We Were Really Lucky

Palmerston North residents were very lucky as we were just 1-2 hours from having floods in the city. The Manawatu rivers were so high on Friday night that the Palmerston North City Council have to decide whether to open the gates of the river into the city and thus cause some flooding into some parts of Palmerston North. However, as just when they were deciding on what action to take, the weather turn for the better. It stopped raining and we even have some sunshine on Saturday and this cause the water level in the river to somehow retreat and hence the flood in Palmerston North was averted which has hampered other cities like Wanganui, New Plymouth, Wellington and Masterton.