HENDERSON COUNTDOWN OUT OF BREAD BY 4PM AFTER FORECAST SAYS THE F-WORD
MetService mentioned frost. West Auckland responded like the power was about to go out for a fortnight.
Henderson Countdown ran out of bread by 4pm on Tuesday after MetService mentioned possible ground frost overnight.
The milk fridge was down to oat and one bottle of Lewis Road. The queue went past the hot chickens. Staff said it was the busiest Tuesday since the 2021 lockdown scare.
Maxine Faleolo, 58, of Sunnyvale, said she wasn't taking chances. "Last time they said frost the kids couldn't get to school. Well, they could've, but I wasn't driving up Universal Drive on black ice. Got four loaves. Freezer's full."
The forecast low for Henderson is two degrees. A MetService spokesperson called this "cold for Auckland" but stopped short of calling it frost, saying the word had been used "in a general advisory sense". The bread had already gone.
The duty manager said a delivery was due Wednesday morning, but asked customers not to "carry on like it's the Chathams". Asked if Henderson had ever actually had frost, he paused and said: "Once. Maybe. On a windscreen. In Glen Eden."
One shopper left with six litres of milk and a single banana. She said it was "for balance".
The milk fridge was down to oat and one bottle of Lewis Road. The queue went past the hot chickens. Staff said it was the busiest Tuesday since the 2021 lockdown scare.
Maxine Faleolo, 58, of Sunnyvale, said she wasn't taking chances. "Last time they said frost the kids couldn't get to school. Well, they could've, but I wasn't driving up Universal Drive on black ice. Got four loaves. Freezer's full."
The forecast low for Henderson is two degrees. A MetService spokesperson called this "cold for Auckland" but stopped short of calling it frost, saying the word had been used "in a general advisory sense". The bread had already gone.
The duty manager said a delivery was due Wednesday morning, but asked customers not to "carry on like it's the Chathams". Asked if Henderson had ever actually had frost, he paused and said: "Once. Maybe. On a windscreen. In Glen Eden."
One shopper left with six litres of milk and a single banana. She said it was "for balance".