Quite a weekend.
Friday I started getting organised for Irene and making sure the cars were full, withdrew cash, checked torches, refilled gas bottles and shopping for some groceries. People were going crazy buying huge quantities. The thought of eating baked beans for ever was too horrible. The amazing thing is we really have so much already. A little bit of creativity and more time with no TV and computers I am sure I could have come up with some good recipes to clear the cupboards.
Saturday glued to the TV and starting to get quite scared we packed up all the garden goodies. I packed my metal birds from South Africa, because can you imagine the neighbours faces if my heavily rusted metal art flies threw their window. I would never hear the end of that. We would certainly have to move. Trampoline was taken down, swing tied to the tree, bath filled and camping bottles filled. Fridge packed with ice packs to keep temperature.
All done all sorted. Now what. So we headed to the beach to see what was happening.
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| The huge pack up. |
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| Daddy's little helpers |
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| We had a good laugh on the beach because besides the wind and been a bit cold the three other couples on the beach were English. They needed a taste of home. |
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The house boarded up. All the residents from the beach area were evacuated. |
The storm was really bad on Saturday night. Quite scary. we moved downstairs to be closer to the kids in case anything happened. They were awake at 3.00am because of the noise.
Sunday we took a bike ride to the shops to see what was happening. Carol and Michael came over to charge batteries and borrow some camping stuff. 60 % of westport is without power. Schools closed AGAIN. We now start on Wednesday. Boy oh boy.
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