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    6.1m earthquake in paraparaumu. Felt like a boat in New plymouth

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    @Mackerzzzz said in Extreme Weather:

    6.1m earthquake in paraparaumu. Felt like a boat in New plymouth

    Yep Mackerzzz that was a rough one, the house was certainly rockin and rolling here in Hawera! Probably the one that's given me best fright for awhile!

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    @Dan54 Yeah, strongest I've felt for a while. And lasted quite a while, too!

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    6.1 and only 50km deep, eek that would be strong. That is the last thing we need right now.

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    This is heartbreaking.

    Couple broke through house ceiling to escape rising water before tragedy: ‘She disappeared underwater, under the house’
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    @taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:

    man the devastation Gabrielle has wreaked (is that a word) on the North Island is so hard to comprehend!

    Whole communities are cut off, we havent heard from some in our napier office, I hear there are 1400 people still not been in contact with family/friends in affected regions, 4 people have died so far, this is surreal.

    Still hard to get on do normal work at moment, and the work from Gabrielle is only trickling in at moment, I expect this is largely due to lack of power and comms for many.

    This is just unprecedented in NZ, going to have a similar impact on the NZ insurance industry as the earthquakes did, change is coming.

    Satellite footage of Gabrielle from Aus to NZ...

    New Zealand, Northern Advocate, Bay of Plenty Times, Hawkes Bay Today

    Watch: Jaw-dropping video from space reveals Gabrielle's deadly track to NZ

    Watch: Jaw-dropping video from space reveals Gabrielle's deadly track to NZ

    Incredible footage from space shows how Cyclone Gabrielle grew and turned into NZ's path.

    Geo restricted unfortunately

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    @Stargazer horrible story

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    Couple of things.

    I'm now actively involved in rectification works from the event that sparked this thread.

    Which kinda leads to a slightly lighter note ... being that I have officially been to Whoop Whoop.

    Ex-TC Seth dropped an imperial (not the relatively sized metric) fuck ton (no "ne") of rain back in January last year. (Like 1m+)

    Did really bad things to creek crossings in the west of the region.

    One of the sites I'm working on is Whoop Whoop Road. It's a real place.

    The other thing, and my personal jury is out on 'Chippy', but his comment post Gabby and EQ that he's looking out the window for the plague of locusts made me smile.

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    Jeez everyone hope you are all safe and get back on your feet as quick as possible. I remember some pretty big storms back in the day but don’t recall as much devastation as Gabrielle appears to have brought.

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    @booboo said in Extreme Weather:

    Couple of things.

    I'm now actively involved in rectification works from the event that sparked this thread.

    Which kinda leads to a slightly lighter note ... being that I have officially been to Whoop Whoop.

    Ex-TC Seth dropped an imperial (not the relatively sized metric) fuck ton (no "ne") of rain back in January last year. (Like 1m+)

    Did really bad things to creek crossings in the west of the region.

    One of the sites I'm working on is Whoop Whoop Road. It's a real place.

    The other thing, and my personal jury is out on 'Chippy', but his comment post Gabby and EQ that he's looking out the window for the plague of locusts made me smile.

    That's the most dumb fuck Australian name I have ever seen

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    @booboo it is quite, well impressive isnt the word, but the way it sucked in all the cloud and moisture from Aus as it cruised on by saving it all up to then turn about 45deg to smash into NZ.

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    @Mackerzzzz said in Extreme Weather:

    @booboo said in Extreme Weather:

    Couple of things.

    I'm now actively involved in rectification works from the event that sparked this thread.

    Which kinda leads to a slightly lighter note ... being that I have officially been to Whoop Whoop.

    Ex-TC Seth dropped an imperial (not the relatively sized metric) fuck ton (no "ne") of rain back in January last year. (Like 1m+)

    Did really bad things to creek crossings in the west of the region.

    One of the sites I'm working on is Whoop Whoop Road. It's a real place.

    The other thing, and my personal jury is out on 'Chippy', but his comment post Gabby and EQ that he's looking out the window for the plague of locusts made me smile.

    That's the most dumb fuck Australian name I have ever seen

    Booboo, Whoop Whoop or Seth?

    Just to elucidate for you, Whoop Whoop is a mythical Australian place that exists somewhere beyond the Outback. The Black Stump is positively suburban in comparison.

    So to find out it actually exists, and then visit was a little amusing.

    Only an hour west of Maryborough, but by fuck it was Whoop Whoop.

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    @booboo said in Extreme Weather:

    @Mackerzzzz said in Extreme Weather:

    @booboo said in Extreme Weather:

    Couple of things.

    I'm now actively involved in rectification works from the event that sparked this thread.

    Which kinda leads to a slightly lighter note ... being that I have officially been to Whoop Whoop.

    Ex-TC Seth dropped an imperial (not the relatively sized metric) fuck ton (no "ne") of rain back in January last year. (Like 1m+)

    Did really bad things to creek crossings in the west of the region.

    One of the sites I'm working on is Whoop Whoop Road. It's a real place.

    The other thing, and my personal jury is out on 'Chippy', but his comment post Gabby and EQ that he's looking out the window for the plague of locusts made me smile.

    That's the most dumb fuck Australian name I have ever seen

    Booboo, Whoop Whoop or Seth?

    Just to elucidate for you, Whoop Whoop is a mythical Australian place that exists somewhere beyond the Outback. The Black Stump is positively suburban in comparison.

    So to find out it actually exists, and then visit was a little amusing.

    Only an hour west of Maryborough, but by fuck it was Whoop Whoop.

    Whoop Whoop I was meaning

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    After reading some of the above having a house fall down and still being without power isn't that bad.

    Anyone else still "powerless"? It's actually been 6 days now. They had a scheduled outage on Saturday for "maintenance" (hahahaha) and then it went out on Sunday never to come back...

    @booboo The cellar is flooded. I'll leave what that means to your imagination.

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    that's a long time without power!

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    that's a long time without power!

    The freezer full of now rotting "stuff" agrees.

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    @mariner4life said in Extreme Weather:

    that's a long time without power!

    The freezer full of now rotting "stuff" agrees.

    gross

    Ergon are a shit company in many ways, but their ability to get the power grid back up and running quickly after a cyclone is pretty impressive

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