| NZ's WEATHER NOT A SUCCESS
FORMULA FOR POWER COMPANIES! New Zealand has been Battered With Stormy Weather, From the Top of the North Island Down, From the Bottom of the South Island up!Canterbury Farmers had been warned of a fast moving front heading north and some rain,but there was no mention of snow, but the snow was down to very low levels. Some parts of the South Island experienced their deepest snowfalls for more than 30 years, which had thousands of houses and rural properties without power as the snow toppled trees,brought down power lines in high winds, last night there where still some 3,000 homes without power overnight, 24 hours later there are still homes without power,that was tonight news headlines,I feel very sorry for them, as we where without power for 28 hours in Okoki,Urenui, Plus Phone out, I sure missed my Computer, it makes you appreciate the Power, (what would we do without it .) POWER! In the North Island Auckland had a Power Blackout, It Plunged Auckland into chaos, as yesterday Heavy Winds caused wide spread Power failure, closed businesses,left rush hour traffic flounding without signals, Hospital Emergency services running only on emergency generators.People stuck in lifts and sirens wailed as the blackout triggered false Fire Alarms,It took eight hours for electricity to be restored, about 700,000 people where affected before power was restored, although about 12,000 Auckland homes where without power last night. Taranaki also took a Pounding as Rain and High winds hit at Gale force. Which had me fearing for my life as it seemed to lift the house off it's foundations, In my Beautiful Valley which is sheltered from all winds. 24 hour Rainfall at Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont/Taranaki recorded 287 mm rain had fallen,North Egmont on the mountain recorded 216mm in 24 hours (that was some rain) that came down the rivers off the mountain. The Coast off of Taranaki is sure telling a story today as it is a Full Moon in New Zealand at the moment,Such High Tides with the large swells pounding our Beautiful coastline. Work in Restoring Electricity was delayed when High Winds made it too dangerous for workmen to climb their ladders. New Zealand's Weather is not a Success Formula for the Power Companies as two day's later there are homes still without POWER!
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