TCs Debbie & Cook
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@taniwharugby said in TC Debbie:
So, now TC Cook is having a crack at NZ, and coming with a huge rep of looking at throwing some of the worst shit at NZ since the Wahine...
Majority of country already water logged, which I expect will make it worse by putting more water through already overloaded infrastructure.
Worst storm since Wahine disaster - MetService
MetService says it has not seen a storm like Cyclone Cook since the one in 1968 that sunk the Wahine, killing 52 passengers.
Not to mention how it may affect the rugby.
Yeah, there will be some areas that don't drain the best and will still have their cups full from Debbie. Get to high ground or get your ark ready seems the best advice.
Man, Coromandel will be a mess after all this. Wouldn't want to be that regional council. Seems like every time they get stuff rebuilt from the last storm another comes along.
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They have cancelled my kids school for tomorrow... which is a bit disconcerting.
I have tied down the tramp... but I might put another rope or 2 on.... -
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in TC Debbie:
They have cancelled my kids school for tomorrow... which is a bit disconcerting.
I have tied down the tramp... but I might put another rope or 2 on....Don't you think you should leave her a means of escape should the water level rise?
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback stay safe!
We had 55mm last night from the other system in the Ta$man, with the edges of Cook due to hit mid to late morning.
I bought some tie down things for the tramp (after the tramp ended up in neighbors paddock 3 years ago) but man they suck to put in, as well as securing the chicken houses, but it's my garden shed I put up when we built that is a concern with the gale winds possibly hitting directly into it when it is usually pretty sheltered from most wind directions.
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Could you flip the tramp or something so it doesn't have as much surface area to get picked up? Or do you have one with the kid cage around it?
Wellington is pretty trippy today with heaps of fog- it's still but you know what they say about the calm before the storm. My brother, his partner and 3 month old fly in from Melbs at 11.30 tonight. The storm is meant to hit us after 2am or so but Mum's anxiety levels are high!!
Stay safe all!
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Warnings not to come into Akl's CBD and that Harbour bridge may close.
Really glad chose to take a long weekend A fortnight ago rather than go away at Easter - even if I did have water halfway up the car as I drove through the State Highway lake on the way back. Good to know the Audi's doors are watertight.
Can't believe the reaction of some customers when you say you are cancelling their afternoon delivery today....
Sent most people home for an early start to the Easter weekend.
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@Smudge said in TCs Debbie & Cook:
I'm supposed to fly from Wellington to Hamilton at 2pm today. I'll be surprised if that flight still goes ahead . . .
Maybe.
I was expected to fly when all of the buses, trains and taxis were shut down for typhoons in Hong Kong. So it wasn't safe to get to the airport by any means of transport, but it was O.K to get in an aeroplane...Things have improved slightly because the airlines realise that if people can't get to the airport they have no passengers, so it is a safety consideration, not a commercial one. Tui billboard.
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Apparently considering the closure of the Harbour Bridge...
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have fun guys, hope you stocked up on all the bread and milk you could lay your grubby mits on...
Actually, the main cyclone prep is ensure you have a gas bottle, and lots of ice and beer. Stay dry.
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@MN5 said in TCs Debbie & Cook:
@Smudge said in TCs Debbie & Cook:
I'm supposed to fly from Wellington to Hamilton at 2pm today. I'll be surprised if that flight still goes ahead . . .
Harden up. It's just a little bit grey out there at the moment.
Eerily still too.
Just texted my mate that I think we're going to be the guinea pig flight for Hamilton. Pilot: "Reckon it's windy up there? Suppose we'll find out once we steer this fucker over Otorohonga!"
As I said on Twitter, it could be worse - I could be on an overbooked United flight.
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@Donsteppa thnk the worst of it has passed us by with barely any change, but by the looks of some maps, you guys are gonna get hit as it has supposedly slowed and intensified
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There’s no storm – It’s a beat up by meteorologists who wanted to be able to get to their baches without fighting through traffic.
At 8 this morning the Harbour Bridge was going to be closed and people needed to avoid the CBD. By noon EVERY ROAD OUT OF THE CITY WAS CLOGGED LIKE IT WAS A SCENE FROM A DISASTER MOVIE (JUST BEFORE THE TSUNAMI/METEOR/ALIEN SPACESHIP ARRIVES)
So I spend the morning cancelling courier runs apologising to clients and reorganising work for Tuesday.It’s so still you could hear a caterpillar fart
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So we never left Wellington. Not because of the EXTREME winds around Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, but because of the misty fog around Wellington meaning no flights could land.
Super.
On the upside, just spent the last two hours at the Cambridge Hotel and won on the dogs.
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@Donsteppa said in TCs Debbie & Cook:
How's everyone doing out there? It's started to get very wild and windy here now...
Pretty fucked off actually, the Garage Project beer selection at countdown in the Hutt is diabolical. Only about ten to choose from.
