Hope all our Cantab posters are safe and flood free.

sparkychap - 2021-05-30 11:42:00

At least the drought has broken in North Canterbury and fire risk has tumbled to 'no risk'---just need the nor-westers to stay away for a long time---hopefully.

kacy5 - 2021-05-30 14:37:00

sparkychap wrote:

Hope all our Cantab posters are safe and flood free.

Thanks, appreciate your thoughts. It's been rough here is Ashley, some of my paddocks got surface flooding, but by the look of the weather outside the worst is over, I hope. Cheers

Edited by orphic1 at 4:24 pm, Sun 30 May

orphic1 - 2021-05-30 16:20:00

Thanks Sparkles - bit grim out our way with lot of road closures. Now all we need is the Alpine Fault to rupture.

seaqueen - 2021-05-30 18:45:00

seaqueen wrote:

Thanks Sparkles - bit grim out our way with lot of road closures. Now all we need is the Alpine Fault to rupture.

as long as the wine cellar hasn’t flooded.

sparkychap - 2021-05-30 21:10:00

sparkychap wrote:

as long as the wine cellar hasn’t flooded.

That would be too much to bear! On a serious note though my thoughts to those affected, just seen some of the footage, bloody scary.

jeffqv - 2021-05-31 15:52:00

sparkychap wrote:

as long as the wine cellar hasn’t flooded.

Rescued, believe me it was

orphic1 - 2021-05-31 15:59:00

jeffqv wrote:

That would be too much to bear! On a serious note though my thoughts to those affected, just seen some of the footage, bloody scary.

The rain was supposed to ease up today. It didn’t and when it eventually does we have to deal with the deluge from the upper headwaters for days to come.

orphic1 - 2021-05-31 16:26:00

orphic1 wrote:

The rain was supposed to ease up today. It didn’t and when it eventually does we have to deal with the deluge from the upper headwaters for days to come.

Not as bad as that. The rivers that are flooding are the ones with sources in the foothills. Generally the rivers that source primarily in the Alps like the Rakaia and Rangitata have not flooded to the same degree. The rain has fallen mostly on the plains (where have I heard that before?).

tony9 - 2021-05-31 17:51:00

orphic1 wrote:

The rain was supposed to ease up today. It didn’t and when it eventually does we have to deal with the deluge from the upper headwaters for days to come.

How're things coming along there, Orphic? We're closer to Oxford (overlooking the Cust river) - it's been a miserable old day but the floodwaters here look to be receding.

seaqueen - 2021-05-31 18:23:00

orphic1 wrote:

Rescued, believe me it was

Good to hear, orphic. Stay safe and dry (apart from the wine....)

sparkychap - 2021-05-31 18:41:00