Once again, the Coromandel Peninsular was hit harder than us and on the news this morning it said they had nearly a metre of rain with major flooding and road closures and people abandoning their cars. Here, the wind kept emergency workers busy with power poles and trees down. The good news is that the main Dam, the Whau Valley Dam, was at capacity yesterday and, as it is still raining could possibly be overflowing now. It is 15 degrees C. at present which is quite a good winter temperature and we weren't going to light the fire today but as the air feels very damp we changed our minds so it is gently ticking over.
The forecast is for heavy rain showers with thunderstorms. A good day to be indoors followed by several more of the same by the look of it. The thunder has just started to rumble around here. Time to go and read a book I think, isn't that what retirement is for.
I'm not quite sure what a 'metre of rain' really means, but it sounds dreadful. Still no rain here, and we're watering every day. The problem is that it all evaporates so quickly.
ReplyDeleteI think I misheard and it was about half a metre of rain - probably need the hearing aids
DeleteGood to hear you've had rain there, hopefully it travels down to Auckland and Hawkes Bay, we've had torrential rain, thunder and lightning here all day.
ReplyDeleteSteady rain during the day but the thunder has continued and the storm got worse.
DeleteWe have similar weather today, rain but no thunder!
ReplyDeleteAt least it is winter here.
DeleteIt's ironic that the dam may go from being low to overflowing.
ReplyDeleteIt definitely has.
DeleteAs the saying goes, when it rains, it pours.
ReplyDeleteand then some.
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