Batten down the hatches

**Trumpess** · 26th July 2008, 10:05

It is truley better to be safe than sorry.
So what ever the outcome I hope you all in the north stay safe!
The Aussie invader looks impresive, http://www.metvuw.com/forecast/forec...=nz&noofdays=7
but in saying that I am glad I live down here. I might actually get some washing dry today!!

**Big Dan** · 26th July 2008, 10:07

Originally Posted by icekiwi

Civil Defence Kit.........
Hell i live in Auckland man.....
Bloody bullet proof up here...
brb (goes racing off to see how many cans of farting gas in a can left)

i'm just hoping the power stays on and don't get too much rain fade during the game tonight

**MisterD** · 26th July 2008, 10:44

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

Nop....lets score it after ends first plus I enjoy weather...been stuck 12,000 feet up in a whiteout so a wee bit of rain and wind ain't nothing...

If it was the worst storm ever it may get my attention....but in a decade..geeze...how serious is that..

I wouldn't be worried if I was at home, but this is NZ - I don't fancy being stuck indoors in a power outage with a stir-crazy 2-yr old that wants his Jungle Book DVD!

**Little Miss Trouble** · 26th July 2008, 10:50

Hoping it's not going to be as bad as they are forecasting, coz I've just found that you can't get the lid off the top of our toilet, so can't even do a manual flush using a bucket of water! (i'm therefore banning baked beans until the storm passes)

**Little Miss Trouble** · 26th July 2008, 11:04

So what steps is everyone else taking 'just in case'?

**Big Dan** · 26th July 2008, 11:09

Originally Posted by Miss.L

So what steps is everyone else taking 'just in case'?

going shopping for food and supplies and watch tv till it passes

**Big Dan** · 26th July 2008, 11:15

the far North is without power now

**Mom** · 26th July 2008, 11:22

It looks like it will be down to us some time during the night! Bloody typical, cant come during daylight hours, that would be too easy.

Preparations here are nothing more than what we already have in place. A gas heater, candles and lanterns, we have gas on so cooking/hot drinks are no problem. We have food.

**Blackbird** · 26th July 2008, 11:23

Coromandel is taking a hiding. A lot of small branches laying in the garden, but nothing big yet as we're partially sheltered from the current wind direction. The harbour is white all over. Apart from a leak in one of our window frames, the only casualty is a big Morris and James pot on our deck which got blown over. I wouldn't have believed it possible!

**Nagash** · 26th July 2008, 11:28

Very little wind here in Titirangi, but it's raining like it's never gonna rain again.

I popped down to Piha beach this morning when it was only light showers, the waves are riled up. Wouldn't mind bringing a deck chair and an umbrella and watching the show.

**Big Dan** · 26th July 2008, 11:30

Originally Posted by Mom

It looks like it will be down to us some time during the night! Bloody typical, cant come during daylight hours, that would be too easy.

Preparations here are nothing more than what we already have in place. A gas heater, candles and lanterns, we have gas on so cooking/hot drinks are no problem. We have food.

where are you mom?

**Little Miss Trouble** · 26th July 2008, 11:35

Originally Posted by Big Dan

the far North is without power now

lol I love how they always say 'far north' do they mean, reeealy far north, Kerikeri or perhaps Whangarei? My little brother reports that its still switched on in Kaitaia

**Mom** · 26th July 2008, 11:36

Originally Posted by Big Dan

where are you mom?

Warkworth, it is just an ordinary, shitty, winters day here at the moment. We have wind and rain, it is a bit cold, but the barometer is dropping quite fast. If the forecast pressures are correct then it will be one hell of a storm.

I have to go out in a moment to post a letter, will check in on my elderly neighbours on my way back and make sure they are all ready. Last winter during that big storm we had they had no way of heating food or water, i used to go make them pots of tea...LOL

I am actually more worried about my Mother in Thames, she is on her own and is not well. She relies on power for heating and her life link alarm. Will ring her in a moment to see how she is faring.