WOO HOO NORTHLAND!

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 21:49

Manukau heads observer wrote:you need to put an barometer offset onto that station gary....

How come?

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 21:51

because all day the reports you have posted about its barometer reading have been lower than anyone else in the upper north island

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 21:53

Manukau heads observer wrote:because all day the reports you have posted about its barometer reading have been lower than anyone else in the upper north island

Hmmm...I shall investigate. By how much is it out?

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sun 18/09/2005 22:50

Tauranga is experiencing gales currently, but nothing to write home about.

Barometer is climbing back up again, climbed up to 981 so far.

We got off very lightly, unfortunately it was pretty darn boring. Bring on a decent elecrical storm.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 19/09/2005 06:34

i think you have to add about 3 hpa gary

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 19/09/2005 07:33

Manukau heads observer wrote:i think you have to add about 3 hpa gary

Righto, I'll get onto that.

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Tue 20/09/2005 07:30

Do enjoy my wee story about my trip to and from auckland yesterday

Yesterday was rather interesting. I had to shoot down to auckland to pick up a dog for mum, and it took me 5 hours instead of 3 because of the weather.. Waipu flats were almost literally flat, there was so much wind that it tipped a truck over in front of me.. the rain was so heavy that i couldnt see where I was going lol..

Weather coming home, now that's another story all together.. Got to wellsford - went, wheres wellsford. No power straight after a lightning strike.. took out the power from Te Hana as well, and other surrounding areas. Got thru kaiwaka and the weather got real interesting again.. Had to pull over outside the German Cafe (around 8pm) as I couldnt see for the rain. The whole car was rocking and check this out, SLIDING across the road. And I have high performance grip racing tyres!!!!~ Wasnt a tornado thankfully (and I only say thankfull cuz it was night time and I didnt have the camera) Lotsa debris from trees and crap - ended up following a FWD most of the way to Whangarei cuz I couldnt see in front of me, and seeing him swerve around the fallen branches etc was better.

After Whangarei, lotsa pretty lightning, a little bit of rain and nothing else really worth talking about.
So yes.. Hope you liked my little commentary

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 20/09/2005 08:18

Angel wrote:...I have high performance grip racing tyres!!!!

Bloody boyracers!

Manukau heads obs · Tue 20/09/2005 09:26

the brynderwyn station, which is ina bit of a hollow, was recording frequent squalls and gusts to 40 knots in those squals
i would say on more exposed ridges you would have been getting 50 to 60 knots in those squalls (which is the speed that makes driving start to get tricky with the car being pushed across the road (if you are not used to it))

we did not get that wind here, because the small low center that passed over the auckland area was not tight centeredm, but must have put the squueze on over northland, especialy the kaipara area

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Tue 20/09/2005 15:08

Bloody boyracers!

Hahahaha Its cuz I do professional racing you poo

Actually, it does look like a boy racer car.. pity tho, cuz i'm a chick

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 20/09/2005 15:23

Yes I would tenc to agree there Ange I think the term CAR ENTHUSIASTS sounds a better word to name upon racers.
Actually the country is very sexist I believe I remember a close up inveestigation they did on racing and both susan and this other guy kept pointing fingers at guys where as it's not just guys infact Girl racers have been proven the worst drivers.
Cheers
Sori for this debate but I thought id put my 2 cents in
JASON.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 20/09/2005 15:46

Angel wrote:
Bloody boyracers!

Hahahaha Its cuz I do professional racing you poo Actually, it does look like a boy racer car.. pity tho, cuz i'm a chick

Bloody girlracers!

Manukau heads obs · Tue 20/09/2005 16:33

good to see more women braving this forum

edited that, should have said more, not my

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Tue 20/09/2005 17:21

infact Girl racers have been proven the worst drivers.
Cheers
Sori for this debate but I thought id put my 2 cents in
JASON.

Actually its males aged between 25 - 35 and old people

But yea hehe

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 20/09/2005 18:54

Angel wrote:
infact Girl racers have been proven the worst drivers.
Cheers
Sori for this debate but I thought id put my 2 cents in
JASON.
Actually its males aged between 25 - 35 and old people

But yea hehe

I'm 39 but drive like an old lady. In fact, my driving is so 'conservative' that my friends used to call me "Miss Daisy".

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Tue 20/09/2005 19:04

Gary Roberts wrote:I'm 39 but drive like an old lady. In fact, my driving is so 'conservative' that my friends used to call me "Miss Daisy".

So that was you I was stuck behind last time I was down that way! My daughter and I were both using the "Miss Daisy" term

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 20/09/2005 19:21

tgsnoopy wrote:
Gary Roberts wrote:I'm 39 but drive like an old lady. In fact, my driving is so 'conservative' that my friends used to call me "Miss Daisy".
So that was you I was stuck behind last time I was down that way! My daughter and I were both using the "Miss Daisy" term

Oh man, you have no idea...I'm infamous!

One of my hobbies is photgraphing the spit on the inside of the windshields of cars behind me.