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We had about 5cm come into our basement. I went to Bunnings around 7:30 to get a water transfer pump and luckily got one as the shelf was being emptied.
Driving back home became a nightmare though as roads were starting to become ponds with cars stuck in them (a lot of people learnt lessons last night). Also a lot of knobs in 4WDs showing off to us mere civilians and really just washing a lot of water around unnecessarily. |
28th January 2023, 17:11 | #42 |
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I couldn't watch the interview with the mayor, it was too cringe.
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29th January 2023, 14:37 | #44 |
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Good summary of the shit show:
Countdown to Chaos: As Aucklanders were desperately seeking safety, officials were silent
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29th January 2023, 18:04 | #45 |
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But... doesn't the mayor's inner circle include Head of Communications Matthew Hooton?! What could possibly go wrong?
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30th January 2023, 19:53 | #46 | |
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gliding on, bitches
We may live in the Internet age, but the Wellington public service work ethic endures:
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31st January 2023, 09:53 | #47 |
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The good thing is they got shit for that, and not just from the public.
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31st January 2023, 13:39 | #49 |
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Oh this just gets better by the day
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown texted his friends that he couldn’t play tennis over the weekend because he had to “deal with media drongos over the flooding” 1 - I find it interesting that one of his "Friends" leaked this message. 2 - Don't diss the media like that. WTF do you think is going to happen 3 - And lastly he is basically brushing of the flooding. Its not that he is going to have to help out Auckland. Its that he can't play because he is dealing with media. |
31st January 2023, 14:33 | #50 |
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It seems pretty clear that the job is one last stop of the gravy train for Brown.
Hopefully in coming local and central elections this will be a warning to maybe second guess people with their hand up with vague promises of "fixing" our communities, while saving us money at the same time.
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31st January 2023, 16:33 | #52 |
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The one minor thing in their defense, is that they were clocking off facebook, with it mentioning to use the website to keep up to date.
So they weren't abandoning everyone for the whole weekend |
1st February 2023, 14:31 | #53 |
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Looks like Brown is digging himself deeper. Luxon looks to be getting in the action too.
The idea of never wasting a good crisis is lost on them both. Not on Hipkins tho.
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1st February 2023, 14:39 | #54 |
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I saw a great comment " right's media handlers too busy with Brown and left Luxon alone for a few minutes"
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1st February 2023, 17:07 | #55 |
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When you are such a hopeless mayor that the PM makes up a new ministerial portfolio just to save the city from you.
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2nd February 2023, 11:14 | #57 |
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Also, I feel smug in owning four dry cars at present - 2nd hand vehicle market in this country will take a massive hit with all the flood damaged write offs. EV pickup probably on the cards - hope the ports can handle the influx...
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14th February 2023, 15:01 | #58 |
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you guys and girls all ok over there?
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14th February 2023, 16:03 | #59 |
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Auckland doesn't seem to be copping it as much as the rest of Te Ika a Maui.
Hastings seems to be losing all its bridges.
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14th February 2023, 17:02 | #60 |
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https://help.vector.co.nz/map
More or less a miracle I've come through this without a power cut so far I reckon, places a few houses down the road weren't so lucky. Still, there's at least another 12 hours of crazy wind to go, or so I'm told, so I shouldn't be counting my chickens yet. Some people might be without power for weeks. It's really quite hard to comprehend how much damage there has been. NZ as a whole, not ok: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/wea...of-destruction |
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Bridges fuxked and with power stations washed away it’s gonna be tough going.
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17th February 2023, 10:52 | #62 |
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Jesus the Hawke’s Bay agri industry has been smashed. That region won’t produce anything for another 4 or 5 years.
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Spotted on Mastodon (lol) just now:
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