Who Represents Us ?

There has been a thread running through world media in recent weeks.

It appears the problem of who is making decisions and for whos benefit is being questioned by more and more people and in a whole range of problem areas.

This underlines the shift over the last twenty years or so from the average punter being able to tackle politicians or authorities and question decisions , to the situation now where the average punter has no say at all.

We have crossed the line. We the people have been relegated to numbers .Something to be played with to suit the outcomes of the new elite that know everything.

It's a bad situation and in the flood scenario it has been played out not just in my local sphere but also I see glimpses in the US following Helene.

The west has succumbed to the globalists. Hopefully this could be challenged in the wake of the turnabout in America.

Back to who represents us. 

An email update on local developments is like a warning.

You can do what you like  but, seek the advice from Council, Insurance or Banks.

That's the nub of it. It is the total control of the people by authority.

Let's turn that around.      

What if the email asked how can we help you?

Is there anything we can do to help your road back to normality?

What assistance do you need?

Or a statement 'we really want to help you re -establish  and to get the community up and running again.

Everything is upside down. The thinking is all wrong and the approach is back to front.

The other answer to the question 'who represents us? is our elected politicians. 

MIA.

 

Scaremongering, No balance , Wrong.

This is astounding and is a good example of the massive costs being imposed on ratepayers and taxpayers because of this great con.

Totally irresponsible and time to call this type of reporting out for the damage it is causing unnecessarily .

The headline,

"Insurance retreat ' report warns of looming crisis.

Straight away  the word 'crisis ' is alarmist and wrong.

"A new report by the Helen Clark Foundation and engineering consultants WSP warned "insurance retreat" could mean insurance premiums for flood prone properties may be unaffordable"

They say they could be unaffordable by 2050.

What is it about 2050.Is there some target talked about by 2050?.

Net Zero anybody.

The Clark Foundation has no business calling for a report on this issue in the first place. Who on earth do they think they are?

Given the capture of corporates on the matter I guess it's no surprise that there are many consultants out there who believe in the climate change con.

Helen Clark is another in the left  ranks that think they have mortgage on  climate knowledge but they don't and in fact they have no understanding of the climate at all.

Trouble is some will take notice of this report and it will be used to impose massive costs on the populace.

The whole approach to flooding in NZ has been overturned by the climate cultists and their modelling that shows how bad things may be. They have become lost in the jungle of supposition and speculation. Lost  behind figures ,graphs and calculations. No reality.

I have an idea.

Lets all live in cities with walls around them where it takes no longer than five minutes to go anywhere.

That would be ideal. Then the government could have control over all the people and let the rivers and the sea be free.

Is there a name for that? 

Five minute cities. 

I think I've heard of that.

 

  

Thoughts

My thoughts today are with one of the many helpers that has blessed my house with her presence over the last few months.

Quietly and neatly working her way around cutting in some of the paint jobs this lovely lady is in hospital  with a serious setback as of last week.

Too young to be in this position my thoughts and prayers are with her as she progresses and I know she has the support of family and friends.

Thinking of you A.  

 Crazy Decisions

The lack of institutional knowledge and lack of analysis of history , coupled with flawed thinking is seeing some silly mistakes being made re establishing infrastructure that was challenged during Gabrielle.

The frustrating part is that these decisions are going to be made regardless of input from outside the realms of council thinking and the modelling and over the top implementation of legislative guidelines is going to cripple ratepayers and result in massive expenditure that will change nothing.

There is a mistake being made locally and I would love to oppose the move but it has reached a point where no one listens.

The ratepayer does not matter.

The community is irrelevant. The people know nothing.

Our modelling and the hidden agenda rule.

We are the experts and we will do what the corporations and bureaucrats demand.

This is the situation with so many issues in this country.

Additionally there is some infrastructure being built that has some longterm residents shaking their heads in disbelief.

What annoys me is that there is expenditure taking place of hundreds of thousands of dollars , that will not make one iota of difference to future flood events.

A total lack of understanding of the area and a capitulation to incompetence.

Frustrating in the extreme. 

    

 Mr and Mrs B -Heroes

Not far from me there was a house (like many)that was nearly totally under water at the time of Gabrielle.

I had known previous owners that lived there but people move on.

There are heroes living there now. Or at least on the property.

Mr and Mrs B were blamed for living there and slammed with a category three rating. I say blamed because I reiterate there is no reason for them to take the blame through a cat 3 rating when we can now understand what happened and why a whole community flooded because of faults in the infrastructure.

There are only eight residents left in the cat 3 area .At this stage they want to continue living there in the face of manufactured roadblocks. They have managed to stand up to the atrocious management of the  situation. I hope they have the strength to carry on.

It is a crime what is happening and as with many disasters and problems with authorities the little man is crushed under the weight of rules and regulations , the stress and strain of coping with a major .

Once again the distortions of imposing categories come to the fore and the ongoing ramifications  are serious , real and crushing.

Another issue that is of major concern is the suggestion that the local Memorial Hall should be shifted.

This is insanity in action. 

It has been fixed up at considerable cost and is in no threat from future flooding. Massive unnecessary expenditure is proposed to a nearby stopbank when the truth is,  the stream they propose to protect the hall from, does not flood.

Absolute madness.  

     

Extraordinary

Watching more videos coming out of North Carolina and have to say there are some extraordinary stories covering a raft of circumstances following Helene.

It is easy to relate to the people and what they are going through but in comparison to Gabrielle  there are instances of far greater destruction.

The town of Chimney Rock is completely devastated ,Spruce Pine is destroyed and towns like Swannanoa and Ashville just a total and utter mess.

The death toll continues to rise and is nearing 200.One family lost 11 members. 

It is heartbreaking .

The response from people has been the same as here in Hawkes Bay where everyone is helping out in any way possible and of course the Churches have stepped in bigtime .

I have to note the Cabins for Christ group who within 48 hours had developed plans for cabins to assist with accommodation  and with donations and volunteer help had produced 20 cabins in a few days and aim to build 75 cabins for people of Buncome County schools in the next two weeks.

That is absolutely amazing.

Buncombe is another area totally devastated by the flood.  

Drone footage of the valleys shows the extent of damage and the huge number of trees that came down in the storm.

Those lovely river valleys have felt the wrath of mother nature and the inhabitants lives have been shattered.

Thinking of all those affected at this time.    

 

 Gabrielle vs Helene

I have spent some time watching videos coming out of North Carolina following the devastating Cyclone Helene.

Pretty raw watching a situation one has experienced and certainly brings back many emotions and responses when you see coverage that is parallel to that here in HB.

It is heartening to see how the community reacted in the same way and neighbour helped neighbour and the immediate response was from those closest .

The stories coming out are reminiscent of Hawkes Bay tales and the relating of many close escapes and miraculous rescues are remarkably the same.

Unfortunately it looks like there are many more fatalities in NC and the surrounding  areas compared to here but then the population would have been far greater and the proximity to the rivers was a major factor.

Couldn't help but get upset at the heart wrenching loss of 9 month old twins by a mother of seven. Her youngest washed away in the attempt to escape the water.

I was interested in some who said how fast it happened .I think this is related to different scenarios during a flood where pressure points are reached and dams burst or river banks breach thus releasing large volumes of water that surge through vulnerable sections of the terrain.

I remember watching the water at my place flowing for a long time at a particular level .All of a sudden it started rising quickly and reached the house and never stopped rising.

I now know this was related to major breaches of the stopbank upstream and also the collapse of the Puketapu Bridge.

It is interesting that many residents in NC and surrounds are talking rebuilding although the Mayor of one town said it will not be rebuilt.

People become very attached   to their homes and land and it is natural that they want to stay.

We all can learn from these events and from history and adapt to new circumstances .The houses near some of the rivers were very close and even though it was known there had been flooding in the past this event was humungous and rivers rose up to capture homes that would have been out of reach in historic flood paths.

A particularly interesting video I watched was by The GeoModels .This showed the geography of the mountains at the centre of the downpour and how the rivers had to remove a huge amount of water from the Helene event and down it went through the valleys and on through  settlements smashing anything in its path.

An observation at this point is the demeanor of many involved  in the USA situation . people I have watched have been helpful , concerned and constructive whereas here we had bodies that were absent , cagey, unhelpful and certainly unwilling to listen.

Enough for now.