@RawdonChristie Maybe it's because of the state of emergency?! Or because of the slips and flooding blocking roads? Or because of the need to keep as much traffic off the road as possible for essential vehicles? Or because of the nightmare of evacuating a flooded school?
@dbseymour Did you happen to hear about the state of emergency? Did you see how many roads were closed earlier today? Keep as many cars off the road as possible. Reduce the need for travel. You truly are clueless.
@damianchristie@SiouxsieW@AklCouncil Good reminder, especially given that one of the fatalities was someone who got swept into a culvert while kayaking the floodwaters.π’
@hamishpricenz Of course she 'dithered'. It was a HUGE, unprecedented decision, and border restrictions were already in place. But with hundreds of properties being flooded, cars being washed away, emergency services stretched, Brown still hadn't done a thing. No comparison.
@KiwiMoet We're not idiots. We can tell the difference between someone who is 'not great at pressers' vs someone who is not cut out for the job. It's not the WAY he is conveying his message, it's the actual message itself that's the problem.
@MorganGodfery Jacinda's leadership was also decisive, proactive, and very responsive. No waiting for shit to happen; she did things so that shit wouldn't happen.
@FrankMcRae He's kind of wrong in that it is s local council that decide on zoning and gives planning permission. If those houses shouldn't have been there, why did the council allow it?
@Kentoriv@Ahhmandah@FoxyLustyGrover The woman was in a bloody floating taxi and seeing other cars with panicked passengers floating around around her during a flood. I THINK SHE'S PERFECTLY ENTITLED TO ALL CAPS.
@Suzyiam There's still deniers. Someone just tweeted asking why Auckland should spend so much money improving stormwater infrastructure for these 'once in a century' catastrophic events. How about when we had flooding, slips and evacuations in Auckland in Aug 2021?
@hamishpricenz But these weather events are no longer going to be 'once in a century'. As it is, floods are the most frequent and costly natural disasters in New Zealand.