“Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while,
nine out of ten people couldn’t start a conversation.”
Kim Hubbard, Editor at Large, People Magazine
Alright, I know I said I would not talk about the weather, but really! We have had the most amazing five days.
Torrential rain, almost gale force winds, thunder and lightning. In fact, according to the DomPost, our local paper “New Zealand saw nearly 20,000 lightning strikes in the 24 hours to 8am, and MetService say there’s more to come with a severe thunderstorm watch …” and this was only until 10am on Friday. And nothing much changed over the weekend.
“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play.
So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.”
Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat
Today is Monday here and the newspaper records “There were 9700 lightning strikes over land from 6pm Sunday to 6am on Monday, and 150mm of rain for some, as a cold front with thunderstorms attached moved onto the North Island.” and Severe thunderstorms, high winds, heavy rain, large hail, and even tornados are likely today.”
So may I be forgiven? This is a storm rarely seen in our corner of the world. And it’s still raining.
In much of the South Island, hail and rain have been replaced with snow. And here’s a lighthearted end to this blog on Windy Wellington’s Worst Weather.

Pooh that really clever little bear says

So from a miserable day here in Wellington at 41.2924° S, 174.7787° E, I am off now t read my book, to keep warm and dry.

Reblogged this on I choose how I will spend the rest of my life and commented:
Today’s rambling from this octogenarian
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Lucky you.
Not the lightening or tornadoes.
But Rain!
I feel another post coming on.
About the looming day zero.
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Today it has stopped raining at last. Windy but liveable.
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We had dark clouds earlier.
Then they were gone.
Supposed to start raining tonight and tomorrow.
Here’s hoping.
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A tardy response. Did the rain come?
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I looked out just now. A few drops. Nothing to write home about.
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Hi JB. I have no desire to do so. As I said, long story.
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Here it is 100* with nasty humidity. Too hot to walk even in the early morning. Forcast to be like this for the next 10 days. Bummer, but it’s what summer is like here. Even when it rains later this week, the temps will be around 100*. Enjoy your winter weather.
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It hasn’t got above 14 here for at least a week. I can’t say I would like 100 and the humidity.
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