The story of the Buller River, Westport's sleeping giant.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- In today's video I do something a bit special, I go over the past, present and future of the Buller river! New Zealand's and in fact one of the worlds most fierce rivers. I share the tales of its past and what the future might hold for this monstrous sleeping giant of a river that flows through near the banks of Westport. From holding billions of dollars in gold to having some of the largest floods ever recorded its a truly special place!
I hope you enjoy and thanks for watching!
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The hawkes crag flood video with the jet boats is just insane ay, crazy river that but its a stunner
Awesome informative piece you've put together!! The Buller is a very powerful river that's for sure. My great Uncle Jack Porter died in it at age 19 in 1948. We were also in town for a funeral and got stuck in Westport during the July 2021 flooding too...I thought this was the worst "one in 100 year" (they seem to use this term way to loosely) weather events I'd experience in my life but being from Hawkes Bay we've also just been through some devastating and life changing flooding here. Water is a very powerful force! Keep up with the great videos guys :)
True , just like everyone has a different idea what’s the biggest gold deposit in the world
Thanks so much! It is yeah, I’m sorry to hear that but yeah really shows it’s not to be messed with. Yeah ahaha, will it’s been about 100 years since the last one for there about’s, I think there will unfortunately be a lot more big floods to come not just in the Buller but all over. It is a very powerful force and not to be messed with, it’s what shapes and controls our planet. Thanks heaps for watching and glad you enjoyed :)!
Thanks for the great production!
We travel the route of the Buller River as far as Inangahua several times a year and Rotoiti is our stopping place for a break and a cuppa on our way to Greymouth. Went to Karamea for the first time 2 weeks ago on a spectacular day, truly a day to remember, as well as being our 40th Wedding anniversary. Will make our next trip down in 2 weeks time from North Auckland that much more interesting as we cross the bridges of the rivers you have mentioned.
The West Coast of the South Island of N Z. One of the truly best places in the World!
No worries stoked you enjoyed! That’s awesome guys, Karamea and the northern west coast is really underrated in my opinion it’s so stunning aye! Sounds like an amazing trip you had! Must be excited for the next one, and yeah the west coast is just incredible!
Have you got a source for the >1,000 mm of rainfall in a day event? The NIWA website says the peak 24 hour rainfall in NZ is 869 mm (from Cropp at Waterfall, Hokitikia catchment) which is of course still extreamly impressive.
Love this region, and this video is amazing. So much information, great conten. thanks for doing it.
No worries bro really appreciate it and glad you enjoyed! It is an epic region aye!
Watching from England 🏴 🇬🇧
🫶🏻 take care guys!
I live on the banks of the Grey River in the Grey Valley and the big floods are scary specially if we've had heavy snows over winter and we get a very warm heavy rain come in from the tropics late spring
Huge thanks for that! What you made was completely unexpected from a channel of your size; I really enjoy your normal videos, but with this I am sure I have again stumbled onto a creator when their channel was pre-parabolic. Don't limit your subject matter, your biggest edge is in communication in this medium.
Thanks heaps bro! Glad you enjoyed the video! Took a heap of time to make but throughly enjoyed it, and love to share this sort of thing on the channel, stoked you liked it!
i live just up above inangahua on the side of the buller ?
Very well done 👍, i live in Greymouth and know the weather here can be temperamental 😅
Go look up The Platform NZ/ Ian Wishart about the weather. Seems NIWA is horribly wrong on historic weather events.
You've done a bloody good job on this.
Cheers bro, I’ll check it out! And yeah they are wrong on a lot of stuff. Thanks heaps and I hope you enjoyed :).
Might want to look up HAARP also. Weather Manipulation like no other. And no it’s not a “conspiracy theory”
Thanks for the well put together video and history tutorial on the Buller River. I live not to far away from the Mohaka River and from what I have seen there of the share volume and height in cyclone Gabriel quite astonishing it is easy to imagine what would happen with the Buller. The power of water!
No worries stoked you enjoyed! Geez yeah it’s amazing how much their flow can multiply by it’s absolutely mental! Thanks for watching!
Awesome!!!! That storm really sucked
WOW.... just fricken WOW....
That's a lot of water and a huge amount of power
Those massive landslides must release huge amounts of gold into the rivers
Correction near 12:35mark ... into the Tasman Sea (not Pacific)
The Tasman sea is a part of the Pacific Ocean. It depends whether you’re talking about the general or specific, it’s like how NZ is a part of Oceania. Maybe saying Tasman sea would’ve been more relevant in this context however either ones correct.
Great job injoyed it very much thank you
nice one bro good vid
Very informative
Thanks for the great video
Very interesting
Appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed :)
I remember reading that in a pub in Charles town the west coast poem about rain
Its easy to predict the weather on the coast. If you can see the mountains its going to rain, if you can't see the mountains its raining.
@@Mr.Haneys 😂😂
Near the beginning is a photo of flooded Kaukapakapa in Rodney district. The area to the North east of KKK called Tahekaroa received major damage knocking out the Northern Railway for freight for several months!
Wow that was very educational and one mighty river not to take lightly in any respects.
Liked, shared and commented. Absolutely amazing n educational. So sad that such populations always choose flood plains throughout the world. Great video young man. I’ve truly appreciated yer hours invested. U should turn this into school too n get a brilliant grade👊🥤🌊
Thanks heaps bro! Super glad you enjoyed! It is unfortunate at the same time they have a heap of pros to them but also the big cons of flooding. Cheers and hopefully plenty more videos to come!
The Buller flows out to the Tasman sea. NOT the Pacific .
The Tasman sea is part of the Pacific Ocean
You made a mistake. Own it. No big deal.@@TheSluicers
@@tip397 “The Tasman Sea (Māori: Te Tai-o-Rēhua, Pitcairn-Norfolk: Tasman Sii) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean”. Both saying the Pacific Ocean and Tasman sea would have been correct.
@@TheSluicersYou said the Pacific sea😊
Being a ex bullet person , if they took all the gravel out of the river from the earth quake slip and cleaned the overflow out Westport wouldn't have problem s from any flooding
I live in Westport, about a K from the river. When we had the flood I could feel the floor trembling in my house and hear the scariest rumbling. Animals were freaking out...as the locals say - she's a big bitch when she gets outa bed . .
the highest possible flow rate (in full flood) in one of the largest rivers in europe, the Rhine is estimated around17.500 Cubic M and therefore comparable to the Buller.
That is truly impressive!
Ahaha I remember looking that up too when you were over here! Very comparable in full on flood yeah it’s amazing how much rivers with smaller cachements can flood! Thanks for watching
#home
You’d think with stats like that our council and government would want to help save the region. But we’re yet to see any flood protection. It’s like they want the town to flood instead.
Yeah your totally right, it’s ludicrous. Like they could do just about anything else to try and fix it but no, heck they dredge out the river bed to increase area for water to flow, get the prospectors in there 😂. Fingers crossed they got onto their crap soon
@@TheSluicers you're next Investigation should be, how Central Government Funded monies are spent by Regional and District Councils. You will get flooded with comments. 👍
"One of the worst disasters in the planets history??" What planet are you on buddy???
10,000 people killed in an instant would be one of the worst disasters in human history, that’s over 3X more deaths than the September 11th attacks.
Who told you that this is the most notorious river in the world?
Tell me what part of the video you are quoting because I don’t recall saying that phrase and I can give context.