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Mar 2nd, 2012 at 12:27am

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Tomorrow a Large Weather Bomb is due to hit New Zealand Tomorrow. It will mainly affect the North Island but the North of the South Island will also be affected.

The Cook Strait ferries have been cancelled because of safety concerns. 

Read more about it Here.

The area which I live, Hawkes Bay in is expecting heavy rain, up to 120km/h gale force winds at sea and 7 metre sea swells.
 
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Reply #1 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 3:59am

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andy190 wrote on Mar 2nd, 2012 at 12:27am:
Large Weather Bomb

That's a new one on me. What will they think of next? LOL
 
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Reply #2 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 4:02am

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Batten down the hatches, Andy!

Just been reading about it on the NZ Forum...>>> http://nzff.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=17263

Its not only Earthquakes that are determined to get you!.. Shocked...!

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Reply #3 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 4:06am

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Luckily Fozzer the area which I live in hasn't had a large earthquake since 1931.
 
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Reply #4 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 8:01am

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Hold onto your hat and you folks all take care Andy... Wink

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Reply #5 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 3:42pm

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I will Doug thanks. The stormy bomb thingy isn't due to hit my area till about Noon & the weather is actually quite nice at the moment.
 
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Reply #6 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 3:47pm

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The joys of sim-flying in New Zealand... Wink....

...I can pick my own weather!.. Grin...!

Paul...a nice, warm,  sunny day, with a slight breeze... Kiss...!
 
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Reply #7 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 4:04pm

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Fozzer, we haven't had the weather you described since the 2011 summer.

It's been an awful summer this year; I think we've only had about half a week of sunny days the whole summer. Shocked

But this afternoon I'm going to have a flight round my area with real world weather turned on. Cheesy (So I may crash a few times. Wink )
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Reply #8 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 4:15pm

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"The profession that I want to do when I grow up is be a weatherman because it;s the only job that I can consistently fail at and never get fired." Cheesy
Best of luck with your storm Shocked.
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Reply #9 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 4:17pm

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andy190 wrote on Mar 2nd, 2012 at 4:04pm:
Fozzer, we haven't has the weather you described since the 2011 summer.

It's been an awful summer this year; I think we've only had about half a week of sunny days the whole summer. Shocked

But this afternoon I'm going to have a flight round my area with real world weather turned on. Cheesy (So I may crash a few times. Wink )


Real weather (REX) is scary sometimes!

On some of my Cal West Coast real weather flights I am often refused a take-off, or landing, by Air Traffic Control, because of poor visibility!
Which means I have to switch my computer off, ....until the weather improves*.... Cry...!
San Francisco and Los Angeles are renowned for their dense sea-mists!

Poor visibility frightens me!... Shocked...!

Paul....clear blue skies...I like!... Smiley...!

* possibly... Wink...!
 
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Reply #10 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 4:35pm

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The storm isn't going to be bad compared to what the US gets, but for NZ it's pretty bad.

I’ve been thinking about the 7m sea swells & if they coincide with high tide a few coastal towns might be quite badly hit.

In the 80's houses were built quite near the sea & with erosion they are now only few metres from the high tide mark.
 
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Reply #11 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 4:48pm

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Oneof the towns I've been thinking about is Haumoana just south of the Tukituki River.

Have a look at it in Google Maps Here.
 
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Reply #12 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 5:41pm

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andy190 wrote on Mar 2nd, 2012 at 4:48pm:
Oneof the towns I've been thinking about is Haumoana just south of the Tukituki River.

Have a look at it in Google Maps Here.


We spend a lot of time in Multiplayer, around there.

I cant get my tongue around some/all of those Maori place names!
It gets very difficult in a Chat Window conversation (spelling!).

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Reply #13 - Mar 2nd, 2012 at 5:59pm

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Fozzer, you can't even spell Taupo I saw. Wink

And the locals don't like it if you mispronounce a Maori name.

But if you fly round Hawkes Bay all the big towns have nice easy names. Hastings, Napier, Clive, Taradale & Havelock North*.

*Where I live. One of the snootiest towns in New Zealand in my opinion.
 
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Reply #14 - Mar 3rd, 2012 at 12:27am

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The weather bomb is still around.

It blew roofs off houses in Patea & power is out to 25,000 residents in Taranaki & may not be back on for a few days.

Read more about it here.
 
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Reply #15 - Mar 3rd, 2012 at 12:55am

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So it's like Florida but 6 months opposite since it's like, on the opposite side of the world.

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Reply #16 - Mar 3rd, 2012 at 3:45am

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Webb wrote on Mar 3rd, 2012 at 12:55am:
So it's like Florida but 6 months opposite since it's like, on the opposite side of the world.

Looks like the USA has its own "weather bomb" to contend with. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17236495

"Marysville is completely gone,'' said Chuck Adams of Clark County Sheriff's Department.

PS. Photos here --> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109540/Tornado-wipes-Marysville-Indiana...
 
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Reply #17 - Mar 3rd, 2012 at 5:06am

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The winds were pretty fast, a few downed trees and some roofs torn off some house's and tramper-lines in the neighbor's yards Shocked
 
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