C-130 Hercules 571 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 Crazy weather all around the globe at the moment. Here is a clip from the recent devastating floods in Germany. It is in the region close to the Nürburgring. Mind boggling. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2093 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 Yup. 150kph gusts here in Gladstone. Shaking the house. Sheep have all decided it is a great time to have their lambs. Had to go and strap our water tank down in Featherston so I didn't have to collect it from the neighbors. And my sisters Vineyard in the Wairau Valley flooded pretty badly. A lot of damage. Lucky not to the vines or house. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2136 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 tis but a scratch in the hutt valley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 Good economic stimulus I guess. Mother nature will always keep us little people busy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-130 Hercules 571 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 Hope things are on the up for you guys @Driftit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2093 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 5 hours ago, C-130 Hercules said: Hope things are on the up for you guys @Driftit Cheers. Turns out my neighbours in Featherston who are building their house had their roof blow off on Sunday morning. Freak wind gust of over 170kph ripped it to bits. Roof landed right where my house would be if it was there. It then took off again and hit another neighbours house about 200m away. Fire crew said they have not had wind that strong there for a good 15 years. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackie 510 Report post Posted August 14, 2021 On 7/18/2021 at 7:09 PM, Driftit said: And my sisters Vineyard in the Wairau Valley flooded pretty badly. A lot of damage. Lucky not to the vines or house. That sounds like a great place for a bimmer meet. Got space for tents? 😀 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3341 Report post Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) On 7/19/2021 at 11:55 AM, Driftit said: Cheers. Turns out my neighbours in Featherston who are building their house had their roof blow off on Sunday morning. Freak wind gust of over 170kph ripped it to bits. Roof landed right where my house would be if it was there. It then took off again and hit another neighbours house about 200m away. Fire crew said they have not had wind that strong there for a good 15 years. A house I pass on my neighbourhood walks has been in the wars again, from the same storm you mentioned. It has northerly exposure on a hill above the harbour (though is only shrouded from Southerly by neighbouring houses). Those of you in the know will recognise that wind accelerates when it finds a hill. The house in question is around 20 or 25 years old, a former leaky home, having been sold off cheap about ten years ago, re-clad and remediated, and sold again. Now it's had the leading edge of it's second story - north-facing - curved roof peeled back like a sardine tin and folded over, about three metres worth. It's currently open to the moon, stars, and rain, with the peeled-back roof strapped down with large ratchet straps on both sides to prevent more roof being lost. Our house is pretty solid, though when that storm turned south, I has being shaken in my seat in our top story as the wind battered our house (we're exposed to the south, very close to Zone 5' design area. The winds swung around my solidly-mounted 6E Yagi FM antenna that's previously survived twenty years of storms of up to 170 km/h unscathed. It would not surprise me to learn we'd approached 200 during that recent storm. Edited August 24, 2021 by Olaf Added pics Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
