Wellington weather warnings

[Drogen Omen]

im glad i didnt ride my bike in today.....
kudos to you brave soles that rode in... one guy was riding in front of my car and was almost blown right off the motorway...


Updates on storm as follows

Slips
Makara Rd
Homebush Rd
Fairview Cres

Trees Down
Plimmer Steps
Mahoe St, Tawa
Kimberley Way, Karori
Herald Mitchell St
Branscombe St
Arlington St, Karori
Shortt St
Moffat St
Abel Smith St
Barnard St
Oban St
Tarikaka St
Houghton bay Rd
Taiaroa St
Beacon Hill Rd
Rintoul St
Konini St
Waipori St
Cnr Townsend Rd
South Karori Rd
Constable St
St Michaels Cres
Chater St
Mark Ave
Bell St
Mortimer Tce
Akaroa Dr
Hallswater Dr
Mornington Rd
Glen Alton Ave
Boundary Rd
Lines Down
Milne Cres
Lyall Bay Rd
Ellice St
Washington Ave
Carlton St
Cheeseman St
Para St
Wingfield Pl
Ohariu Road
Makara Rd
Cheeseman Rd
Akatea St
Ellice St
College St
Barnard St
Kekerenga St
Mark Ave
Bedford St
Amristar Rd
Glen Alton Ave

No Power
Severn St
Queens Drive
Darlington Rd
No Power in most parts of Wadestown
College St
Lucknow Tce
Simla Cres
Helston Rd

Road Closures
Onslow and Ngaio Road
Moa Point Road is closed due to huge seas breaking over the southern end of the Wellington Airport runway.
Stewart Duff Drive, on the eastern side of the Airport, is closed because cladding is being blown off a hangar.
The Hutt Road is closed between Ngaio Gorge Road and Onslow Road because of lifting roofing at the Placemakers site.
Makara Road and Ohariu Valley Road closed by fallen trees and power lines.
A big slip has closed Homebush Road, Khandallah

Sewerage
Raw sewerage flowing down Wakefield Street Clutha Ave Nicholson Rd

Other
Public access to the Basin Reserve has been closed. Approximately 15 windows in the RA Vance Stand have blown out.
Fulton Hogan working on Airport roof which is lifting Council Parks staff have closed off the walking tracks on Tinakori Hill due to the danger caused by many falling trees.
Power poles are in danger of toppling on the seafront at Lyall Bay.
No power to about 40 homes in Karori
Hutt Motorway one lane north bound reopen between Melling and Maungaraki but south bound closed Traffic lights out bowen/glenmore/tinakori Trafic lights facing wrong way Kent and Majoribanks St

All Trains Cancelled
Buses from Hutt Valley Cancelled

Glass all over footpath and road in Cambridge tce Northern Landfill closed closed the transfer station Not operating Library Mobile bus - Karori Today All flights cancelled the rear section of roof of Shed 6, on Waterfront has lifted and gone the South end of Events centre Roof is lifting and is likely to go vehicle entry to Waterfront including Dockside, Shed 5 and the Helicopters is now closed.
Johnsonville badly affected No Power

Onslow College closed, other schools will follow Raroa Intermediate closed Pump stations out Johnsonville Library closed - no power Flooding in Hutt - Locations Affected WAIWHETU Haywards Tce and Wainui Rd.
SEAVIEW / EASTBOURNE
Eastern Bays Marine Drive - debris and surface flooding Croft Grove - surface flooding WESTERN HILLS
SH2 - slips and debris between Melling and Haywards
SH2 - Maungaraki and Melling one lane north bound re-opened> WAINUI HILL RD - Gracefield Road on and off ramps closed. Gracefield Road closed between Bell Rd and Wainuiomata Hill Rd closed.
RIVERSIDE CARPARK - is now being closed
BLOCK ROAD - is now closed
Road to Eastbourne closed
Electricity has been cut to parts of Korokoro, Petone, Naenae, Melling and Coast Road Wainuiomata.
Other parts of the city may also be affected by power cuts

[vifferman]

im glad i didnt ride my bike in today.....
Wotchoo talkin' about, Drogen Omen?
You ride a dirt bike, doncha?
Perfect weather for riding, and lots of obstacles to practice riding over/through/around/under. :yes:
Stop being a wimp, and get out there! :laugh:

[Colapop]

Meh, I never had a problem riding in....

[Str8 Jacket]

im All Trains Cancelled
Buses from Hutt Valley Cancelled



Myself and all members of my team got to work sweet as on the train today.....

[merv]

Where'd that warning come from? Looks like an old report - how long since Northern landfill closed, and schools closing when its school holidays already? :whistle: :lol: :calm:


Myself and all members of my team got to work sweet as on the train today.....

Yeah take it easy take the train. All still going as far as I know.

[Drogen Omen]

was current thismorning and most of the services are still out. although airport is now open.

You ride a dirt bike, doncha?
yes i do but i put road tyres on it so now its just as useless in the wet as it was with noblies on it... hahaha
and im still getting used to it again... only had it back since friday after 12 months out of action..

[merv]

was current thismorning and most of the services are still out. although airport is now open.


Nah I tell ya, its an old report. Trains weren't cancelled anywhere today except briefly on the Johnsonville Line, and all schools are already closed for holidays. Somebody is spamming an email around from what I can see.

[nodrog]

get sombody to go and lick the road on Wakefield Street, if it tastes like poo, it might be true.

[merka685]

That report is a hoax. I went for a ride and it was interesting, riding a straight on a 45 degree lean, but it wasn't too bad at 50km, just stopping at light was an exercise. Hope the ride home will be more enjoyable.

[davebullet]

A colleague of mine checked with the council - and the above is bogus / a hoax.

Of course my email could be a conspiracy, and infact you could think my email about the bogus warnings, could itself be bogus! Well, I leave that to your fine judgement... here is the lowdown....

From: Richard MacLean [mailto:Richard.MacLean@wcc.govt.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, 7 October 2008 2:27 p.m.
Subject: FW: Bogus Wellington storm-damage report - please ignore



Greetings - thanks heaps for the call. As discussed, here's the email that the City Council has sent to the media (we're getting anxious calls about the 'bogus' email from all over the region). If you can help us out by firing this around the traps then it'd be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Richard MacLean - WCC Ext Comms



______________________________________________

From: Richard MacLean

Sent: Tuesday, 7 October 2008 1:36 p.m.

Subject: Bogus Wellington storm-damage report - please ignore



NEWS RELEASE

1.30PM - 7 October 2008



Bogus storm-damage report - please ignore



A bogus storm-damage report is circulating today on email groups around Wellington - containing information from a storm in August 2004.



Advice from Wellington City Council is to ignore the email - a copy of which is attached below.



The email contains extensive lists of streets closed by slips around Wellington, reports of damage at Wellington Airport, details of extensive delays to trains and buses, school closures, and 'huge seas' blocking Moa Point Road.



The City Council has received a number of calls from people anxious about the emailed report - headed WELLINGTON WEATHER WARNINGS - however we stress that the information is entirely incorrect.



While there have been strong northerly winds in the Wellington region today, and heavy rain - none of the incidents on the email being circulated have occurred. They all occurred during a fierce southerly storm in August 2004.



The City Council will attempt to find out how and why the email was initially circulated - but in the meantime our advice is please ignore it.



For further details please contact:

Richard MacLean - Wellington City Council Communications, tel 04 801 3578 or 021 227 8180.

[sinfull]

bugger and i was just about to go have a rubber neck out the south coast !

[crazybigal]

i dont know what your on about.
i came in from johnsonville at 930 and it was sweet, a few we gusts but nothing much.

[Drogen Omen]

yeah sorry guys
i just got that hoax email notice too... being an IT guy you would think i would check my sources... but am too tired as i started work at 4am and am still stuck here...

sorry for the false alarm


COUNCIL WARNS FAKE EMAIL CIRCULATING

Meanwhile Wellington City Council issued a statement saying a bogus storm-damage report is circulating today on email groups around Wellington, containing information from a storm in August 2004.

The email contains extensive lists of streets closed by slips around Wellington, reports of damage at Wellington Airport, details of extensive delays to trains and buses, school closures, and 'huge seas' blocking Moa Point Road.

A council spokesman said it had received a number of calls from people anxious about the emailed report - headed WELLINGTON WEATHER WARNINGS. "However we stress that the information is entirely incorrect."

"While there have been strong northerly winds in the Wellington region today, and heavy rain - none of the incidents on the email being circulated have occurred. They all occurred during a fierce southerly storm in August 2004."

He said the council will attempt to find out how and why the email was initially circulated.

[crazybigal]

yeah i was reading the list of streets with trees down, College st has no trees!:Oops:



yeah sorry guys
i just got that hoax email notice too... being an IT guy you would think i would check my sources... but am too tired as i started work at 4am and am still stuck here...

sorry for the false alarm

[Number One]

sorry for the false alarm

All good I wasn't alarmed at all ;)

[Pwalo]

It's quite pleasant now. Was a bit windy and wet at 6.30 this morning, but not enough to take the car.

The only down side is that I'll have to spend half an hour cleaning the bike when I get home.

[DougieNZ]

You ARE a legend Merv.....

:rockon:

[Colapop]

<strike>It was so windy today that the cranes didn't stop at all on site. We even...</strike> Oops nearly!! Sorry - as has been the case previously I cannot tell you about anything that's happened here or where here is or what we do or anything. Please disregard my earlier statement!!

But.. ummm... yeah... not that windy... mmmkay?

[marioc]

fuck me was blwing its tits off early this morning,even my hardy cat was shitting itself

[davebullet]

yeah sorry guys
i just got that hoax email notice too... being an IT guy you would think i would check my sources... but am too tired as i started work at 4am and am still stuck here...

sorry for the false alarm

Bloody IT - who invented that crap? (I have been imprisoned in IT too - riding and hifi are my only escapes!)

[Str8 Jacket]

yeah i was reading the list of streets with trees down, College st has no trees!:Oops:

Well, duh! The wind blew them all down! :rolleyes:

[Paulo]

BLOODY WIND , Got up thios morning to find the little Geeb had been blown over (someone had picked it up) clipons have left a big dent in the tank , indicators snapped off too, I think the bike cover acted as a sale and probably pulled it over. And she was mint till now. Crappy start to the day.

[Timber020]

Ive got a large gum to remove thats broken free from a bank and ended coming down against a house in wadestown and have to get rid of its 2 mates who will total the house if they come down (which the REALLY want to do) . A fallen tree to clear up in ngaio and thats about all.

thought that list of trees down seemed a little extreme

[Hitcher]

On about the one occasion that we haven't backed Mrs H's Bandit onto our car deck, the gales last night blew it over. Fortunately it's undamaged, apart from a problem with its throttle.

[nico]

ahhh the viffffffr seemd to cut thru thats shity wind ok made it to work on one peice :scooter: only to sillt around all shift wating for the airport to re open gota love it geting payd to sit around play on you tube lol