Tomatoa Report This Comment Date: February 24, 2011 12:11PM
Don't they have colour film in New Zealand yet?
quasi Report This Comment Date: February 24, 2011 04:30PM
I think they have more important things to worry about right now. My thoughts
are with them.
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: February 24, 2011 04:58PM
My younger brother and family, and everybody else I know personally who lives
in Chch, are safe. The company I work for has a plant down there which isn't
damaged at all (although it hasn't been surveyed by an engineer yet), but the
plant manager's house is uninhabitable. The death toll is expected to be over
200, which is quite high for a city with a population of only 400,000
people.
For those that don't know, on September 4 2010 Christchurch and surrounding
areas received a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that resulted in some property damage
but no loss of life - partly because it struck in the middle of the night and
partly because the epicentre was deep underground and quite a way from heavily
populated areas. This most recent quake was 6.3 in magnitude, so is officially
an aftershock from last years quake. It struck in the middle of the day (12:51),
was much shallower and much closer to the main urban areas.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: February 24, 2011 05:39PM
I'm glad you and you're people are ok GAK.
Aftershock? It's still fucking horrible earthquake, right?
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: February 24, 2011 05:43PM
I think that anything that kills 200+ innocent people who were just living
their lives would be considered horrible.
quasi Report This Comment Date: February 24, 2011 06:53PM
I'm glad y'all are OK. So sad that so many were lost.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: February 24, 2011 08:45PM
Good to hear yours are Ok GAK and just as sorry to hear of the losses to other
families there.
Comin from a place where the ground never moves, an earthquake sounds like a
very unnerving experience, no matter what
Mark Is Report This Comment Date: February 25, 2011 12:57AM
Newcastle Workers Club December 28 1989
woberto Report This Comment Date: February 25, 2011 09:17PM
December 28, 1989.
I was in Sydney, 100 miles away, brushing my teeth, when the bathroom mirror
started wobbling. I thought I was still drunk from the night before until I
heard the news later that day.
