Where's the friggin' storm then?

[slofox]

"They" reckoned we would have a storm today. Har! Bullshit! All we got is more manky wet weather just the same as bloody usual.
Lying sods...:ar15::ar15::ar15:

[Blackshear]

We must have your wind, then.

[slofox]

We must have your wind, then.

I never have wind - I fart way too much for that!

[Cajun]

yeah there has been alot of storm warnings past few weeks, and most of it been pretty mild.

[Nasty]

We have it all down here in Welly ... its crappy down here!

[bogan]

palmy north is pretty shithouse, not as windy as hb im told, but fucking raining, parked my bike in the uncovered park cos it was sunny when i got here, now she'll be all wet for the ride home.

[Max Preload]

Here (http://www.metservice.co.nz/public/maps/rain-auckland-last-8-hrs.html) it comes!

[James Deuce]

Right here. It's black as the ace of spades at 4:10pm. Can't see indoors without lights on. All the animals outside are lining up in pairs next to every boat they can find.

[wickle]

been another great Hawkes Bay day in Napier

[eurodick]

Yeah Storm willl be here just in time for the weekend!@#$%^&*:crybaby:

[Quasi]

Blowing like 40 bastards in Martinborough and horizontal rain. Fire and Bourbon calling:yes:

[kevfromcoro]

All quiet here.. thames coast..
bit grey but no wind.
heard its coming... dunno.......

[Blackbird]

All quiet here.. thames coast..
bit grey but no wind.
heard its coming... dunno.......

Yep, we bolted into Thames this morning to do our monthly grocery shop because of the forecast but when we headed back this arvo, the Firth was like a mill pond!

[soundbeltfarm]

dog here.

windy as hell,
come home from shifting stock down run off and kids tramp been blown into clothes line fukd that and then blown into side of house.
bloody tramp was staked down too.
our bobby calf pen blown across the paddock and its a big one and few trees blown down so far.
i would not want to ride a bike out there .
i got bloody rugger practice tonight so will be getting a wet soggy arse.

[yungatart]

been another great Hawkes Bay day in Napier

Yep! Fine, sunny and warm!
Gotta love it, eh?

[Str8 Jacket]

Well well well... It looks worse than what it is in Wellys!! :yes:

I left work at 3.30 to go to TSS and I was very dissapointed! After perservering with the 60-80k speed limit on Hutt Rd I found that there was no need to have gone that way at all! There is no doubting the severity of the rain but wind gusts, pah, it was worse the other day, I didnt get blown across a lane once on my way home. Had more issues with how I was going to get my new leathers home without getting wet! :rolleyes:

[Finn]

It's black as the ace of spades at 4:10pm. Can't see indoors without lights on.

That's cause you're in the server room silly.

[oldrider]

Weather is kinda close here, my mind kept wandering towards sex!

Then just kept on wandering and wandering and wandering and..................:crybaby: Err...what was I saying? :scratch:

[Finn]

Weather is kinda close here, my mind kept wandering towards sex!

Blowing hard is it?

[James Deuce]

That's cause you're in the server room silly.
I just checked and it's actually the closet. You can't restart Fairydown.

[oldrider]

Blowing hard is it?

Unfortunately NO...............nothing is but we did at least discuss the possibilities! :eek5:..............Talks cheap. :lol:

[mattian]

yeah.... I went to work this morning thinking I would have to leave my bike city side overnight. Gale force winds aren't much fun to ride in on the Harbour bridge. Just got home fine.... wasn't even that bad up there.

[Str8 Jacket]

I just checked and it's actually the closet. You can't restart Fairydown.

Come on Jim, you can come out now... :chase:

[Str8 Jacket]

Oh dear I am glad I am home...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2666319/Wild-weather-lashes-Wellington

.....
MetService duty forecaster Ian Miller said gusts of 130kmh would hit Wellington, Wairarapa and parts of the Hawke's Bay from midday and continue throughout the day.
......

[Maha]

We have it all down here in Welly ... its crappy down here!

Just seen some live shots of Courtney Pl and the Vic Tunnel, yeah it looks cwappy...:yes:

[Quasi]

Well well well... It looks worse than what it is in Wellys!! :yes:

I left work at 3.30 to go to TSS and I was very dissapointed! After perservering with the 60-80k speed limit on Hutt Rd I found that there was no need to have gone that way at all! There is no doubting the severity of the rain but wind gusts, pah, it was worse the other day, I didnt get blown across a lane once on my way home. Had more issues with how I was going to get my new leathers home without getting wet! :rolleyes:

Never mind the weather - show us your new leathers chicky:woohoo:

[Str8 Jacket]

Never mind the weather - show us your new leathers chicky:woohoo:

I'll be wearing them at the track on Sat... ;)

[EJK]

I love christchurch :sunny:

[allycatz]

My wheelie bin just brought itself up the drive!!

[98tls]

Its like summer down here,warm wind,lovely.:woohoo:Spent most of the day down the river.

[Nasty]

Just seen some live shots of Courtney Pl and the Vic Tunnel, yeah it looks cwappy...:yes:

Oh my god ... I just drove through waist high water on Flightys Road ... My car carpet is screwed ... thank god for a four wheel drive ... but fucking hell ... I was scared shitless of stalling!

[Pussy]

Its like summer down here,warm wind,lovely.:woohoo:Spent most of the day down the river.
Thank you for sharing that, Mike.... it's blowing like buggery here :angry2:

[slofox]

We still have no real storm happening here...it's just another wet winter's day...but then we are inland, so no big surprise I suppose...

[normajeane]

Like Mike, I had to swan around and even strip off some of the layers i wore to work today. :whistle:
Weather is just starting to close in. Better move closer to the fire if i can get the cat to shift:shifty:...

[allycatz]

My son is stuck in traffic at between Plimmerton and Pukerua Bay cos of a slip at Pukerua Bay...been in traffic nearly two hours...not moving

[Mom]

"They" reckoned we would have a storm today. Har! Bullshit! All we got is more manky wet weather just the same as bloody usual.
Lying sods...:ar15::ar15::ar15:

I hear tell it is very, very, very not lovely in the capital tonight. It is blowing here tonight, but has been a reasonable day all things considered.

I feel for the poor forcasters really. One look at the camera over Welly this morning on Breakfast should have been a good indicator of what was to come really.

I hate the over danger warnings too. The one they did not tell us about last winter put us out up here for 2 days, that included work, some poor bastards got 5 days of no power. Last weekend I think we were going to get a beauty, we got ummmmm a bit of wind and lashing rain. I have candles, bring it on!

[98tls]

Bit of topic but hey.Got up this morning and into the shower,water pressure was well down then :crazy:nothing,turned out there replacing some pipes and the water was off for the day:angry2:Someone forgot to drop the leaflets telling us it was going to happen,had a bloke from the coast staying the night,he gets up and heads to the shitter,after hed been in there a few minutes i think:sick: and yell "mate dont have a shit but :Oops:to late.Bloody thing was in there stewing all day.:angry:

[ynot slow]

Glad it's today not yesterday.Went to New Plymouth to shift stepson and family,we supplied trailer vehicle,towed it up from Wangas,looking good weatherwise in Naki when got there,loaded and away we went with tail wind,typical get to Patea and missed showers,behind us,then added fuel at Waverley and just caught a shower squall.

Onwards and wind blows the weather away,got to straight before Westmere and a truck and trailer unit emptied the road of water as we went passed.Arrived in Wangavegas and mostly dry furniture so bloody glad we didn't leave later or do it today.

[sil3nt]

We still have no real storm happening here...it's just another wet winter's day...but then we are inland, so no big surprise I suppose...Where the hell do you live!?
It was fine when i left work at 7:00 (Rototuna) by the time i got home at 7:20 (Whatawhata) it was raining hard and was windy as hell. Even last night was pretty bad with lots of wind rain and a bit of lightning. Tonight looks like it may be gearing up for something worse as the wind is quite strong and the rain is quite hard when it comes. I would call it a storm :bleh:

[davebullet]

Went running today at lunchtime around oriental parade. Rain was hitting like pins and needles.

Ride home was ok though. Wind was consistent. Biggest blasts around the stadium then at the top of the gorge. I don't miss the VTR250 when we have weather like today. Nice to have a gruntier / heavier bike.

[James Deuce]

Well that's us fuxxored then. Everything except the Akatarawas is shut by a slip and the Upper Hutt end of the train line is blocked by a derailed loco, carriage and a slip.

We don't need Transmission Gully. Yeah right.

[Icemaestro]

Just drove over the harbour bridge on the cbr...not the most fun thing I've ever done! like a sail being blown all over the lane (crosswind!!)! interestingly enough it was a bit better when crouching down over the tank...wouldn't have thought my side profile made that much of a sail!:-P (all 64kg of me ha)

[Pussy]

Well that's us fuxxored then. Everything except the Akatarawas is shut by a slip and the Upper Hutt end of the train line is blocked by a derailed loco, carriage and a slip.

We don't need Transmission Gully. Yeah right.
You want us to air drop food parcels or anything, Jim?

[davebullet]

You want us to air drop food parcels or anything, Jim?

Whisky, cigars or petrol?

[Gareth51]

Weather is kinda close here, my mind kept wandering towards sex!

Then just kept on wandering and wandering and wandering and..................:crybaby: Err...what was I saying? :scratch:

Off to the wee boys room were you John

[allycatz]

Well son just got home from Welly...4 hour trip

[p.dath]

Its 10pm at night and I'm on the North Shore of Auckland at the moment. It is very windy. For the first time in ages I decided to take the car rather than the bike.

[lb99]

i'll tell you where the storm was today

bulwer, that's where the fuking storm was, been down there for 3 days, yesterday was a cracker, tee shirts and shorts, got sunburnt.
today we got finished but had to abandon the digger on the side of the hill, no chance of getting it out today, the rain was phenominal, we filled a 7000l tank in about 2 hours from ONE downpipe off a garage roof, wind gusts at 130+. it blows so bad up there that the gravel gets blown off the road.

look it up, Bulwer. its the end of the road for the SI, it really is the back of beyond. FARK. going back tomorrow, hopefully the digger is still where we left it, and not at the bottom of the cliff.

[James Deuce]

You want us to air drop food parcels or anything, Jim?

I'll let you know mate!

How about the necessities, like a set of 41mm fork Gold Valve Emulators, a 500ml bottle of 15wt fork oil, and some grease for the steering head bearings?

[Pussy]

I'll let you know mate!

How about the necessities, like a set of 41mm fork Gold Valve Emulators, a 500ml bottle of 15wt fork oil, and some grease for the steering head bearings?
A man who knows the necessities!

[Babelfish]

I came back up from Welly yesterday around 4.30pm and that'd be one of the more exciting rides I've had. Shame the tide wasn't in, the waves on the road on the centenial coast road would have been spectacular, even if the salt would have been rather detrimental. That said, I'd been pushed all over the place by the wind and from Mana the rain drops were whoppers so I'd already had the mental...whats a little detri between friends!

Might have to get a little fly screen for the gisser though...a bit tired of wet bollocks (ok, tired of wet AND COLD bollocks).

[slofox]

Where the hell do you live!?


Glenview - but in the gully, so pretty sheltered from the west...

That said, it did blow a little later in the day. 12mm of rain in the gauge this morning which is a lot less than we have had - like 30mm on 18 July and 46mm on 29 June. So pretty light here in fact.
Listening to RNZ this morning, it sounds like Wairarapa has really copped it...

[oldrider]

i'll tell you where the storm was today

bulwer, that's where the fuking storm was, been down there for 3 days, yesterday was a cracker, tee shirts and shorts, got sunburnt.
today we got finished but had to abandon the digger on the side of the hill, no chance of getting it out today, the rain was phenominal, we filled a 7000l tank in about 2 hours from ONE downpipe off a garage roof, wind gusts at 130+. it blows so bad up there that the gravel gets blown off the road.

look it up, Bulwer. its the end of the road for the SI, it really is the back of beyond. FARK. going back tomorrow, hopefully the digger is still where we left it, and not at the bottom of the cliff.

Y'know I heard the TV weather whoever mention Bulwer the other night and thought they had just cocked up Buller because I had never heard of Bulwer!

I had meant to check up (just in case) and see if there was such a place and then forgot until I read your post!

I have sailed past it from both sides but have never been there, it's got a road to it, so now that is a must do trip on my bike, thank you for reminding me! :soon:

[lb99]

Y'know I heard the TV weather whoever mention Bulwer the other night and thought they had just cocked up Buller because I had never heard of Bulwer!

I had meant to check up (just in case) and see if there was such a place and then forgot until I read your post!

I have sailed past it from both sides but have never been there, it's got a road to it, so now that is a must do trip on my bike, thank you for reminding me! :soon:

yep shes a ripper drive, theres one 10k section of road has something like 600 bends.

Theres a town(of sorts) there, all surveyed, streets ect, but all owned by one family.
one of those places that some colonial designed in england, not realising just how remote it actually was. I think Bulwer is where Nelson was origionally planned for, go figure :crazy:

Let me know when you are heading there, maybe we could meet up.

the best time I have done is 2hr40 from Blenheim, in my ute in the rain(never been there when its been dry)
French pass is another good one.

[lb99]

here ya go

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[oldrider]

Thanks, that is most interesting. Cheers, John. :yes: