PYES PA RETIREE TRUSTS METSERVICE APP, GETS SOAKED BRINGING IN THE WASHING
The app said sunny. The cloud said otherwise. The sheets said nothing — they were already wet.
A Pyes Pa woman who checked the MetService app three times before pegging out a full load of washing has been betrayed by a single cloud that arrived over the Kaimais on Wednesday afternoon.
Margery Tuffin, 71, said the app had shown a cheerful yellow sun all day. "Big yellow sun. Smiling, almost. Then I'm halfway through the tea towels and it's coming down sideways. One cloud. Just the one. Sat right over the cul-de-sac like it had a grudge."
Neighbour Don Whatarau, watering a lemon tree two doors down, said the cloud was very specific. "Sunny at the letterbox. Bucketing at the Hills Hoist. Reminded me of the Tauranga show in '74. At least that rain had the decency to cover the whole carpark."
A MetService spokesperson said the forecast had been "broadly accurate for the wider Bay". Asked whether one cloud counted as a forecast failure, the spokesperson said it depended on whether you were standing under it.
Mrs Tuffin has rehung the washing on the airer in the lounge, where it will stay until Friday. The cloud was last seen drifting toward Welcome Bay.
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Garry (Halswell)
Wouldn't have happened in '94. We had standards back then, not this furniture nonsense.
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