More nasty stuff on the way....

[Fozzer]

...for the North Islanders!...>>>

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39585868

Batten down the Hatches....

...AGAIN!

Paul.... ....!

[Ian Warren]

6.00 am for us tho hit has not let up since , well for a whiles, one day little OK but its been a good 10 days of wet stuff.

[toprob]

They are saying 'once in 50 years', but I hope that's just media-speak -- 50 years ago was the Wahine storm, I can still remember that.
I can also remember 1980ish, in Tauranga for Easter, visiting my girlfriend on my motorbike, and being 'stranded at the Strand' with the waves whipping across the road. Honestly, I'm getting too old for rubbish weather, might be time to head somewhere more settled...

[Ian Warren]

Forty nine years, do have a great book on it and the DVD about it, some amazing stories and book choca fill of info and history... as for the rubbish weather nothing like batten down the hatch's and watching a storm

[Ian Warren]

Little different to the next 24 hrs.

I remember being on the Railways Cook Strait Ferry, Aramoana 1969, the ship saluted the sunken Wahine .. very calm sunny March morning.

[Fozzer]

I'll tell you what, Chums.... ....

What with all your regular Earthquakes and Tropical Storms, sometimes I'm glad I live in a Temperate Zone.....

...even if its a bit chilly, at times!

Paul....North Atlantic!.... ...!

[Ian Warren]

In my life time I have had the hottest day on record, the strongest winds across Canterbury that flattened everything almost , the heavest snow , the earthquakes only thing missing is a Volcano

[Fozzer]

In my life time I have had the hottest day on record, the strongest winds across Canterbury that flattened everything almost , the heavest snow , the earthquakes only thing missing is a Volcano

...don't tempt Fate, Ian... ...!

Paul.... ...!

[Ian Warren]

Ole Lyttleton is that powder keg ... but doubt if anything will go pop !

[Ian Warren]

Well sitting here singing Easter Carols and waiting for Easter Bunny to come thru the cat door .... I kept telling myself Christmas and Easter, there was no Jolly fat man in a Red Suit or a Easter bunny and with this weather and scientific experiment proves it.
3.10 AM it rained Heavy no wind
3.55 AM , settled down and just a continuous rain.
6.00 AM , still the rain but heavy and no wind.
6.12 AM , the COOK is just off Cheviot so its a little late.

[Fozzer]

Never mind, Ian.... ....

...here is an Easter Bunny for you....>>>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZMeLTn-i7g

So you don't get left out... ...!

...lick the Chocolate off of that!... ...!

Paul.... ... ... ...!

[Ian Warren]

lickerty lickerty she would not fit thru the cat door ..... and just off the coast
https://www.windytv.com/?-43.829,175.023,8

[Fozzer]

Talking about high winds.... ....

I remember, many years ago, 1960's, when all the houses on our estate were all Council Houses, with coal fires, and chimney stacks....

...and all the houses had TV aerials attached to the chimney stacks by their tennants....>>>

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Telev ... 66&bih=837

Then, one day, there was A VERY BIG WIND, which blew all the chimneys down, through the roofs, into the bedrooms below!

It cost the Council so much money to replace them, and repair the damage, that it then became an offence to attach an aerial (Radio/TV) to the chimney!

Being a cheap-skate, I built my TV aerial up inside my attic, (to save me climbing up my sloping roof, and falling off), so my chimney was safe from the windy blast!

High winds can be very scary!

Paul....Wind in the Willows.... ...!

[Ian Warren]

I really hope the weather outside here is an indication to what is like up OMAKA .. Its not cold tho damp but the skies are opening up so finger cross especially for Mike who would one of many who have come so far .. course for the organizers .. JUST BRILLIANT !