Auckland residents living in fear of next flood | nzherald.co.nz 

yeap the concrete jungle,the only way to stop the floods is to build a huge waste water system as big as the city under the city (that is what Tokyo japan has done...they no have no floods but cost a billion $$ to build) Also stop using the farm land and flood plans to build poor quality new homes on, there is no where the water can go or soak into anymore, its not like Auckland has huge cannels for storm water to go..we are lacking in instructor (where are the pump stations in the low areas aswell) come on Auckland council you get paid enough, time to do some work ae ae

Way too much hard stand preventing water from soaking into the land.

Totally agree. Time to create another city based on sustainable principles. It's unlikely Auckland will ever be fixed. Time to think of people first.

Stop the growth we are already too big

@@FG-te1qg you know instead of doing anything about it they'll just blame climate change

Punjabi, you say Punjabi? Maybe high on unknown substance, Udatta Punjabi.

He could’ve potentially put his passengers lives at risk. He should never have been driving through floodwater that high.

@@rajeshchandra8926 he's not scared like you people🐄🍺

@@geeunit831 He knew it wasn't going to get any deeper tho.

@@thejoke2791 it's not just the depth of the flooding that is a factor. The bus could’ve washed off the road or tipped over or got stuck and they could’ve been stranded putting his life and the other passengers in danger. If your child was on that bus I doubt you'd have such a casual attitude about this.

Shhhhhhhhhh do not talk like that about the NZ Government Councils it would mean they got no money when you have huge Forests National Reserves there for pulp supply to make the notes dollars. Like just one huge tree at Hagely Park even can make many 100 dollars bill 🙄😒

They did very clearly point out that prior to the flood, a lot of houses that got flooded had LIM reports that failed to mention the property was in a flood zone. Now those LIM reports have been updated and on top of the damage to those properties, the change to the LIM means the property has lost value. Whether or not the councils can or should do something financially to fix that problem aside... There's a legitimate cause for grievance there on the part of those homeowners yeah?

Yup sorry it’s harsh but the brought the house, they had access to LIM reports, whether they actually read it is another story!

Agreed. Auckland was having issues with flooding during heavy storms for years. Never fixed it. Too expensive. Now boom. A big flood hits and now there's a big expense anyway _and_ the infrastructure still sucks.

judging from outside

Karen's are so weird. Yup. we all don't get them bro.🤷‍♂️

Better have aluminium wardrobe and kitchen cabinet. Metal chairs. Avoid any wooden furniture Been thrice through flooding since 5 years ago. Recent one just 1 week.

Why aren't the owners responsible for doing research before buying? Don't live at the bottom of a hill and complain that the land report didn't mention flooding. But I suppose blaming others is easier?

@@maxeisenhardt1265 Takes two to tango. The city provided permits for houses on a flood plain. (This happens all over the world) The home owners didn't think about whether theses homes were at a low point or not. They assumed that because the city had allowed them to be built that the houses were located in an appropriate are. The fact is, that you can build in a flood plain IF you take into account that it WILL flood, and build the building with that in mind. So build it above flood level on pilings. This would save a lot of damage and problems.

@@maxeisenhardt1265 🤦‍♂️

Because this is a once in a 100 year weather event and no one could predict how lands will react during same all I am saying is it gets tiring living in a world where everything is always someone else's problems its just dumbing down the human race because people don't need to think anymore, they can just blame others for their proiblems/stupidity

I agree, Council hasn't maintained any culverts or stormwater ditches in Titirangi for years.

While the infrastructure is bad and outdated, had it been improved would it have actually stopped the flooding? The rainfall beat a 56 year record. Housing density, Urbanisation, are but a couple more of many, many factors that helped lead to flooding.

@@sambeaumont395 yes had it been improved it would have not been so bad as what we see...the council drop the ball on this one.

@@kwazimokava - yeah not as bad, but still flooding is my point. Even if the system had been upgraded (and very recently) it’s unlikely that it would have been built to deal with a new record level of rainfall. And if less recently all the extra houses that have since started to feed into it as well.

@@sambeaumont395I don't know. But today the PM said their approach to the so called climate emergency was on reducing greenhouse gases, not on updating infrastructure to cope with what they believe are inevitable extreme weather events. Maybe local government thought reducing emissions was good enough? Well, they know now that it isn't.

Lol IKR..

@@SuperLuckao I'd be yelling "KEEP DRIVING TILL YOU RUN OUTTA GAS!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Why would he when people are sinners (p.s I'm not religious)

@@cherrysnow4923 you must be fun at parties.

@@ianuy3346 yeah but it's a rare thing to seek purity in this world, i have this funny idea that the purest of people will be the first to fly without wings and hold good nature, if some large change ever occurs and the universe evolves into higher realms involved higher dimensions

@@cherrysnow4923 bro imagine you were in this someone DIED trying to save other people we deserve to live you should be the one flooded not me and the rest of nz

@@Notthatguyyt my comment is about god not about me

Would've been Jacinda, but now she's gone, everyone is struggling to find someone to easily blame.

@@CarstenSvendsen ratepayers? We pay our rates. Not everyone has extra money to put into rates. How about the govt is to blame? How about putting all our money in more important things like umm I dunno better infrastructure and cleaning out storm drains?

Wonder if the drains have been getting cleaned out properly maintenance wise??? Maybe they hadnt been??...

@@CarstenSvendsen huh? They do pay. Blame the ones who are in control of where funds are going.

Building more houses didn't come on the hand of updating drainage pipe system... so it was matter of time for this happened... I live on a street where more than 20 new houses has been built in the pass 3 years: no only more car parked on the street because they are tiny and have only 1 carpark, the important thing is no any drainage pipe update has been done on the street... more than 20 houses are more than 40 toilet and showers more+the extreme rain... Stonefield is was the exception, because they built a neighborhood and did the properly... but build houses as mushrooms without update de infrastructure is the perfect recipe for this flooding situation.

How are the water levels now? We are coming up on the 9th. But we don't know what is actually operating in the CBD, sky city area. We are staying at the millenium as they're still operating ❤️ Hoping we are able to help clean up if someone needs it ❤️

They don't want to blown their budget,

@@goodwinter6017 So who's budget gets blown now, for the repairs?

with great power comes great responsibility

Nothing major, it was a one off massive down pour, happens very rarely, last one was 5 or 8 years ago?! Flooded that entire area in newlynn west Auckland, they've fixed it.

Totally agree

Yes agreed, its just his communication is just hilariously bad for a person in a leadership role.

When I unzip I'm definitely Dwayne the rock Johnson

That's people for you though....If there is no one to blame , then we must blame ourselves / this kind of mentality is in lot's of stuff sports referee's or coaches for example...fall guys. , which is also false....no blame just shit luck get on with it

Not really. There were clear signs that something was very wrong as early as 6am on Friday. Some saw (like myself) and others were completely in their own world and shrugged it off. I actually feared for my life on my drive home and warned my family. Nowadays, it's completely up to people if they want to rely on the authorities because they won't bat an eye when thousands of people get stranded at a cancelled Elton John concert.

do you live in Auckland

@@ninjapirate123 Yes I do.

@@neonarcade3562 great, glad your suburb wasn't flooded

@@neonarcade3562 yesterday it was so sunny, but today it was raining again

Where did you get 99%??? The whole Northland, Northshore, central and southern suburbs even the airport was completely flooded. Clearly you're underestimating the severity of the flood, maybe you should come and see for yourself....

Wrong. Its the biggest natural disaster bill ever.

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Honestly while watching breakfast this morning there was a luxury car dealership dude having a sook and I thought...I Haven't heard anything at all about the homeless and how they are dealing with all of this...

I doubt New Zealand out of all countries needs to cloud seeding for water

True that why are people panicing about this flood event when really all it does is help refill the dams for New Zealand 🇳🇿 since that water drought that was going on in the past few years and should also look on the bright side of things cause without this big flash flood event we wouldn't of had water or anything to drink out of when this stuff happened so honestly gotta thank Mother Nature for this. 😀 (Also other people/countries in the world 🌎 had experienced this before so yeah).

Keep your panties on. It's a puddle for a bus like that. It's not even moving. He could probably drive that route blindfolded and now you mean evil person trying to get the guy fiered.

@@paulfreed6394 reviewed, you're the one talking about getting fired. My panties are fine like yours I assume. Enjoy your day.

He did the right thing, it was that or people not being able to get home, but that's one way to tell people you would leave desperate people stranded

What kind of logic is that? The bus driver could've easily just stop driving and say "Welp, see ya later suckers" and ran away to save himself but no, he just kept driving to a point where people can safely get off the bus.

@@tanedunn3607 this wasn't a flash flood like Friday where all were caught off guard with no solid alerts and warnings as is now. You see a heavily flooded street with a car already submerged most of the way, you don't proceed. Of course, only the driver and passengers can speak from a witness' perspective and I hope we get to hear their side.

LOL was thinking that

The water floats half the weight of the bus.😏

Lol that guy in a kayak photobombing the news already near you to that

True that

Really? Similar or worse flooding in other countries seems to make our news quite often.

Indeed

Only the strongest may survive the floods and the great egg shortage

'ALL the fault of people's sin' has been dealt with at the cross of Jesus! God our Father has dealt with the sin of the world ONCE and for all. Read the New Testament, starting with Acts 2, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. (Jesus was born under the law to fulfil it on the Jewish people's behalf, still OT).