The first person to die was in a kayak https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131094849/man-who-died-kayaking-in-floodwater-remembered-as-natureloving-surfer (https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131094849/man-who-died-kayaking-in-floodwater-remembered-as-natureloving-surfer)

Urgh... Swept down a storm drain....  :-\
Title: Re: more rain
Post by: dave the builder on 29 January 2023, 21:56:22
You need to het a canoe  :)
Like that bloke who appears on the news EVERY time there's a flood  :D
kayaks everywhere in this part of Auckland  but it wasn't safe to use them on Friday.
The first person to die was in a kayak https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131094849/man-who-died-kayaking-in-floodwater-remembered-as-natureloving-surfer (https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131094849/man-who-died-kayaking-in-floodwater-remembered-as-natureloving-surfer)

Urgh... Swept down a storm drain....  :-\
Maybe he shrunk in the wash  :-\ or it was Stuart Littles smaller brother  :-\
or they have massive drains  ???
Title: Re: more rain
Post by: Andy H on 30 January 2023, 02:23:17
You need to het a canoe  :)
Like that bloke who appears on the news EVERY time there's a flood  :D
kayaks everywhere in this part of Auckland  but it wasn't safe to use them on Friday.
The first person to die was in a kayak https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131094849/man-who-died-kayaking-in-floodwater-remembered-as-natureloving-surfer (https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131094849/man-who-died-kayaking-in-floodwater-remembered-as-natureloving-surfer)

Urgh... Swept down a storm drain....  :-\
Maybe he shrunk in the wash  :-\ or it was Stuart Littles smaller brother  :-\
or they have massive drains  ???
they are big. The photo i saw showed a shipping container and a metal shed partially blocking the section where he got into trouble.
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Post by: ronnyd on 30 January 2023, 11:29:59
Just heard from my grandson in Auckland. He is ok, (he lives on the 11th floor). The bar he works in is flooded out so he has some time off, but can't do much as it's very hard to get about. Also more heavy rain is forecast.
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Post by: raywilb on 30 January 2023, 22:44:50
Got a bit wet cycling to work yesterday.

249mm (10") rainfall in 24 hours :
  i spent some time in Kiwi quite a few years ago  (1954/65) started off in Timaru spent time in Wellington & Auckland  then settled in the very south at a place called Bluff. Played rugby league as A Nother  for a team from Invercargill  good memories. the Bluff was always wet & windy
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Post by: raywilb on 30 January 2023, 22:46:06
Got a bit wet cycling to work yesterday.

249mm (10") rainfall in 24 hours :
  i spent some time in Kiwi quite a few years ago  (1954/65) started off in Timaru spent time in Wellington & Auckland  then settled in the very south at a place called Bluff. Played rugby league as A Nother  for a team from Invercargill  good memories. the Bluff was always wet & windy
that should be 1964
Title: Re: more rain
Post by: Andy H on 15 February 2023, 09:27:09
Bugger - 2 weeks later and Cyclone Gabrielle arrived

Don't know what the final toll is. At least 4 people I work with have been flooded out. Two cannot be contacted.

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Post by: STEMO on 15 February 2023, 10:41:52
Bugger - 2 weeks later and Cyclone Gabrielle arrived

Don't know what the final toll is. At least 4 people I work with have been flooded out. Two cannot be contacted.
Sorry to hear that, Andy. I hope the two who can't be contacted are just off the grid and nothing more. Glad you and yours are relatively safe.
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Post by: Rangie on 15 February 2023, 12:11:18
Saw it on last nights news, looks very frightening for those caught up in it .
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Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 15 February 2023, 12:15:13
Saw a video on Facebook posted by a Kiwi friend, of a bridge on a country road being swept away by a river in flood.

The power of nature.