The rain that has just hit is from the depression and I can barely see the other side of the street, and the little creek behind me is already quite high, and it's only just begun. Heavy rain warnings are from now until Saturday. There has been many civil defense warnings too. Looks like the (ex) cyclone is going to go the length of the country and the irony is the only place to stay dry will be the rainforest in fiordland. lol. There's already been a few jokes around that it's not the first time a Cook and explored our coast line. 
I'm sure we will be fine, but i might just quietly start shifting things like the photo albums upstairs.... you never know...
It's been so wet here the last couple of weeks. A few friends have flood damage to their property's, nothing major though. We have had to conserve water as the water treatment plant was flooded and the silt in the dam was slowing it down, there's been flooding in nearby suburbs, roads washed out, land slides, Kaikoura is again cut off, last week the whole town of Edgecombe tried to float away and half the town is still under water, and possibly will all go under again with this rain if the repair work on the stopbanks fails. They are calling the last even a 1 in a 500 year flood.
This is the 3rd week in a row of extreme heavy rain. I've never known so much rain, after such a rubbish summer. What is up with the weather? it's been so odd for the last 6-9 months.
"Water water everywhere, and not a drop to drink! "
