I'm going to roll up towels and place by the doors and hope for the best. My front door is at ground level. I wasn't in a position to get sandbags.

I have a pond in my backyard that wasn't there this morning.

And could we please be spared the photos of his smug face! It plays havoc on my digestion.

The world's largest climate and weather data archive is located in Asheville, NC. Due to an historic climate disaster, it's currently offline.

2/ Friends who came in on the buses from St Clair, and the Otago Peninsula though, said their buses were packed!

This morning I thought maybe I really was in an echo chamber here on Bluesky because it seemed like everyone in Dunedin was going to the march today. So, I was worried my bus from Palmerston would be crowded, but there were only two others on it, and they weren't going to the march.1/

I think the gubermint has picked the wrong town to mess with. We southern lads and lassies, with our Scottish roots are FIERCE!

I'm really feeling quite excited about going to the hospital protest today. My first proper chance to shout at the clown coalition.

The world without Dame Maggie will not be the same.