The day after the storm

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There's a Japanese saying "Taihu ikka no seiten" meaning 'The sky is bluest after a typhoon past.' After the hail storm the day before, I went out for a short walk to find the bluest sky on top of Tinakori Hill. …

I used an old less used track off the play ground by Pembrook Street. First the track was muddy and slimy through a small gully but soon it became drier. After crossing two current wider tracks, and climbing diagonally through the pines, I intercepted the current track from Glamorgan Street roadend. In about 25 minutes of leaving home, I popped up at southern end of Tinakori Hill and was greated with yet another beautiful views.

  • Suburbia, sea & hills
  • Wind turbines & snowy peaks above hill side suburbia
  • Our beautiful city
  • Raggedy peak

There were also some interesting utility structures on top. Climbing up on a concret structure behind the towers, presumeably housing some machinery for the water tanks. A great harbour view could be had.

  • With special decoration
  • Three towers, actually
  • White sails on blue sea
  • Pollens bite dust, no, mud!!!

Thanks to the power of hailsones, the annoying pine pollens have been delivered to their rightful position, on the ground.

The white tops of Tararua Southern Crossing greeted me in a distance. Beautiful but also could be a very dangerous and scary place to be.

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  1. Thanks. The sky was very clear and crisp. I was lucky to get a clear picture like that. Those hills are only about 1500m at highest and most part not very steep, but still many people have died on them after caught by sudden changes of weather.Originally posted by solid copper:

    Could look fantastic in sunset.

    view of distant mountains is very good of your soul, IMO. :)Originally posted by solid copper:

    I read a plane crash right after the earthquake in western Southern Island.

    Another bad news. It was a day of disaster for NZ. It was a miracle no one died in the earthquake, but then 9 people wiped out in seconds just like that. 🙁

  2. Gorgeous, that last picture!I also has something similar (snow clapped mountain) in a distance right out of my window. Sometimes more visible than others. Could look fantastic in sunset. I read a plane crash right after the earthquake in western Southern Island.

  3. No I didn't. But I did wake up in early hours and it was 0430. So it was possible the shaking woke me.Who'd thought it'd be Canterbury, eh?

  6. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    Scary stuff

    Very much.! Have you just changed your avatar!? :eyes:Very nice. :up:

  7. Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

    Who'd thought it'd be Canterbury, eh?

    Is'nt is Christchurch ??

  8. Originally posted by solid copper:

    Gorgeous, that last picture!

    you took the words right out of my mouth 😉 !
    From the sailing boats, it seems that the temperature didn't drop at all,as if nothing happened .

  9. Christchurch is the regional capital of Canterbury region. Actual epicentre is about 40km west of Chch City near town of Darfield in the Canterbury PlainFYIDarfield earthquake damages Canterbury: http://www.geonet.org.nz/news/article-sep-4-2010-christchurch-earthquake.htmlMap of New Zealand's significant earthquakes: http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/news/2010/large_eq.pngOriginally posted by arduinna:

    From the sailing boats, it seems that the temperature didn't drop at all

    I bet all on board had a full body wet suit on. Wellingtonians seem to have different standards for what is comfortable temperature. 😀

  11. I had this vision of a beautiful, serene country. Got that wrong! It appears that your weather is far more volatile than what we experience.

  12. Hi, Gary. Thanks for your comment.It is a beautiful country but we are also in the Roaring Forties and subject of the prevailing westerly wind bringing sudden and dramatic weather changes. In spring, when the air in north starts to warm up while the cold air masses from the Antarctica are still strong, we often get those violent cold southerly changes accompanied by thunder and hail, as well as the spring nor'wester galesThere are a couple of good articles in Metservice Blog:http://blog.metservice.com/2009/08/how-lows-and-highs-move/http://blog.metservice.com/2009/06/winds-aloft/http://blog.metservice.com/2009/09/bottle-necks/I'm waiting for a new article about that hailstorm. 🙂

  13. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    The ground can be pretty volatile too

    It is a real worry. I'm wondering if this Canterbury quake could trigger a domino effect and we could be next in line. 🙁

  15. Originally posted by arduinna:

    you took the words right out of my mouth

    Wouldn't want to take your teeth. :rolleyes:

  17. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    Word association….Pond = roof

    :eyes: Roof -> lichen

  30. Originally posted by solid copper:

    too late for goose now.

    Afraid so, SC. DH had "red geese" and I took care of both with "speed bump". (red -> (red light runner) -> speed + goose -> bump) Are you impressed? 😀

  34. Breadfruit is also bumpy. So we've merged the link from "goose", too. 🙂

  35. :)Not too bad, eh?Have you picked up a local accent or two yourself, SC?

  37. We'll see what the man says, eh? (pronounce "eh" as in "eye" for kiwi accent) 😉

  38. I am not sure. My oral English originally sounded British. Then it got softened while I was in USA because I did not want to sound choppish (but would still sound British when reading or speaking my mind). Now in Canada it is okay to sound British again, because it is a commonwealth country.

  41. I'd love to be able to adjust my accent like that. Though I can pick up intonation difference, some of local vowel variations and colloqs, I'll never ever be able to emulate complete British, Amerian or Kiwi, for that matter. I'll always have a touch of Japanese accent. Originally posted by solid copper:

    Now in Canada it is okay to sound British again, because it is a commonwealth country.

    Cool, eh? 😉

  43. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    I vary between south and east london,

    This is something I noticed while watching Doctor Who, but do south londoners pronounce "th" as "f"? Originally posted by darkesthour:

    I am getting a bit kiwi too at times

    😆 What's the toime, mite? She's a but too lite for morning tea, eh. I'll git my lunch ready soon. 😀

  45. Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

    This is something I noticed while watching Doctor Who, but do south londoners pronounce "th" as "f"?

    Yes we do, and proud of it :yes: Also this is often said vis… Its because we were taught not to stick our tongues out :p My favourite bit of kiwi was when I was first trying to get the difference between "pen" and "pin" which both sound like "pun" to most people not from here 😀

  46. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    Its because we were taught not to stick our tongues out

    Ah, good manners go a long way, eh?

  47. I vary between south and east london, sometimes posh but not oxford (usually on the phone 🙂 ), and I am getting a bit kiwi too at times

  48. Originally posted by solid copper:

    commonwealth country

    ->side 😀

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