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Walked at the Dog Park which was severely flooded in Gabrielle last week. Most of the water has drained away, but lots of damage, and silt everywhere. As I've probably already said, this is minor compared to the devastation just a few metres away, and throughout Hawkes Bay, Tairawhiti, Auckland and Northland. Some of the patients in the ward where I work are broken, because their adult children have lost homes and livelihood, and had to be rescued from their roofs. It is heart breaking to see ....
My dog ran into the silty mud so I washed his legs when we got home. Here is the bath afterwards!
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silt up to where I am standing, and the orange line shows the height of the flood!View attachment 367252
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That's awful, Rose.Weird as I can still see it, but no matter. Here maybe?
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You can see why we are so upset, even those who are not directly affected. And why my patients feel so useless that their adult children have lost their homes and livelihood.
That's awful, Rose.
The awesome power of Mother Nature.
A cyclone is capable of picking up 1,000,000 tons of water per second (Stephens "Age of Power").
I've sat through more than one when I lived in SE Queensland in my youth. Steady winds of 130 mph, gusts estimated to be over 170 mph. Pretty terrifying!
Heather and I are thinking of you all. Hope that most of those who are missing are OK. Sorry that some of them won't be ... .