Calm before the Storm

[Lajos_Detari]

Nice. You can collect a lot of water for your fish tanks and ponds. Lol

 

[itiwhetu]

Pretty tame at the moment 9.30am

 

[Uberhoust]

A meter of rain! I expect if you are getting that amount of rain the area is prone to high rain falls in general. If not I would be sandbagging the areas around my house.

 

[itiwhetu]

A meter of rain! I expect if you are getting that amount of rain the area is prone to high rain falls in general. If not I would be sandbagging the areas around my house.

We are prone to these weather events. Civil defense are moving in and getting ready to protect property near the coast and rivers. We are lucky and sit up on the terrace, so shouldn't flood.

 

[itiwhetu]

12.30

 

[itiwhetu]

Update, It hasn't been that bad at our place. But this is what we are facing.

5.2K views · 27 reactions | Here's Angus Hines from MetService New Zealand to tell us what to expect with the rain over the next few days. | By West Coast Emergency Management | Facebook

Here's Angus Hines from MetService New Zealand to tell us what to expect with the rain over the next few days.

www.facebook.com

 

[Colin_T]

At least you get rain over there, I haven't seen water falling from the sky for months. I think the last time is drizzled here was bout 5 months ago and the last time it rained properly (for more than 5 minutes) was maybe 2020.

 

[itiwhetu]

This storm has been a bit of an anti climax really. Yes we have had 250mm of rain but that isn't that much for us and it has just rained continously so we haven't even had some decent down pours. I thought we might have had some good thunder storms to put up on this thread but NO not even that, sorry folks maybe next time.

 

[I Like Rare Fish]

Good ol’ Southern California (@Crispii)

 

[Uberhoust]

This storm has been a bit of an anti climax really

I am sorry to here that. I don't like to see people get hurt or suffer, but big storms can be real interesting. 250mm rain is still quite a big storm.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Near my home, during Hurricane Harvey: https://www.chron.com/about/article...ches-of-rain-fell-12233072.php#photo-13942287

 

[itiwhetu]

Near my home, during Hurricane Harvey: https://www.chron.com/about/article...ches-of-rain-fell-12233072.php#photo-13942287

Flippin heck. You guys always do things bigger and better than everyone else

 

[Slaphppy7]

Flippin heck. You guys always do things bigger and better than everyone else

Indeed we do...but this record is one I'll never brag about...it was awful, for many, many people...I was blessed, and lucky, my house is pier-beam, not on a slab...about 3 feet off of the ground...another inch or two, and we would have flooded inside, like so many unfortunate people experienced....many homes a total loss

 

[itiwhetu]

Day three of this about 300mm of rain at our place so far