News and Weather from the White Rabbit Channel

Seeing June out, three rabbits kept one earthquake (Friday) and two typhoons (Saturday, Sunday) at bay. 

Rabbit Power! 

WHITE RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT.

White Rabbits in a typhoon

A bumpy landing coming into Narita. 

Local rabbits shelter from Typhoon Shanshan. 

This one flies like a butterfly due to air and sea temperatures, mountains and competing high pressure ridges.

Weather warnings come fast: “Leave the burrow!”

“WHITE RABBIT WHITE RABBIT WHITE RABBIT” 

Cyclone Gabrielle passes

Checking on flood damage….

Kevin: Just seen footage of the rivers bursting on TV. Are you evacuating?

Alan: All the bridges are underwater. No way out to the north. There’s one road open out to the south.

Kevin: There’s a photo on the news showing the Eskdale church leaning over.

Alan: Really? That lovely Chapman-Taylor church? Someone was not watching over his flocks or his barn.

Kevin: Do you still have a job?

Alan: The truck was parked on higher ground so it’s OK. But the logging mill has shut down. An old mate says he needs a driver for one his sucker trucks. Start Monday.

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Voice-over

For a city facing the sea with a constant murmuring worry of a tsunami, the floods came as a surprise. Huge logs smashed through riverbanks flooding farmland. No respect for heritage either. Causes will be debated but the cleanup takes precedence. A fleet of suction trucks will be needed.

Typhoon 19: Disruption to a conference

The day after the typhoon…

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Serious precautions

Walker: The constant warnings all day to relocate to evacuation centers probably helped keep the casualty numbers low. And people took precautions like seriously taping over their windows.

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Sittagong: I heard trains were all cancelled on Saturday. How did you get to the conference?

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Walker: The Saturday sessions were called off and moved to Sunday.

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Sittagong: They fitted?

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Walker: It looked like a good plan, but then some Sunday morning train lines didn’t start until after midday. I went to the station but it was deserted. No coffee shops, no bakeries open. The host of the event got there by a mix of taxis and trains.

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Sittagong: But the conference went ahead?

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Walker: It did. Surprisingly successfully. I finally got there by train and took in four great sessions. Pretty big turnout too.

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Voice-over

In a disruptive event like a major storm, and in trying to keep calm and carry on, we glimpse a torn world whose seams have become unstitched.

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