New Zealand is currently under attack from a large storm that is covering the whole country. Roofs have been ripped off, power out and people killed. The majority of the storm, in my area, hit during this morning. It consisted of strong winds that were actually almost picking me off the ground. So there I was sitting in lectures feeling the wind attack the tower, slowly starting to freak out as the winds got stronger. I couldn't sit there and listen while I was imagining my budgies outside in the wind being thrown around. Thus I raced back home as fast as I could, which was a bit of a mission as I had to coordinate buses. I finally got home to find my budgies fine and upright. So I hauled them and their big cage inside the house. They are now currently residing in the dining room, a little perplexed as to why they still have lights on, but safe none the less.

Once I sorted them out and cleaned up the cage I decided that since they were inside that now was as good a time as any to remove a budgie from the cage and merge him into the inside budgie flock. This took a really long time to decide!! I wanted to bring in a budgie that wasn't related to Bacardi and Izzy, so that less incest could go on.

I really wanted to bring in Robbie, because he is so much like his father Arkady and I miss his father, but Robbie has a girlfriend and I don't really want to split them up ( I feel mean) and 4 is too many inside for me right now. I wanted to bring Alo in as he is tame and very pretty, but he is Bacardi's full brother and Izzy's son. So I decided to bring in Emmett, no relation what so ever. He had started to bond with Isis, but I don't think Isis really cared. Alo is after her anyway so that will give him a chance to finally get a date. Emmett and Bacardi were just starting out as BF/GF when I split them up, so I think she will be very happy that her sexy toyboy budgie will be back. So I snaffled Emmett out of the large cage and clipped his wings (he is so not tame!) and now he is in Semi quarantine under Izzy and Bacardi's cage. Just to keep an eye on him.

So After I had done all that I had to catch a bus back into uni and barely made it across the bridge. The bus was almost blown into oncoming traffic. Made it back in time for a class photo and then went on to my practical where I successfully anaesthetised and reawakened a sheep.

Got home in time to watch the devastation unfold on the news.

It was a very interesting day and my budgies will be having a quiet night in, until, at least, the storm has gone.

woah! overload of things!

 

but im glad you and everyone else ended up fine in the end :hap:

Oh No. I hope that you and your family are safe SW ...

Whoa... I'm glad you and your budgies are okay and hope the damage in your area is not too bad. I also hope the storms settle down

I know how you feel, we had a storm last week causing all the same problems :s

It gets really scary! glad you all came out of it okay so far