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2:26pm, 23rd July

> From the WeatherWatch archives
Joke email that’s floating around about the damage to Auckland!
DESTRUCTION IN AUCKLAND

How did they cope!?
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TxKiwi on 28/07/2008 1:51am
This photo was floating around three years ago after Hurricane Katrina representing the “destruction” in Houston, presumably put out there by people in New Orleans