Floofah@lemmy.world to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 year agoState of emergency in Southland following wild weatherwww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkState of emergency in Southland following wild weatherwww.rnz.co.nzFloofah@lemmy.world to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year ago87mm doesn’t sound like a lot, I’m surprised it’s causing so much mayhem.
minus-squareFloofah@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago87mm would cause serious troubles anywhere, especially townships. It’s LOT of water, around 4,000,000 litres per acre.
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAs a kid I always used to imagine if it would all come down at once, mostly so we could get it over with… But then we’d need drainage like SE Asia!
87mm doesn’t sound like a lot, I’m surprised it’s causing so much mayhem.
87mm would cause serious troubles anywhere, especially townships. It’s LOT of water, around 4,000,000 litres per acre.
As a kid I always used to imagine if it would all come down at once, mostly so we could get it over with…
But then we’d need drainage like SE Asia!