Well youve all seen the pictures, what a night. Took 7hrs to get home which usually takes 40min. Car didnt like it and Ive done damage to the engine, but that was pretty minor compared to the damage I saw. On the slow trip home I saw flooded houses floating cars, a full sized bus washed off the road. Met a lot of people at the many stops waiting for the waters to recede low enough to be passable. Spirits were good and everyone helped each other in true kiwi style.
I didn't know that there were any kiwi's left in Auckland.
Yea it does seem that way. This was out rural a bit. Blew the headgasket on my car and bent a rod. Putting it back together this weekend
Well round 2 was a bit worse but we got off lightly compared to some. We had about 500mm of water on the property luckily house is up off the ground. A lot of wind as well. Got 2 of the neighbours trees in our yard now and got a tiny bit of water in the house only from the driving rain. Lots of uprooted trees and was cut off from work. Been looking out for our elderly neighbour who has been cut off from family. Thoughts go out to all those who have lost someone or something