Oh the weather outside is frightful! [Archive]

Curious_AJ

10th July 2007, 20:31

my goodness... i'm scared, we have roof tiles blowing off and the heavy deck chairs and table blew off the deck! and the deck umbrella snapped! and the top of the chimney came off! and ... the windows are wobbling MUCH better!!!

damn it... Auckland weather... I'm scared!!

*puts head between knees and kisses bum goodbye*

oh, and apparently there is no power in places... lucky we still have power, or i'd definately be freaking out...

janno

10th July 2007, 20:39

Time for sparkley red shoes and a small dog? (Plus a severe drug problem a la Garland . . .)

SPman

10th July 2007, 20:46

....looks outside........

nope - lovely crisp, clear winters day here..........

hmmm - time to gear up and off on the 105km ride home through undulating, tree lined roads....better watch out for flying roos........

Curious_AJ

10th July 2007, 20:46

lol! sounds like a very good idea to me!!!

kro

10th July 2007, 20:59

my goodness... i'm scared, we have roof tiles blowing off and the heavy deck chairs and table blew off the deck!

I've been blowing off all night, but you don't see me making a thread about it !!!
:nya:

Curious_AJ

10th July 2007, 21:00

I'll blow YOU off in a minute! *oops, look what i did there! oh dear* ;)

kro

10th July 2007, 21:02

:gob:

Good effort. But seriously, how bad is it?

Sniper

10th July 2007, 21:04

Curious_AJ

10th July 2007, 21:06

ive been to vietnam.. been in a force 4 hurricane... i know what those are like...

and hey, not my fault i don't like wind... its one of the most powerful forces on the earth!

Gaia, is angry...

but seriously.. our house is falling apart.. im not fudging joking... there is nothing we can do either...

Indiana_Jones

10th July 2007, 21:15

have a beer!

-Indy

Curious_AJ

10th July 2007, 21:18

alas! there is no beer!!

thats probably the worst thing!! there is vodka, but i have nothing to drink it with either, and I'm not about to drink it straight, that would just lead to it all being gone too fast...

Street Gerbil

10th July 2007, 21:21

I wonder what the folks who drove behind me during my evening commute thought about my riding ability/sobriety/sanity... I was all over the road. I couldn't quite figure out whether I should stick to the left and be blown over the curb or to the right and end up on the wrong side of the road.

Oh well. It is a definite improvement over North Carolina. No flying trees.

Drum

10th July 2007, 21:22

This photo was taken this afternoon at 3pm on Oriental Parade.

Geees, you Aucklanders are a bit soft eh?

Curious_AJ

10th July 2007, 21:24

I'm soft and squishy... somewhat akin to a liquid centered marshmellow...

hence, I'm ready to hide under the table... yet, it's not as bad as it was earlier...

0arbreaka

10th July 2007, 21:28

But the fire is so delightful?

janno

10th July 2007, 21:35

This photo was taken this afternoon at 3pm on Oriental Parade.

Geees, you Aucklanders are a bit soft eh?

Yeah, right.

Curious_AJ

10th July 2007, 21:41

haha, tui sucks!....

so does this weather! can't sleep.. noooooo...

Hitcher

10th July 2007, 23:08

Only 125km gusts? HTFU, Auckland.

boomer

10th July 2007, 23:12

*puts head between knees and kisses bum goodbye*

i would have thought you'd have been use to that being a vegetarian * cough bean flicker?

Steam

10th July 2007, 23:57

*sings* let it snow, let it snow, let it snow....

Holy Roller

11th July 2007, 00:05

Outside in a storm with thunder and lightning:Punk:
Waiting for the big wet to come our way if it still has anything left. Proberly will miss us anyway.

SARGE

11th July 2007, 00:06

oh fuck... its windy!!

Only 125km gusts? HTFU, Auckland.

SHIT ,,, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON HERE BRAG ABOUT THE 265 KPH WIND ON THE BACK OF THE BIKE .. HTFU OR MOVE TO A CAVE

Steam

11th July 2007, 00:10

SHIT ,,, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON HERE BRAG ABOUT THE 265 KPH WIND ON THE BACK OF THE BIKE .. HTFU OR MOVE TO A CAVE

Hey, someone PM a mod, Winja must've got Sarge's password.

Winter

11th July 2007, 00:17

My god damn fence blew over.

It wasn't the strongest of fences to begin with, but now its flat!

KB Fence building party when this weather clears!

shcabbeh

11th July 2007, 05:52

Well that apartment they've got plastered all over the Harold is literally around the corner from me and we're fine. That'll teach that fucking poncy designer. My apartment looks worse but hey, I still have a roof.

It'd suck being in a cage in this weather but on the plus side, great fun walking to work! *dodges flying road sign*

chanceyy

11th July 2007, 06:44

well it has not been that bad here by anymeans .. but I have trees down on the fences .. problem is they are down on the electric fences which is keeping horses & cows where they should be soooooooo be a bit of a clean up mission this weekend methinks ... better not be good riding weather .. :nono: cause Betsy should be back ... :yes::scooter:

Grahameeboy

11th July 2007, 07:22

Hey, someone PM a mod, Winja must've got Sarge's password.

Nahj silly, Sarge is trained in anti-interogation skills.........he would recognise capital letters easy man........

Grahameeboy

11th July 2007, 07:23

My god damn fence blew over.

It wasn't the strongest of fences to begin with, but now its flat!

KB Fence building party when this weather clears!

Yep....once McJim's garden is sorted.....

Unit

11th July 2007, 07:51

Well Im scheduled to ride from Whangarei to Tauranga this afternoon. Anyone want to join me? The rain I can handle, but a bit worried about the wind, especially when they closed the Auckland habour bridge to two wheel traffic last night because a couple of bikes got blown over. Not sure if they were scooters or real bikes though.

janno

11th July 2007, 07:57

Zukin

11th July 2007, 08:00

I cracked up on at the news last night (TV One at 10pm)

They said that due to the ferries to Waiheke Island being cancelled, that many passengers have to sleep on the boats!! :shit:

What a croc of %$#@

Dont these Aucklanders have things called friends
Have they not yet discovered those big buildings called hotels :laugh::laugh:

Drama Queens, while Northland is completely cut off :dodge:

Unit

11th July 2007, 08:00

I bet there is, no doubt a fair bit of cleaning up to do today. Im off to see Harry Potter with my boy first, and dont intend to leave Whangarei till 1pm, just in time to miss the worsed of the Auckland motorway traffic. When I road up last Wednesday, the traffic on the motorway was down to 40km. most the way where there was no back up of traffic

MadDuck

11th July 2007, 10:00

Only 125km gusts? HTFU, Auckland.

Gusts here were 160-170kms. Easterlies right off the sea and it was pretty messy.

Theres a huge clean up going on and half the peninsula was without power through the night. I evacuated the workplace as I thought someone might get hit with flying debri. Have to say I was feeling a little uncomfortable with the windows bowing in.

We have staff now who cant get to work because of the trees blow over...hmmm think of that fire wood ... anyone got a trailer and a chainsaw :yes:

Stirts

11th July 2007, 11:28

I have a big fuck off tramopline in my front yard now....SCORE! Bring on the storm I say....wonder what else might fly my way?

more_fasterer

11th July 2007, 11:47

LOL yay for trampoleeen! Apparently wheelie bins can get some impressive speed up while barrel-rolling down the road - I was nearly passed by one last night while I drove along at 60 :gob:

Stirts

11th July 2007, 11:53

.....wheelie bins can get some impressive speed up while barrel-rolling down the road - I was nearly passed by one last night while I drove along at 60 :gob:

:gob: :rofl::rofl: ....hey....new form of transport...go the wheelie bins!

Xile

11th July 2007, 12:07

So scary yesterday...
The lighting fell just close to the house, policemen cars just close by because of a tree falling on a powerline and no power...so no lights, no heaters, just fire in the chemney to keep warm, all the flatmates in front of it lol!
Funny evening, reading on the floor and eating some take aways...but scary too ey!
Read that 2 bikers fell off their bike on the Harbour Bridge...Hope they're ok...

slinky

11th July 2007, 12:15

LOL yay for trampoleeen! Apparently wheelie bins can get some impressive speed up while barrel-rolling down the road - I was nearly passed by one last night while I drove along at 60 :gob:

Don't forget supermarket trollies!! :p

friend at work here has a tree fallen on her house and her carport fell onto her car.
crazy shit!

Big Dave

11th July 2007, 13:44

The Auckland rain radar is off line. I think that may be ironic?

The Pastor

11th July 2007, 13:50

old man saw some bikers stopped on the harbour bridge huggin the rail,

Said he saw busses getting blowen into other lanes.

Constant stong wind is ok, but those guts are a killer!

MadDuck

11th July 2007, 14:01

The Auckland rain radar is off line. I think that may be ironic?

....lmfao. Yes I can see the irony in that :mellow:

There was a garden shed being blown across the driveway at work and every way I decided to step (aka RUN) to avoid it the damn thing tried to chase me down....revenge of the killer shed :shit:

swbarnett

11th July 2007, 16:25

Only 125km gusts? HTFU, Auckland.

175km/h (97knots) winds were recorded in Mairangi Bay.

Curious_AJ

11th July 2007, 20:49

gez, yeah, lots of stuff came off our house, a couple of our trees bend and buckled and fell down and stuff...

dude... damage city this morning! we still havnt done anything about it though LOL!

kevfromcoro

12th July 2007, 05:03

Not a good day to do the coro loop.there are trees and rocks all over the road..the local store has had the roof blown off and there is shit all over the road.havent had any power for over 24 hrs,been camped up in the dark in a sleeping bag and a swani.thank god paknsave was open to-day..got there own generators.. was able to get a couple of boxes and some cigs...Power we have power again......just got to clean up the mess