Cyclones = Hurricanes

It's a bizarre situation waiting for this thing to hit us here out west Auckland. It's quiet and not raining yet north of Auckland, 22000 homes are without power and many being battered by winds... Still got two days to look forward too!
 
Well, so far, we've only had some wind and rain but it hasn't felt strong so far! I think, maybe because it's coming from the south east, I have houses behind me which are sheltering me. the worst is supposed to hit this afternoon though at around 4pm I believe. The sea, however, is rough as! I never usually see waves from my house, but they are there, you can see the swells coming in! Half of the peninsula that I live on (right at the end might I add too!) have had power cuts over night, touch wood, we've not had one yet. The eye of the storm looks like it's tracking further east than we were expecting too. I guess we'll see what happens later but so far it's feeling like a non-event, at least for me! I've not checked the news out yet to see how the rest of Northland / Auckland are coping.
 
The rain is kicking in here too now in Titirangi.. The storm has moved further south so the wind can now start whipping around the coromandel peninsula and getting the rest of Auckland plus mid north island!... wet wet wet!
 
hillbilly2 said:
Its ******* down hard here in Hawkes Bay!
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Just seen the news, you're getting it pretty bad there! Tologa bay is blocked off due to flooding, SH2 is closed with flooding from Napier! Stay safe pal!
So all day, it's been pretty calm, a bit of wind and rain, most noticeable is the waves directly outside my house, in three years, i've never seen waves, it's a really calm bay normally! But people have literally been surfing out there today! In the last hour or so, the weather has gotten increasingly bad, heavy rain and winds picking up now! The eye of the storm is tracking down a bit further east than was originally predicted, it's currently over Great Barrier Island, which is probably about 50km north, and about 50km east from here, and it's going to get closer to land just in time for high tide at around 1am!
I haven't left the house today so i've not seen the effects so far, but watching the news, there are lots of slips, debris all over the place, i've seen evidence of some damage, but loads yet. Orewa beach is getting closer to land, deteriorating the beach edge with every wave, trees have literally been devoid of the ground they're rooted in! I'd say we're in for a pretty rough night ahead now! Stay safe my felow New Zealanders! See you on the other side :)
 
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