Blackouts and Snow in NZ!

Well there are some awesome and horrible things happening in New Zealand right now.
Frst, the sleet, snow, rain and hail is wonderful to play outside with, and all of my friends seem to be fine with it, but with the constant blackouts and thunder is giving me a headache. I keep disconnecting, and so i can't post or anything Unhappy
take a look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ9VT6__tGQ
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl...d=10518001
man dude thats sucks, do you know when it will stop