plimmerton storm june 2013 survey results

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Plimmerton Storm June 2013 Survey Results

What damage, if any,

did you experienceduring the storm (egtrees down,power/water cut,flooding, damage toproperty)?

In what ways were you

prepared for the storm?

In what ways were

you caught shortduring the storm?

What useful

information could youhave used during thattime and in the storm'saftermath?

Power cut from about8.30pm and overnight Thursthen intermittent on Friday.cowling off chimneybranches off trees especiallyalong street side.

woodburner, candles and torches have an emergency kitwhich would have beensufficient if the power cuthad continued longer, ie OKfor food and cooking for afew days

Can we have comprehensiveemergency advice on thiswebsite including checklists/tips for establishing andrunning street groups. Wehave taken first steps toestablish our group and wouldappreciate further advice, asothers may too.

three fence panels down,

rain driven in under frontdoor wet carpet and curtains

kit, torches, warm gear etc at the

ready

things moved between

emergencies, powerneeded to kick start gasheater

We need a local radio station

to be the focus of activityswitching in emergencysituations to be providinginformation and advice nonstop. We did not know aboutpower still being off in otherareas nad could have helpedwith food andaccommodation.

minor damage tree debrisand water alternative lighting and cookingplus grab bag prepared given the duration no majordisruption radio station updates orcommunity walk around inlocal neighbourhood

Minor Tree Damage

Motor home topped up with watergas etc

Power off for a few hours,but no issues

Radio (2ZB) should have hadmore infoeg scholl closuresetc... problem with most radiostations networked fromAuckland.


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stream on the street

overflowed its banks. lostpower twice

we had candles and matches

and torches and wood for thewood stove to keep warm

n/a we didn't know what was

happening for others in thecommunity. It would havebeen nice to know that otherswere without electricity forseveral days so that we couldhave offered help.

Trees down,Fencedown,Power Cut,ChimneyFire Emergency Pack Heating

How to extinguish the ChimneyFire without causing moreDamage because Fire Fighterswere busy

TREES DOWN ACROSSDRIVER WAY, POWEROUT FOR THURSDAYEVENING

WE HAD TORCHES, OTHER THANTHAT NO SPECIALPREPARATIONS WE WEREN'T

WE DIDN'T REQUIRE ANYADDITIONAL INFORMATON

power out for some time,garden shed destroyed,trampoline broken We expect it in this area

Impossible to heat housewithout electricity

more info on electricalconnection (or lack of).


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Several large macrocarpatrees fell over

We were absent at the time, but dohave an emergency kit ready in caseof power and water outages. We hadneighbours and family memberskeeping an eye on the property inour absence, and our street Taupo

Crescent has a residents emailgroup, that enabled us to keep intouch even though we were away

Nothing in particular as weweren't there. Nothing in particular

(a) We lost a couple ofconcrete (Monier) ridge tiles.No consequent damage. (b)

A reasonably sized gum treeblew over and narrowlymissed our garden shed.

Several other shrubs didn'tfare too well either.

We had plenty of battery poweredLED lights for inside the house. InWellington you get and live with thewind so we were pretty much OK.

The direction - South East - was a bitunusual.

More inconvenienced with theloss of power and the worry of

not being able to see or doanything.

In the aftermath we could haveused a schedule of persons &trades people that we could callto help put things right. e.g. Folk

with chainsaw expertise to clearfallen trees.

heavy glass panel blownright OUT of the balustradearound my balcony; ANDconcrete roof tiles lifted/displaced by the storm

The balustrade met all engineer'sdesign parameters and all PCCrequirements; the concrete roof hasbeen ON since 1953.

It exceeded the violence ofmost previous storms and thusexceeded anticipatedrequirements Unsure ??


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3mtr tree down Fence nowon a lean

Candles/matches/torches/emergencyradio was most helpful Not at all

Aftermath - maybe knowing if I

could help in any way. I waslucky enough to have a friendwho dealt with the tree. Butotherwise I don't know what Iwould have done.

Trees down. Power cut for 3days

Needed alternative for heating. Hadeverything else we needed

No time to put outdoors stuff

away. No gas in BBQ. No wayof heating home as we haveducted air that relays on power

Power company let people down.No communication from them.Most of them don't have 24/7service centres. So we had noidea when power would come

back on, so we could not plan ongoing somewhere else that waswarm.

trees down/powercut/walkway panels blownout. Large slip blockingroad. phone out.

have 2 x emergency backpacks. Tooheavy to carry. bottled water storedand flashlight handy. Battery radiohandy. no mobile phone.

Communication from PCC statingestimated time to fix roadblockages and damage afterstorm.

Flooding - guttering onMotuhara Rd must have gotblocked in the night and ourgarage filled up with waterflooding down into our livingarea through all the lightfittings.

A large potted plant on our deck wastried to our balcony and outdoorfurniture was achored down.

With flooding at street level intoour garage which then poureddown into the house.

Nothing would really have helpedus.

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