Christchurch Earthquake!

[mewmewmew13]

Just now saw this.
5.8 and aftershock......
Is everyone ok?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Geez, not another one! Hope everyone is alright. I think a fellow poster, TexPat lives around there.

 

[mewmewmew13]

...mods please correct title spelling thnx

 

[mewmewmew13]

hope I saw it wrong...
just watching weather channel....now not another ..word

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10775043

hopefully everyone is ok.

 

[Granville57]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10775043

Christchurch earthquake: 5.8 quake followed by 5.3 aftershock

The intial quake, at a depth of 8km and centred off Pegasus Bay, has caused major power outages, undisclosed damage and liquefaction in the eastern suburbs.

It is anticipated that up to 15,000 customers in the eastern suburbs including New Brighton and Dallington are currently without power.

Christchurch International Airport has been evacuated along with all the malls in Christchurch.

"I Watch Cycling in July" is also down that way.

Wishing everyone well.

 

[Granville57]

Geez, not another one! Hope everyone is alright. I think a fellow poster, TexPat lives around there.

As I recall, TexPat is across the bay in Wellington. Hope everyone is safe.

 

[TexPat]

All good here in Wellington.
Positive thoughts for those who live in Christchurch. That place keeps getting clobbered by ol Mother Nature.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

good to see you are ok there in Wellington. But poor ol' Christchurch. Yeah, mucho +ives.

 

[usedtobefast]

be well. let us know what you need.

 

[I Watch Cycling In July]

Hi all, thanks for your concern. This ongoing aftershock sequence is pretty weird. It was actually a 5.8 then a 6.0 but we are getting kinda used to it. Still not much fun though. Only very minor injuries reported this time. None of the construction workers were injured in the buildings being demolished, which is good news.

Pretty miserable for people on the eastern side of town who have the dreaded liquefaction again - that evil fetid sludge will be with them for Christmas. All good at our house though. Power is out to about 25,000 houses out east, but they are expecting to reconnect it within a few hours.

More rockfall in the hill suburbs too. A number of properties were recently evacuated and it will be interesting to see if the authorities get any vindication. Some people were not pleased with the decision. So far we have water on and no boil notice so hopefully the water won't get any poo in it this time! Overall, this one isn't as bad as September 2010, February 2011 or June 2011.

Lots of little aftershocks rolling through so it will probably be a bumpy night. As a friend of mine said "bloody hell, merry Christmas."

 

[greenedge]

Sry for Christchurch. i hope everyone there is ok.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Not again! I too hope all is well with everyone.

I have been through three earthquakes -- none of them really major -- including the one in DC last summer. Each time I say, never again please!

Susan

 

[craig1985]

Just read this bit:

Newstalk ZB reporter Scarlett Cvitanovich says nobody knows when they'll be able to go back inside.

"There's quite a bit of aggression out there. People are asking how they're going to get on flights in time for Christmas and are taking it out on staff at the moment," she says.

People like that need to uppercut themselves. I don't envy the flight crews at all in their situation.

 

[mewmewmew13]

Just read this bit:

Newstalk ZB reporter Scarlett Cvitanovich says nobody knows when they'll be able to go back inside.

"There's quite a bit of aggression out there. People are asking how they're going to get on flights in time for Christmas and are taking it out on staff at the moment," she says.

People like that need to uppercut themselves. I don't envy the flight crews at all in their situation.

gosh, as if Christmas itself is not stressful enough with weather delays (US every xmas..) and unreal expectations and low money...

earthquakes, messy homes, no power....wish we could do something..