The bold waves – Rolling in like drums; a crashing symphony. The conductor awash, on a horizon without form. Each new set of waves a contrast, of crescendos and diminuendos. Pounding ashore, breaking all defences, taking everything boldly for a ride, dumping it on the final crash. Spectators watch on, with anticipation and awe, captivated at […]
The past few days in Wellington have witnessed the destructive force of nature at a magnitude not seen in decades. Debris litters the south coast, with sand dunes and sea walls obliterated, trees torn from their roots, slabs of concrete cracked and moved like putty in a giant’s hands. Many thousands of people have been […]
Loving this twitter #storm #party in #wellington tonight! Still got power & iPhone charged to 100%, so I'm up for a big one! — Sarah Lee (@BritMumInNZ) June 20, 2013 If this storm was in any other nz city, it would have destroyed everything. Here any things built flimsy blew away years ago. #storm13 — […]
‘Two’ is the theme this week on ‘The Photo Gallery’ and this morning, on World Environment Day, 5 June 2013, an amazing sight met my eyes as I drove along Wellington’s south coast, on the way to my oldest daughter’s school. The wild storm of last night trapped a waka crew anchored in heavy seas. […]
There have been many ships wrecked in these seas. The Cook Strait – the deadly passage of water that lies between the North and South Island of New Zealand. A ‘perfect storm’ has struck the country this week, blanketing ground in snow and touching even the ‘winterless’ north of the country. It’s the kind of […]
Wild weather blasted Wellington this afternoon. Forecaster Chris Noble said that, when the storm hit Wellington, temperatures plummeted from 18.5 degrees Celsius to 8.5 degrees in Kelburn within ten minutes, with a similar drop recorded at Wellington Airport. At 4.30pm, wind gusts of up to 130kmh were reported in Kelburn, and 120kmh at Wellington Airport. […]