Civil Defence warning issued [Archive]

devnull

25th July 2008, 17:21

Take extra care this weekend.
The Met Service have issued a severe weather warning, as have Civil Defence.

They're predicting winds gusting to 120km/h

http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/index.php?alias=severeweatherwatches

Also see http://www.stuff.co.nz/4629994a11.html

MXNUT

25th July 2008, 17:35

Sounds like a fun day to go for a ride, which way to the habour bridge please ?????:devil2:

raftn

25th July 2008, 18:03

So if the winds are blowing 120km and i am riding 120kms then its dead calm?

paturoa

25th July 2008, 18:04

So if the winds are blowing 120km and i am riding 120kms then its dead calm?

.... or looking at a ticket for 140 kmph over the limit?

raftn

25th July 2008, 18:07

.... or looking at a ticket for 140 kmph over the limit?

Shit i bet that would be expensive!

Gremlin

25th July 2008, 18:43

So if the winds are blowing 120km and i am riding 120kms then its dead calm?
if its gusting up to 120... you won't be thinking of any wise cracks... you'll be sitting in a ditch, asking yourself how you got there :laugh:

meh... I might ride, who cares, just wet, and cars being stupid

scracha

25th July 2008, 18:48

if its gusting up to 120... you won't be thinking of any wise cracks... you'll be sitting in a ditch, asking yourself how you got there :laugh:

meh... I might ride, who cares, just wet, and cars being stupid
Cunty fuckin weather. I'm gettin sick of it being $hite every weekend. Beautiful today and yesterday and up to the eyeballs with work. I'm sure everyone's in the same boat. I'm sure Scotland wasn't this wet

Gremlin

25th July 2008, 18:58

Beautiful today and yesterday and up to the eyeballs with work. I'm sure everyone's in the same boat.
nope, I sorted some people's issues in the morning, then it went real quiet on email and phone. Thought fuck this, its going to piss down this weekend, I haven't ridden in the country for about 5 months. Went home, dusted off my gear (THAT was depressing... it actually got dusty :lol:) and went out for a couple of hours.

I'll work late tonight and work tomorrow anyway... gotta love flexible hours if the clients don't have immediate needs :2thumbsup

Motu

25th July 2008, 19:07

Double check the security on your bike - and not from the storm either.Wild weather is the best time for very serious thieves to be active - you'd be surprised at the burglaries carried out in bad storms.No one can hear,no one goes out to have a look.....

BIHB@0610

25th July 2008, 19:26

Scary stuff - make sure you put all your wheelie bins in the garage, and move anything from your section that might fly about ...... Then open the windows on the side of the house away from the prevailing wind .... pour yourself a fabulous merlot, run a bath and enjoy the show!!!!:done:

deanohit

25th July 2008, 19:43

enjoy the show!!!!:done:
Hell yea, i plan to, theres bound to be some crazy surfers out, might go down the beach with the video camera! :niceone:

rottiguy

25th July 2008, 19:46

They are predicting 11m swells on the east coast, sounds awesome, if it wasn't so far away I'd go for a look :gob:

Laava

25th July 2008, 19:49

The real pain in the ase is that Mama Jo and I have to get up at 6 and drive 140km to Doubtless Bay to tie our caravan down! Tie me caravan down, sport. Tie me caravan down etc

Her_C4

25th July 2008, 20:01

.... pour yourself a fabulous merlot, run a bath and enjoy the show!!!!:done:

Ohhh good advice - I might have a couple of practice runs...:niceone:

Mountlocal1

25th July 2008, 20:31

I know bike dont go on the sea but.. Predicting 10-12mtr high waves on the east coast!:gob:

rottiguy

25th July 2008, 20:35

Don't get washed in the sea G don't get washed in the sea. You might need a large whiskey G, don't get washed in the sea. All together now :woohoo:

The real pain in the ase is that Mama Jo and I have to get up at 6 and drive 140km to Doubtless Bay to tie our caravan down! Tie me caravan down, sport. Tie me caravan down etc

Nagash

25th July 2008, 20:50

Well, the storm last week saw beach properties at Piha beach getting particularly wet, some pieces floating away.. will be a laugh to go down to the beach for this one.

I'll still be out and about on the bike.. luckily I decided to wait for *this* weekend to get quite a few tasks sorted. I'm a genius..

niero

25th July 2008, 23:22

Whooo! Finally some decent acceleration! That should shave a few miliseconds off my quter mile, sweeeeet!

fireball

25th July 2008, 23:26

its going to be a fun ride to work for me..... ill def be taking a spare set of undies :lol:..... the latest says gusts up to 180 odd in exposed places up in northland fark that!!!!

hazard02

26th July 2008, 00:16

I am moving house tomorrow. :(

I guess the furniture is going to get a decent wash on the way.

Nagash

26th July 2008, 00:20

I am moving house tomorrow. :(

I guess the furniture is going to get a decent wash on the way.

Bah, I used to do a bit of work for a moving company. They're actually pretty good at keeping everything dry. I have much respect for the amouont of effort some of these people go to, to get complete customer satisfaction..

xwhatsit

26th July 2008, 00:36

Poo. Oh well, I have to get to work tomorrow night somehow.

Griffin

26th July 2008, 00:47

its going to be a fun ride to work for me..... ill def be taking a spare set of undies :lol:..... the latest says gusts up to 180 odd in exposed places up in northland fark that!!!!

Gusts of 180... Me thinks a spare pair of undies is the least of your worries. Stay safe if your riding in that crap!

Brett

26th July 2008, 09:28

AAAAAND...the met service website has crashed. Its a good thing that in a time of civil emergency you know that you can rely on them aye?

TOTO

26th July 2008, 09:34

I'm going out...

*sings*Don't cry for me Argentina....

Grahameeboy

26th July 2008, 09:37

When you think about it 120kph is only 78mph...hardly serious...UK often has 100mph winds as well as places like America which have hurricanes etc.....NZ does have wobbly knee syndrome

Grahameeboy

26th July 2008, 09:38

Don't get washed in the sea G don't get washed in the sea. You might need a large whiskey G, don't get washed in the sea. All together now :woohoo:

I don't drink whiskey

Blackbird

26th July 2008, 10:40

2_SL0

26th July 2008, 13:38

Beer, check
Xbox 360, check
Unhealthy food, check

Bring on the storm.

Mom

26th July 2008, 13:53

Well it's pretty awful in Coromandel with water getting sucked up into the air off the harbour. Hate to think what it's like in Whitianga. I thought we'd got most things battened down ok but forgot about a big ceramic pot on our deck. That's now in pieces after getting blown over.

Biggest worry is the coast road getting blocked with fallen trees. We're heading for Akl airport tomorrow, going overseas to celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary!

Thought about leaving now and staying the night in Auckland? That coast road is not friendly in this weather for sure, last weather report I heard said probably not going to reach Auckland till midnight, tonight will be the kicker I reckon.

PirateJafa

26th July 2008, 13:55

Meh, bunch of pansies. I walked into several bike shops today - Motomail, Cyclespot etc and they all said I was the only rider they'd actually had that rode in all day.

Even the harbour bridge wasn't too bad - had a cops flashing his lights behind all the way over - surely he was just playing tail-end-charlie for me right? ;)

Sharry

26th July 2008, 14:24

I took young Jade out for a warrent today and it wasnt too bad out there at all.
I will be taking the cage out tonight as I have to turn up at a mates for my birthday dins:2thumbsup (would be very rude not to turn up) have packed a bag incase it is too blustery to drive home though.

Magua

26th July 2008, 14:28

It's pretty wild here. The wind tore the tarpaulin from my carport roof and so off to the warewhare went I to get some more tie downs.

TOTO

26th July 2008, 14:41

i just got back ...

Over the harbour bridge at 10:30 - slight woble every now and then but not too bad - and off to the city.

On my way out of the i-max carpark I felt the wind so SH16 was the prefered way to the shore :D

I only saw a guy on a bycycle and a gyo on a Black ZX14, who I could tell was also impressed to see me coz he gave me a big wave which I returned kindly :wavey: :clap:

O and you guys showld totally go see the New Buttman movie...

Swoop

26th July 2008, 15:54

Riding home yesterday afternoon, there was a magnificent ring around the sun. Today has been resonable, but in the last hour or so it has increased quite a bit. A mate from Paihia was going to head south for a visit... He called and said "I'm bloody well staying indoors!".:eek:

xwhatsit

26th July 2008, 16:02

Well, I'm off to work. Hope you big woofter girls are nice and cosy inside with your heaters and floral-patterned woollen rugs. The RS can do stream crossings, so it'll laugh at a bit of rain on the motorway.

Ciao!

howdamnhard

26th July 2008, 16:03

Took the cage in today,have almost forgotten how to drive it ,itś been so long.Lovely day at work out in freezing howling wind and rain.Got home to find the big council tree in the reserve behind the house had come down and totalled our back fence , windy drier, fejoa and lemon trees.Great whose going to pay for that.Luckily it missed the garage and house.Bit later on the TV antenna went snap.Hope we make it through the night without anymore damage.:confused:. The storm is supposed to intensify tonight:gob:

rottiguy

26th July 2008, 16:22

Just don't wave ya exposed places around and ya shouldn't get an odd 180 :):blink:

its going to be a fun ride to work for me..... ill def be taking a spare set of undies :lol:..... the latest says gusts up to 180 odd in exposed places up in northland fark that!!!!

deanohit

26th July 2008, 16:26

Gremlin

27th July 2008, 04:52

Wasn't that bad mid afternoon around 3pm out on the motorways. Btw, the geniuses that removed all the trees on the NW near the city just made it better for crazy wind, and it looks shit. Very little rain, just wind, which is actually quite nice.

It worsened around 5pm going back east, quite the ball being buffeted around, but the rain was pouring down, vehicles just about vanished in the spray and MUPPETS DRIVING WITHOUT THEIR LIGHTS :angry2: Cordura pants don't really work... that annoyed me most really.

Keep the speed up around 100 and it ain't bad really. Harbour bridge was apparently closed to bikes again. Oh, aquaplaned a bit... damn it slows you down <_<

paturoa

27th July 2008, 08:01

Check out the forecast for Wednesday!

http://metvuw.com/forecast/forecast.php?type=rain&region=nzni&noofdays=7

gunrunner

27th July 2008, 09:15

Calm as outside here just cold looked up channel 98 no weather warnings here:Offtopic:

dino3310

27th July 2008, 10:01

Check out the forecast for Wednesday!

http://metvuw.com/forecast/forecast.php?type=rain&region=nzni&noofdays=7

yep saterday was the king hit, now we gonna get slammed with the sucker punch. all the waterways are topped up down here so there could be some significant flooding midweek.
it was 10years last sunday when the 100yr flood hit us in 98.

xwhatsit

27th July 2008, 12:00

Wasn't that bad. Funny -- I got to work, went to park in my usual spot (many here have seen my bike on Parnell Rd), and the tree (some sort of sapling, 3-4 metres tall though) next to my spot was bent over past 45 degrees and touching the boot of the car on the other side of the parking spot. With some help, pulled it back up and tied it back to the stakes it was previously tied to. Still wasn't quite trusting enough, so parked on the other side of the tree :laugh:

Ixion

27th July 2008, 14:39

Wasn't that bad mid afternoon around 3pm out on the motorways. .. Harbour bridge was apparently closed to bikes again. Oh, aquaplaned a bit... damn it slows you down <_<

Nobody told me!. Went over Saturday afternoon, and back Saturday evening. far from the worst it's been. Lots of wind, but constant sort of wind, not very gusty. Constant wind is easy enough (So long as you keep the speed up !)

deanohit

27th July 2008, 15:50

Heres a vid from out the mount earlier this arvo, waves were a good couple of metres, crappy cell phone vid:
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=gz-Zp5i8-ws

glice

27th July 2008, 17:50

it wasnt that bad CV are just being wosses, I've been riding all week and my job is outside on a bicycle rain hail or shine, nothing stops the mail going out! ever.

paturoa

27th July 2008, 17:57

I went to replenish the firewood this arvo from a buddies place near Hellensville and couldn't get to his "lifestyle" block cos the road was flooded. There is a lot of water on the low lying farms up that way.

scracha

27th July 2008, 21:24

Should've seen Te Aroha, not pretty. Car got blown onto my side of the road yesterday when I was dropping off a couple of team-mates. A few roofs ripped right off. Trees down everywhere. We just got the power back on this evening after 8pm as neighbours tree took out the power line (and pole..lol).

Fuggin pine needles all over the house and garden.