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Snow warning for district’s newbies
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A forecast polar blast heading our way has prompted a warning for newcomers to rural Mid Canterbury to be prepared. Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust co-ordinator Allan Baird said most farmers would be well prepared should the district receive a snow dump in the coming days, but recent arrivals, particularly those in the dairy industry should take heed. “For us the worrying aspect is the number of new people who might not be aware of the ramifications,” he said. “Farmers who have been here for generations know what to expect but people who have not lived through an extreme weather event in Mid Canterbury don’t know what it can be like.” The trust recently redistributed information outlining how to prepare and
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what to do in the case of an adverse event to as many households as possible. Mr Baird said the trust was receiving hourly updates on the weather event heading up the country. Yesterday he was not overly concerned about the coastal areas of Mid Canterbury but said high country and foothills farmers were on notice. “I expect farmers will already be relatively well organised and ready for whatever comes their way,” he said. Advanced technology made coping with adverse events in rural areas easier than in the past. The majority of farmers were now equipped with large 4WD tractors, 4WD vehicles and improved communication methods. “The situation in terms of access and communication is much different than it was when we had the 1992 snow
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event,” Mr Baird said. Forecasting has also improved over the past decade and farmers have had four days’ notice enabling time to move vulnerable stock. While lambing and calving is well under way on lowland farms, further up country it is still a couple of weeks off for most farmers. “On a brighter note we are now into August – even if we do get a decent snow dump it shouldn’t lie around for long,” he said. The weather system has been generated by an icy low pressure front moving up the South Island from the Tasman Sea since Tuesday evening. MetService has forecast rain with snow above 300 metres in Canterbury this morning. Tomorrow’s forecast is for rain and possible snowfalls to sea level.
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