Thursday, July 31, 2008

Stormy Weather...

Okay- so we've had some wild weather in NZ over the past few days. In Nelson it was mostly very high winds.

Watch a tree fall here in Nelson- narrowly missing a car http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtCzlZogjZQ Scary!!!

In Nelson our biggest problem is that our water supply has been affected. We're supposed to be reducing consumption 70-80% over the next few days. I believe this is due to damage to a pipeline.

Other parts of the country have had flooding, there was a state of emergency over in Marlborough, a woman died in a flood attempting to cross a stream, house roofs have blown off, etc. Check out some photos and articles here. There are photos of both Nelson and Blenheim here and a bit more commentary: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4637457a11.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/0a28070.html

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