1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Safe to say we got lucky avoiding the worst of 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: those wild winds last week. Not so much for our 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: friends down south. Only now is the real damage becoming apparent. 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: Southend inclusive still under a state of emergency. Somebody that 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: I used to work with spent a decade down there. 6 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: The cell from our sister hawknewy station, which is based 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: in Gore. Andy Muer hosts a local show called The Muster. 8 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: Hello morning, Look, how are you good? How bad is it? 9 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: It's not flash hard to put it into Amen's terms. 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: And all kicked off about Thursday lunchtime last week, where 11 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 2: we had these horrific winds come through combined with rain 12 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 2: as well, and the rain was coming through sideways with 13 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: these winds which I don't know how you could describe 14 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 2: the force of them, And now I know it. They're 15 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 2: Cannerbury used some pretty hideous winds and I've experienced them 16 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 2: up there as well, but this was like nothing I've 17 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: seen before. Though I was trying to compare it back 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 2: to twenty seventeen, where it was pretty bad. That this 19 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 2: was on a bigger, much wider scale. 20 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: The banks it wasn't. It didn't last long either, do. 21 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 2: It about twenty five minutes. It was gone as quickly 22 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: as it was there. We had pretty strong westerlys for 23 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 2: the for the rest of the afternoon, I should say, 24 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 2: but then after that it was pretty much business as normal, 25 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: as much as you can do business after experiencing wind 26 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 2: gats like that. Now there's a civil defense emergency still 27 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 2: in place for south Ink who so I think I 28 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 2: call it her as well. Still got it up there, mate, 29 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 2: but you look down here, it's made it difficult in 30 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 2: the farming sense, farmers banding together she generated to get 31 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 2: the milking done, and not forgetting sheep and beef farmers too. 32 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 2: Coming towards the tail end of landing, although up in 33 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 2: the high country the ironically and after only halfway through landing, 34 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 2: because they done these seasons a bit different to the 35 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 2: lower lands here as well, so we're not rains of paors. 36 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 2: And this has been compounded compounded by the fact we've 37 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: had snow overnight as well, various parts of the South 38 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: waking up to dusting of the white stuff, which they 39 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: probably wanted back in Junal July loop not in the 40 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 2: middle of spring. 41 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: I hear that they still over six thousand across Southland 42 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: without power did the Defense Force fly you in some generators? 43 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, apparently there was two Defense Force excuse me, two 44 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,959 Speaker 2: planes coming from Auckland, two Iroquois or Air Force planes 45 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 2: to call them with generators soles for that purpose. Everybody's 46 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: flat out just on Facebook marketplace saying look, if you 47 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 2: need a generator, get in touch with us. So a 48 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,119 Speaker 2: lot of dairy farms sharing generators as well, so it's 49 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 2: invoked that community spirit that you know works really well 50 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 2: down here as well. So it's just a matter of 51 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 2: getting through the next week or so. I supposed to 52 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: actually assess what the situation is now. The government's released 53 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 2: to think about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in funding, 54 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 2: but then'll go towards rural support trusts so they can 55 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 2: initiate these getting farmers off farms and just looking after 56 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 2: the mental health more than anything, I suppose, because the 57 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 2: damage once someone tried to put the figure alone just 58 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: on farms and an average just off the top of 59 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 2: the tea, that maybe twenty five thousand dollars to get 60 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 2: infrastructure being happen running again as well. And let's not 61 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 2: forget there's a lot of power. I'm still down which 62 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: power net haven't been able to get to and shout 63 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 2: out to power it as well. They do a tremendous job. 64 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: They're going flat out doing what they can to get 65 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 2: things up and running again. And I hate to think 66 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 2: how many parapoles have snapped. 67 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: Well again, I've heard there's over two hundred and twenty 68 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: lines men and women out heading the call of duty. 69 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if we've since maybe a cruel 70 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: or two from our EA networks here to lend you 71 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: a hand. So what's looking like for the weak aheads? 72 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: Do you catch a break? 73 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 2: It's improving by the weekend. At the moment, I think 74 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: it's the highest seven degrees. It's a bit call it seven. 75 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,119 Speaker 2: A couple of days we gradually get up to double figures. Yeah, 76 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: look forward in south and I reckon, you're working about 77 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: twelve meters in Solf being a towny these days. But 78 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 2: at the moment, like I'm looking at the moment, the 79 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 2: dogs are sleep in front of the fire and that's 80 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 2: just the way it's been for the last couple of weeks, 81 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 2: which isn't really what you expect for the end of October. 82 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: But if anything, Spring's just showing us how unprediculable it 83 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 2: can be. But sure, yeah, and the next week, for sure, 84 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: people start to actually understand situation at ahead of them, 85 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 2: power hopefully restored over the next couple of day's fingers 86 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 2: crossed to the majority of the province that it don't 87 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 2: have it already, But yeah, like I say, it's just 88 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: something mother nice just throws curveballs. That just throws curveballs 89 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 2: at every now and then.