New Zealand: Polar blast was "of the order of a 50 year'' event

The snow that has blanketed New Zealand today will freeze overnight creating treacherous driving conditions, police warn.

Snow fell in Auckland for the first time in more than 30 years as the country shuddered from a polar blast that brought joy to children and angst for motorists.

Many state highways around New Zealand were closed, including the Desert Road and Rimutaka Hill road in the North Island and the Lewis Pass and Arthurs Pass in the South Island.

"We're warning drivers that, unlike today where the snow was a clearly visible hazard, there will be large areas of ice on the roads tomorrow, especially in rural and shaded areas, that you will not be able to see,'' Inspector Al Stewart, of Christchurch police, said.

Road users should assess their local road conditions and stay home or delay non-essential travel where possible, he said.

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  • August 15, 2011 12:13 PM Eamon Early wrote:
    HAARP did this.
    Wake up time.
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  • August 15, 2011 4:53 PM It is I only wrote:
    Saint Al of the Gore: Damn!! Damn!!Damn!!
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  • August 15, 2011 11:39 PM Howard T.Lewis III wrote:
    This could be a result of the extensive HAARP weather manipulation being waged against the U.S. over the past several months. I advise people to review the History channel's Weather Wars? That's Impossible on youtube, as well as dutchsinsecom and 'Angels Don't Play These Harps' and 'Angels Still Don't Play These Harps'. Then you will know what to do next. Our world's scientists have sold out destructive technology to desperate heads of state and the results are telling. No worse. The results are causing serious damage beyond killing a few million people. They are insane. Weather manipulation is hipower radiowaves causing atmospheric excitation at sites seeded with Barium and Silver salts. Very bad news.This is way beyond cloud seeding.
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