OK Marcia, won't do it, just keep them away from the forum. It was scary, think it was a fireball by all accounts because there was a sort of "reddish ball" and it went right through the house next door, after having struck the poor woman.
OK Marcia, won't do it, just keep them away from the forum. It was scary, think it was a fireball by all accounts because there was a sort of "reddish ball" and it went right through the house next door, after having struck the poor woman.
Oh, here is the newspaper article I have just found on the local news website.
Lightning strike
WOW!! Lightning coming out of the phone....I'd have been terrified!!
Gawd, that really is unlucky (or lucky I suppose, depends how you look at it). I didn't realise you shouldn't talk on the phone during a thunder storm! Funnily enough, I'd been commenting yesterday that we hadn't seen one single thunder storm since we came to NZ and how I love a good storm, but it kind of makes you realise how dangerous nature can be!
Diny, I hope your dinner party went well. I think the weather's improved today in your area, hasn't it? It's a lovely day here - this is the sort of NZ winter day I love - bright and sunny and I'm watching all the surfers in the sea from the balcony (who are incidentally all quite mad. They were even out on the morning when the snow came!).
Kate
You could try checking out the local school deciles to find our about an area. Here is the web link http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/index.php. It usually gives you an indication, the lower the decile the more poverty in the community.