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New Zealand quake- all ok?
- Thread starter chukw
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Rob? I know we have several other members there. News so far is no injuries but there is damage.
I think Rob is on North Island
I think Rob is on North Island
Jenny Croft
Banned
It appears no fatalities but some large after shocks still . All are in our prayers and foremost in our thoughts .
Jenny :kiss:
Jenny :kiss:
Rob -MadAsKiwi- Mooar
Member
Hi All
Yes, it has been an interesting time over the last day back home. For the most part, there have been very minimal injuries, the only 2 reported major injuries being a bloke getting hit by a chimney and is in the HDU (intensive care), and another bloke getting badly cut by broken glass. Considering, for an entire city, 2 injuries is amazing!
I have been in contact with a lot of people down there, and for the most part, in the subburbs (excluding New Brighton), things aren't as bad as they could be. There is mostly cosmetic damage. Most of the homes that were damaged badly have featured in the media, other than that, the majority is fine. Kaiapoi (about 10 km nth of Christchurch) was hit pretty hard also.
Both Christchurch and Kaiapoi's CBD's have had a real hammering. This is mainly the older buildings (80 years plus) that have been effected. In most cases, as a lot of these buildings have had the internals updated, it is only the facade that has fallen off, but leaving the internal structure intact. Other buildings with major structural damage are Churches and such like, that have been about for the last 100-150 years.
There has been a huge sense of community shown by all Cantabrians during one of the region's darkest hours. It has been truly amazing the stories of support and help that I've been told and heard in the media. Everything from a neighbor looking after children while people clean up their houses, to entire streets banding together just to make sure that everyone in their neighborhood had food, water and shelter (from the sounds of things, street wide bar-b-que's have been a common site).
I hope this helps give a better picture of what is happening.
Cheers
Rob
Yes, it has been an interesting time over the last day back home. For the most part, there have been very minimal injuries, the only 2 reported major injuries being a bloke getting hit by a chimney and is in the HDU (intensive care), and another bloke getting badly cut by broken glass. Considering, for an entire city, 2 injuries is amazing!
I have been in contact with a lot of people down there, and for the most part, in the subburbs (excluding New Brighton), things aren't as bad as they could be. There is mostly cosmetic damage. Most of the homes that were damaged badly have featured in the media, other than that, the majority is fine. Kaiapoi (about 10 km nth of Christchurch) was hit pretty hard also.
Both Christchurch and Kaiapoi's CBD's have had a real hammering. This is mainly the older buildings (80 years plus) that have been effected. In most cases, as a lot of these buildings have had the internals updated, it is only the facade that has fallen off, but leaving the internal structure intact. Other buildings with major structural damage are Churches and such like, that have been about for the last 100-150 years.
There has been a huge sense of community shown by all Cantabrians during one of the region's darkest hours. It has been truly amazing the stories of support and help that I've been told and heard in the media. Everything from a neighbor looking after children while people clean up their houses, to entire streets banding together just to make sure that everyone in their neighborhood had food, water and shelter (from the sounds of things, street wide bar-b-que's have been a common site).
I hope this helps give a better picture of what is happening.
Cheers
Rob
Rob, this question is in complete ignorance of things down there, but are earthquakes common there? I would suspect so being on the Pacific realm but I have no idea really.
Glad to hear all are pitching in and helping each other rather than taking to the streets and grabbing what they can.
Glad to hear all are pitching in and helping each other rather than taking to the streets and grabbing what they can.
Rob -MadAsKiwi- Mooar
Member
Well.. I wouldn't say they are uncommon, but ones of this size are. But, in saying that, the last one a similar size hit Gisborne about 3 years ago, the Edgecombe quake in the late '80s, then the Murchison and Napier quake in the late '20s - early '30s before that.
Usually a quake might wake you in the night, or you will notice it as you are walking, but as for doing real damage, usually very unlikely.
I hope that makes sense.
Usually a quake might wake you in the night, or you will notice it as you are walking, but as for doing real damage, usually very unlikely.
I hope that makes sense.
It does, Be save and watch the aftershocks!
Rob -MadAsKiwi- Mooar
Member
Laurent ROLLERI wrote:
No argument there.. we really came off lightly compared to other city's around the world that have quakes. We, as a nation, consider ourselves very lucky. But, this is the biggest disaster to hit any of our major cities, so if this is as bad as it gets, we will all be quite happy with that
Pufff
No argument there.. we really came off lightly compared to other city's around the world that have quakes. We, as a nation, consider ourselves very lucky. But, this is the biggest disaster to hit any of our major cities, so if this is as bad as it gets, we will all be quite happy with that
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Yes it is good to hear from you!
Earth's surface 'lurches 11ft to the right' as New Zealand earthquake rips new fault line
Hot Dang Rob, you mates are earth movers down there!
Hot Dang Rob, you mates are earth movers down there!
Rob -MadAsKiwi- Mooar
Member
moon puppy wrote:
Movers and shakers mate, movers and shakers. I have just been told that there was a 6.1 quake down there just now. The boffins reconed that there was going to be a aftershock that was going to be 1 less than the big one. Am back on the phone making sure that everyone is ok, so there goes my first hour of work
Movers and shakers mate, movers and shakers. I have just been told that there was a 6.1 quake down there just now. The boffins reconed that there was going to be a aftershock that was going to be 1 less than the big one. Am back on the phone making sure that everyone is ok, so there goes my first hour of work