Slip Sliding Away No.1It has been incredible wet over the last week so the ground in Welly is absolutely saturated. Today I squelched across my attempt at a lawn, checking things were okay.
But at least I still have a lawn. In the first photo the woman who lives there went to hang out the washing and noticed a crack across the lawn. Soon after most of the lawn had gone.
And the university students living here heard a WHOOSH at about 6 in the morning. Thought nothing of it until the Fire Service woke them 2 hours later and insisited on immediate evacuation. This place lost 2/3rds of the lawn, a paved patio and a barbeque the students had only recently built.
There are about another 20 slips around Wellington.
Slip Sliding away No.2
A large cooking oil spill is caused traffic chaos in Auckland city today.
The oil was being carried by a truck when the spill occurred near a motorway off ramp about 2.30pm. The oil quickly spread to nearby streets. "The problem is the oil has made the roads very slippery."
It is not yet known exactly how much oil was spilt, but it is believed a tap came loose on the truck, allowing the oil to flow freely.
Once again, Fire Service to the rescue
It will be fine tomorrow - I've already loaded up the clothes line as I catch up on the washing. Yes, it is a rotary clothes line. No, it is not a Hills Hoist - but my dear Mum has one!
Huggles from Mickle and the Purr-ball
3 comments:
About 5 or 6 years ago we had a cooking oil spill on the freeway, near here. It was closed for a couple of days until they had thoroughly cleaned it. We had to take to the surface streets to get around it. What a mess!
It has been so cool and mostly dry here all summer, but starting yesterday we are having a heat wave. Up in the high 90's. The weekend is looking good, though. Back to the high 70's.
Hope your place doesn't decide to change locations without your permission!
Hello you naughty girl! Fancy starting a flash new blog and not telling me! I found you through Dumdad's blog roll.
Lovely template and great colours!
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It's rained all day here too, and continues to!
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