Christchurch earthquakes [Archive] - Page 2

mashman

7th September 2010, 12:11

Hawkes Bay with a 5.2 this morning... hope ya'll is alright there...

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/7895997/hawkes-bay-rattled-by-tremor/

... and they're moving the prisoners out of chch because the sprinkler system may not have enough water pressure to work in case of fire :blink:... seems like a waste of resource to me, but hey :)

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/7895480/quake-prompts-christchurch-prison-inmates-to-be-moved/

puddytat

7th September 2010, 12:27

Kia Kaha all you folks over there.....sounds like te cavalry is racing in from all directions to help you all out.
Speaking of racing, has Ruapuna got another dipper or extra elevation added to it?

ellipsis

7th September 2010, 12:36

....Ruapuna has a bit of a bump on the straight, I believe, no new dippers or jumps or cracking....

Virago

7th September 2010, 12:53

Can someone please tell me what volunteer service I can do tomorrow?
I'm sure places like library might need help (Esp Cant. Uni Central Lib).

Any ideas? I'm not trying to be a hero. Just sitting on my ass while people do the work seems wrong. Also I have nothing to do tomorrow.

Can I cook your breakfast? Really. Anything?

Cheers

Dredging this up again - I see on the TV One News last night that with the University being closed, there's organised groups of students racing around with wheel-barrows and shovels, helping with the clean-up.

Farking brilliant...

imdying

7th September 2010, 14:04

MLC building (7 story) on the corner of Hereford and Manchester is getting knocked down today :'(

Genie

7th September 2010, 14:18

Yep, couple of big ones, a 5.2 and a 5.4 !! :shutup:

Have your cats come home yet?

crazyhorse

7th September 2010, 14:32

Hawkes Bay with a 5.2 this morning... hope ya'll is alright there...

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/7895997/hawkes-bay-rattled-by-tremor/

...

Scarey stuff - two quakes here this morning........ I feel for all down in Canterbury having to deal with everything down there :hug:

cowboyz

7th September 2010, 14:58

Wow. They're all so lucky, eh?

well. like saying that guy who got both legs and 1 arm chopped off was lucky to keep his other arm...

Not ideal no... but not the end of christchurch either!

Maha

7th September 2010, 15:37

At least those prisoners are being well looked after, put a load on a plane and ship em' to the North Island, wonder whos paying for that?:shifty:
Have they not heard of Chain-Gangs in the South Island?

avgas

7th September 2010, 15:44

avgas

7th September 2010, 15:47

... and they're moving the prisoners out of chch because the sprinkler system may not have enough water pressure to work in case of fire :blink:... seems like a waste of resource to me, but hey :)

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/7895480/quake-prompts-christchurch-prison-inmates-to-be-moved/
What happened to the "you made that bed, your gonna fucking lie in it now".
Crims shouldn't have sprinkler systems - that would stop them having prison fires.

dangerous

7th September 2010, 17:12

If any of you are getting low on adrenaline....try being in the shower when a large aftershock hits.
Instant flashback to my yoof racing dinghys...spray in the face and wild motion.

I can beat that, on the throne at the time... the thoughts that go through the head

Kornholio

7th September 2010, 18:00

I can beat that, on the throne at the time... the thoughts that go through the head

Should hurry up proceedings :p

scumdog

7th September 2010, 18:20

I can beat that, on the throne at the time... the thoughts that go through the head

YOUR head?
Or the 'head' you were s(h)itting on??:blink:

Genie

7th September 2010, 18:34

I can beat that, on the throne at the time... the thoughts that go through the head

oh you..you just always have to be better than anybody else...your ego knows no bounds:yes:

gav

7th September 2010, 18:41

Have your cats come home yet?
Yeah they turned up late Saturday night, looking very nervous. The slightest movement sees them out the cat door so damn fast!! They do seem to wander back in on a regular basis now though.

dangerous

7th September 2010, 19:29

oh you..you just always have to be better than anybody else...your ego knows no bounds:yes: na Im serious, I was on the throne and a decent quake hit... tell ya what sitting low looking up at walls so close moving side to side it all became a blur, then the swede inguages gear and the bigest question I had was "do I wipe before pulling me tweeds up or is ther no time, just bolt"

Genie

7th September 2010, 19:31

na Im serious, I was on the throne and a decent quake hit... tell ya what sitting low looking up at walls so close moving side to side it all became a blur, then the swede inguages gear and the bigest question I had was "do I wipe before pulling me tweeds up or is ther no time, just bolt"

eeek....I'm so pleased i'm not living it...I'm so ditzy and drama-ish I'd not cope. Must be damn hard to stay sane living there at the moment...Cantaberians are a mighty breed!

dangerous

7th September 2010, 19:39

eeek....I'm so pleased i'm not living it...I'm so ditzy and drama-ish I'd not cope.
what... like you would wipe the wrong bum or something? :blink:

Grumph

7th September 2010, 19:41

Please define sane in these circs... when you go onto the geo site & find you were sitting over a 5.4 and a 4.7 is it paranoid to imagine something's out to get you ?
Should anyone else find themselves on the can in similar conditions I suspect one can waive the time wasting wipe....prioritise, people.
Lack of sleep combined with fear produces interesting effects...

dangerous

7th September 2010, 19:53

Should anyone else find themselves on the can in similar conditions I suspect one can waive the time wasting wipe....
yeah but... the privious night 'was' hot Thai curry

Genie

7th September 2010, 20:25

yeah but... the privious night 'was' hot Thai curry

Hey D, that's way too much info for my precious wee ness to be knowing....

I just read that Welly has now jumped in on the bandwagon and had a 4.0 shake...hang on NZ, it may be a rough ride for a bit.:shit:

avgas

7th September 2010, 21:07

Yeah they turned up late Saturday night, looking very nervous. The slightest movement sees them out the cat door so damn fast!! They do seem to wander back in on a regular basis now though.
I do not blame them. I would be feeling the same.

helenoftroy

7th September 2010, 22:07

My cat is still missing......very sad,hes 16.....

KiwiPhoenix

7th September 2010, 22:10

Hope he comes home soon HoT!

neels

7th September 2010, 22:14

I can beat that, on the throne at the time
At least you've got one that still works, they start digging up the road tomorrow to completely replace the sewer line here, portaloos for a bit longer yet I think.

My cat is still missing......very sad,hes 16.....
:(

Our neurotic 3 legged cat has actually got friendlier since the earthquake, she actually lets us pick her up now.

KiwiPhoenix

7th September 2010, 22:19

At least you've got one that still works, they start digging up the road tomorrow to completely replace the sewer line here, portaloos for a bit longer yet I think.

:(

Our neurotic 3 legged cat has actually got friendlier since the earthquake, she actually lets us pick her up now.

Bugger about the loo!

Putty tat must realise that she is safer with you!

far queue

7th September 2010, 22:34

At least you've got one that still works, they start digging up the road tomorrow to completely replace the sewer line here, portaloos for a bit longer yet I think.At least you've got portaloos. Still no water here, no portaloos, and no idea when the water's going to be back. There was a flurry of activity in the street when I went out this afternoon with holes being dug about the place but still no water yet. Maybe they were fixing the sewage pipes 'cos they're broken too. Oh well, the house is OK, although the cracks are getting bigger as the shocks continue and the power's on. I'm better off than many.

neels

7th September 2010, 22:50

I'm better off than many.
Yep, at least I wasn't moving out on saturday morning because the house was collapsing like some around here.

I was amused by the people that had a look around where they live, decided everything was ok and carried on as normal, didn't seem to occur to some that what they were flushing down their loo could be pouring out of a broken pipe on the way to bromley into some poor bastards back yard.

far queue

7th September 2010, 23:24

I was amused by the people that had a look around where they live, decided everything was ok and carried on as normal, didn't seem to occur to some that what they were flushing down their loo could be pouring out of a broken pipe on the way to bromley into some poor bastards back yard.Exactly! Like the dumb shits I've heard on the radio who live by the Avon river and don't have water, so they're using buckets of water from the river to flush their toilets! Where exactly do they think they're flushing it? If the water pipes are broken then the sewer pipes probably are too!

HenryDorsetCase

8th September 2010, 00:06

:( our building managers still arent giving us the all clear. I went in to the building today, and no damage I can see except one of my motorbike models (thankfully the cheap one not the real expensive minichamps one) took a dive and broke the fairing.

And people laugh at my "Integrated, floor level, horizontally dispersed filing system". Well all that shit on the floor is still on the floor, so suck on that.

We've had some furniture fall over but I reckon two hours work and we're good to go..... when they let us back in.

HenryDorsetCase

8th September 2010, 00:07

Exactly! Like the dumb shits I've heard on the radio who live by the Avon river and don't have water, so they're using buckets of water from the river to flush their toilets! Where exactly do they think they're flushing it? If the water pipes are broken then the sewer pipes probably are too!

same. but the council do say that if you have water you are allowed to flush. Just to boil drinking water.

Oh, and check out

www.canterburyearthquake.org.nz

they're collating the updates from everyone.

willytheekid

8th September 2010, 01:14

LOL....now Im impressed!
My dog (9 months old) has learn't to "commando" crawl to his mums bedroom door frame (instead of run around panicking) and stay there till the shakes have stopped! :laugh:
....bloody aftershocks are teaching my dog more tricks than I can!

far queue

8th September 2010, 01:22

:( our building managers still arent giving us the all clear...Same here, the word is we won't be back in until next week. The council have green stickered the building but apparently it's a mess inside and we've been told to stay away.

Oh, and check out

www.canterburyearthquake.org.nz

they're collating the updates from everyone.Interesting site. I had a chuckle when I saw the Tourism Canterbury One - the japs must be over the moon with all the shit to take photo's of now :D

And why am I still up? Well I went outside to take my pre bed leak on the lawn and heard the sound of running water - most unusual since there's nothing coming out of the taps. I tracked it down to a new spring I now have in the garden and a moat around part of the house. It looks as though the guys working in the street this afternoon have fixed the breaks and got the water back on but the mains are broken where they come into the house - not surprising really given the 50mm gap around the house now. So I've turned the water off at the street and told the council who have told civil defence. The guys I spoke too were great - very helpful. They said they're manning the phones 24hours at the moment which is great.

Anyway, off to bed. I might have a sleep in since there's no work.

far queue

8th September 2010, 01:24

myvice

8th September 2010, 06:19

Hope you’re all doing ok down there.
Last (and only) one I’ve been in I slept through!

Grumph

8th September 2010, 06:45

I must be getting less sensitive - takes 4.0 or better to wake me now - or just more tired...

I see the media are picking up on the Selwyn council not communicating - some questions being asked now. If Waimak can aim at 600 house inspections per day but Selwyn have done seven inspections only it says something....Fed Farmers seem to be doing what the Council should - big meeting/pissup/question time in Darfield Thurs night - even got Brewery support. Why couldn't the SDC do this ?
Big step up/off local bridge poorly posted - just men at work sign - viisited by MNZ steward yesterday who didn't pick the 8 inch step on the bridge and was lucky not to have square wheels on his BMW...LOL

Kickaha

8th September 2010, 07:12

:( our building managers still arent giving us the all clear.

Same here, the word is we won't be back in until next week. The council have green stickered the building but apparently it's a mess inside and we've been told to stay away.

We were back in yesterday but some staff aren't happy with the buildings and after doing our own inspections we're getting then checked again

I must be getting less sensitive - takes 4.0 or better to wake me now - or just more tired...

The only one that woke me last night was the 4.5 at 4am

shrub

8th September 2010, 08:06

but I'm kind of over them now - when it hit it was "bloody hell, not another fricking earthquake".

neels

8th September 2010, 08:11

but I'm kind of over them now - when it hit it was "bloody hell, not another fricking earthquake".
Past being scared by them, now I'm just getting pissed off.

imdying

8th September 2010, 08:56

There appears the be a correlation between my showering and large aftershocks. In the interest of saftey, I might have to start going to work stinking :sick:

MisterD

8th September 2010, 08:59

There appears the be a correlation between my showering and large aftershocks. In the interest of saftey, I might have to start going to work stinking :sick:

You're alright, correlation does not imply causation...

onearmedbandit

8th September 2010, 09:12

Yep, getting very tired of this now.

ellipsis

8th September 2010, 09:14

Past being scared by them, now I'm just getting pissed off.

.....past being pissed off with them, now Im just fucking scared....

onearmedbandit

8th September 2010, 09:40

Yeah it's getting very unnerving now. I've got my two girls staying with me currently, they're are doing well but you can see the fear in my 4yr old's eyes.

cooneyr

8th September 2010, 11:33

but I'm kind of over them now - when it hit it was "bloody hell, not another fricking earthquake".

That 5.1 at 7.49am was a bit strange - located under Heathcote/Woolston. Hope this isn't a sign of more under the city cause they will hurt more even if lower magnitude.

On the 6th story of a 7 story building on Victoria street. Feels like I had one to many or I'm on a ship. Just gently sways around.

I've got to work this week but if anybody (city or rural) wants a hand over the weekend let me know. Our place is fine. Got tools (sledgy, chainsaw, shovel, etc), will travel. I grew up on farm so more than happy to do some hard labour rather than just driving a PC.

Actually feel a bit guilty cause we might as well have been in the other island given how little damage we had.

shrub

8th September 2010, 11:55

Yeah it's getting very unnerving now. I've got my two girls staying with me currently, they're are doing well but you can see the fear in my 4yr old's eyes.

We're flying my partner's 9 year old to stay with her grandmother in Nelson. She's completely over earthquakes and is starting to get very nervous.

ellipsis

8th September 2010, 13:07

....yeah unnerving now that the big clean up has been done round here and the relatively lighter damage the area took is being sorted....time to think.... and freak out about the grandkids and family in the city...they keep reporting in but it doesn't stop the knot in my guts getting bigger...

Genie

8th September 2010, 13:39

We're flying my partner's 9 year old to stay with her grandmother in Nelson. She's completely over earthquakes and is starting to get very nervous.

You're not alone with this thought, lady I work with has her extended family coming up, they're all so frightened, tired and going slightly mental. I have spare room if anyone wants to escape.

laRIKin

8th September 2010, 14:52

Yep, getting very tired of this now.

Me to.
I am stuffed went home to check after the last big one to check pets and home as we had no power at work.
To find my chimney loose at the base.
Had checked last night as well and was OK, so pulled it down and patched up the roof.
As I brought some tiles last night to make sure I had some if they were needed.
It was in the middle of the house so if it fell, I would have a big hole though the roof.
Funny thing was I warned the neighbour as there's was looking bad now as well.
So he did the same and a guy next to him was doing the same.
Four chimneys were taken down this morning.

Do not need a open fire ban, just a earth quake.:innocent:

So check yours as they seem to be doing most of the damage.

onearmedbandit

8th September 2010, 14:57

slofox

8th September 2010, 15:00

You're alright, correlation does not imply causation...

"Temporal contiguity does not imply causality"..?

That's what they taught us in the stats courses all those years ago...

imdying

8th September 2010, 15:00

:banana: Jiggle it, just a little bit :banana:

laRIKin

8th September 2010, 15:01

Another decent one then.

Glad I was off the roof.:shit:

avgas

8th September 2010, 15:02

Hang in there guys.
Must be fucken scary. I would like to say its going to get better - but its not. Past history has told us that you should expect a 6 pointer in the next few days.
So prepare for worst and hang in there.

T.W.R

8th September 2010, 15:24

Another decent one then. I can almost remember every earthquake I've experienced, and now I can honestly say that number has been multiplied 20x over by what we've been through in the last few days. And we probably won't notice they have finished until it's been long gone.

You can hear the bastards coming out here :yes:

We've been getting them on average about every 15mins or so and only over the last day have they started to decline a bit.

onearmedbandit

8th September 2010, 15:31

Where we are, St Albans, we can just feel the 3's, the 4's shake things about, and the 5's threaten to knock stuff over again. It's easy to miss the 3's.

Grumph

8th September 2010, 16:25

Just been & visited TWR - nice jolt when I was there - as he said you can generally hear them coming out here...I guessed 4.3 - getting good at it now.
The one in ChCh this morning which did so much damage we hardly felt out here. It came at the city at right angles to the others which is probably why areas which had been ok now report damage.
A builder has had a quick look at our big internal chimney -qualified ok - for the moment.
Problem with these old places out here - they built the chimney first and hung the house off it.
Another four plus with epicentre under us today - I'm sure now it's personal...
My wife was waiting to get in J Key's ear - I think someone warned him....but there were a large number of media all tapping keyboards as they sipped latte's at the Hororata Cafe (advert)
At least one local business is doing ok...

EJK

8th September 2010, 16:57

A thousand cheers for the uni students. Big muscles with bigger heart.
Thank you all locals for the support.
Job well done.

"We are many, we are one.
Big muscles, with bigger heart.
We stand together, we are certain.
Faith of a mustard seed, we can move mountains!"

Brian d marge

8th September 2010, 17:23

these after shocks must be wearing a bit thin now !!

if it rattles , don't stress,

Stephen

far queue

8th September 2010, 17:35

Yay I've got water :sunny: The house has moved away from the water mains and broken the PVC pipe. For now I have a piece of Toyota radiator hose and some hose clamps joining it all up again. That'll do until a plumber turns up to make a proper repair.

T.W.R

8th September 2010, 18:07

Just been & visited TWR - nice jolt when I was there - as he said you can generally hear them coming out here...I guessed 4.3 - getting good at it now.
The one in ChCh this morning which did so much damage we hardly felt out here. It came at the city at right angles to the others which is probably why areas which had been ok now report damage.

Good to catch up even considering the circumstances :yes:
That wee trembler & the likes are getting truely lodged in the nuisence catagory now.
Seeing the reaction of the others at work this morning was interesting though, really shows the effect on peoples wellbeing now, there's definately some frayed nerves out there & understandbly so :yes:
Driving home from town I came up Telegraph Rd and crossed the fault line and it's rather :gob: the road has been shifted completely one lane across, almost defies belief when only a few days ago it was gun barrel straight. And seeing the next property along the road looking like it's been blown apart :shit:

JudaBaker

8th September 2010, 21:10

EJK

8th September 2010, 21:13

Transalper

8th September 2010, 21:14

Water restrictions lifted in some areas...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/canterbury-earthquake/4105730/Quake-water-restrictions-lifted

LATEST: Water in Christchurch no longer needs to be boiled, authorities have announced, after tests revealed no bacterial contamination.

The Emergency Operations Centre this evening lifted its boil-water notice for Christchurch city, including Banks Peninsula. ......

That's not everyone though I'm sure.

MadDuck

8th September 2010, 21:21

Well that aftershock this morning was really bad. There's people crying and shaking and just freaking out and getting really really scared it's quite hard to watch. The quakes are definitely taking their toll on the people in Christchurch, the worst part is not knowing when it's going to hit or how long before it all ends. I don't have kids but the people I know who do are fucking stressed, they're scared shitless while still trying to take care of their children who are pretty much traumatised by the whole ordeal. As time goes on the aftershocks get more and more stressfull for everyone, the news really doesn't do it justice there is a huge amount of tension in chch atm, even if people are safe they're scared fucking shitless.

Just an "out there" kind of idea. No doubt it is a completely impractical idea but I got thinking....

There must be a load of us willing to open our homes up to these families to give them a break away from what seems like a constant emotional and mental drain. I for one am but realise the expense would not be practical.

I am also quessing that despite the trauma few would want to leave town or their homes....but maybe a plea to Air NZ to get some people out for a few days?

helenoftroy

8th September 2010, 21:24

...
Problem with these old places out here - they built the chimney first and hung the house off it.

Yes my weatherboard old girl has twisted & flexed around the 3 chimney breasts and the most obvious cracks & damage are there.Roof will need replacing & shes of the piles on one corner

A thousand cheers for the uni students. Big muscles with bigger heart.
Thank you all locals for the support.
Job well done.
"We are many, we are one.
Big muscles, with bigger heart.
We stand together, we are certain.
Faith of a mustard seed, we can move mountains!"
The uni students that are getting stuck in and helping rock!!Sam & Erika have helped me out hugely and take to their shovels tomorrow

Good to catch up even considering the circumstances :yes:
That wee trembler & the likes are getting truely lodged in the nuisence catagory now.
Seeing the reaction of the others at work this morning was interesting though, really shows the effect on peoples wellbeing now, there's definately some frayed nerves out there & understandbly so :yes:
Driving home from town I came up Telegraph Rd and crossed the fault line and it's rather :gob: the road has been shifted completely one lane across, almost defies belief when only a few days ago it was gun barrel straight. And seeing the next property along the road looking like it's been blown apart :shit:
So over the aftershocks,lost it this morning after the big one...:crybaby::(

At Burwood we have canceled elective surgery and are doing acute overflow surgery from CPH & deploying staff to Princess Margaret Hospital where a significant number of elderly rest home patients have been moved

Trevor Pierce picked up Ducati today,Swann assessor will check it soon

Best news today-after 4 & 1/2 days my old cat Marco came home,skinny,dusty and tired but OK!:love:

JudaBaker

8th September 2010, 21:40

Just an "out there" kind of idea. No doubt it is a completely impractical idea but I got thinking....

There must be a load of us willing to open our homes up to these families to give them a break away from what seems like a constant emotional and mental drain. I for one am but realise the expense would not be practical.

I am also quessing that despite the trauma few would want to leave town or their homes....but maybe a plea to Air NZ to get some people out for a few days?

We are all stuck where we are really, you can't just leave your home behind and suddenly feel safe.. Most people at work wanted to leave today after that first quake but only one person left, and he had already had major home damage in the first one. The reality is that your bills are always there and you just have to keep on working no matter what happens just to put a roof over your head, even in an emergency. Leaving town is not an option for almost everyone.

onearmedbandit

8th September 2010, 21:40

Great news about your cat Helen, I know ours is still on edge over it all.

neels

8th September 2010, 21:51

Water restrictions lifted in some areas...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/canterbury-earthquake/4105730/Quake-water-restrictions-liftedThat's not everyone though I'm sure.
I wonder if that includes us country folks out in Brooklands, have to check the board outside the hall in the morning

Best news today-after 4 & 1/2 days my old cat Marco came home,skinny,dusty and tired but OK!:love:
Yay for the cat :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Bummer about the house. :(

I'm kind of over work for this week already, maybe because I was out there at 8am on Saturday morning wondering what was happening at home the whole time, makes all the other jobs I should be doing this week seem a bit insignificant.

Rode the bike to work today though, very therapeutic. Weather for tomorrow looks a bit crap though, my piles of silt that were drying out will turn back into mud :angry:

HenryDorsetCase

8th September 2010, 22:37

Best news today-after 4 & 1/2 days my old cat Marco came home,skinny,dusty and tired but OK!:love:

Thats great news. Our cat freaks the fuck right out at every aftershock. He has finally calmed down. As has SWMBO who is asleep in the comfy chair with cat on lap. And a right gory episode of True Blood on.... Thats therapeutic I reckon so I've left them to it.

that stress response is a kicker though: SWMBO has been really on edge, as have I. But I expect the worst in every situation so when an aftershock comes its like "Is that all you've got, asshole?" Stupid I know

Jantar

8th September 2010, 22:40

Just an "out there" kind of idea. No doubt it is a completely impractical idea but I got thinking....

There must be a load of us willing to open our homes up to these families to give them a break away from what seems like a constant emotional and mental drain. I for one am but realise the expense would not be practical.

I am also quessing that despite the trauma few would want to leave town or their homes....but maybe a plea to Air NZ to get some people out for a few days?
A very good idea indeed.

We have a spare room with a double bed and a an inflatable air mattress. Anyone who wishes to have a break away until the after shocks settle down would be welcome.

Transalper

9th September 2010, 04:01

mumble grumble woken up with earquake dreams then trying to go back to sleep another one shakes the bed. It's only listed as a 3.7 but it's also only 6km down and near the tunnel again.
Yep i'm all jumpy with most of them now too.

dangerous

9th September 2010, 06:15

Well that aftershock this morning was really bad. There's people crying and shaking and just freaking out and getting really really scared it's quite hard to watch. The quakes are definitely taking their toll on the people in Christchurch, the worst part is not knowing when it's going to hit or how long before it all ends. I don't have kids but the people I know who do are fucking stressed, they're scared shitless while still trying to take care of their children who are pretty much traumatised by the whole ordeal. As time goes on the aftershocks get more and more stressfull for everyone, the news really doesn't do it justice there is a huge amount of tension in chch atm, even if people are safe they're scared fucking shitless.

Yeah well thats the human for ya, adults in stall the fear in kids... shit the chances are slim of more damage, people need to relax and go with the flow, however I understand those that were in some places will be packing... but moving ya kids out of town is darft, more chance they will be hurt in the drive from the airport to were ever they go...
well ya get the idea of what I mean its hysteria.

Mom

9th September 2010, 06:53

There must be a load of us willing to open our homes up to these families to give them a break away from what seems like a constant emotional and mental drain. I for one am but realise the expense would not be practical.

I am also quessing that despite the trauma few would want to leave town or their homes....but maybe a plea to Air NZ to get some people out for a few days?

A thousand cheers for the uni students. Big muscles with bigger heart.
Thank you all locals for the support.
Job well done.

"We are many, we are one.
Big muscles, with bigger heart.
We stand together, we are certain.
Faith of a mustard seed, we can move mountains!"

EJK, how about you put your considerable skills into making MD's idea happen?

gav

9th September 2010, 07:06

Yeah well thats the human for ya, adults in stall the fear in kids... shit the chances are slim of more damage, people need to relax and go with the flow, however I understand those that were in some places will be packing... but moving ya kids out of town is darft, more chance they will be hurt in the drive from the airport to were ever they go...
well ya get the idea of what I mean its hysteria.
One of our customers in Amberley said yesterday that the roads had been pretty busy with folks heading North, I guess if your house has been destroyed alot are heading up to stay with relatives etc?

Genie

9th September 2010, 08:16

One of our customers in Amberley said yesterday that the roads had been pretty busy with folks heading North, I guess if your house has been destroyed alot are heading up to stay with relatives etc?

Friend of mine in Hanmer runs Holiday homes, she inundated with people coming up to escape, many who have lost their homes, have only the clothes they walk in. It sure is an eyeopener for our whole country.

Okey Dokey

9th September 2010, 08:29

HOT, so glad you've got your Marco back. You are a pair of survivors!

It must be so unnerving with all the aftershocks. You may know in your head that all should be well, but that doesn't stop the adreneline and your heart racing.

Yesterday a man from the earthquake commission, said that people should realise that structures and buildings that survived the initial quake undamaged should be more than able to handle any aftershocks without failing. I pass this on in the hope that it may help reassure some of you suffering all these shakes.

neels

9th September 2010, 08:46

Yesterday a man from the earthquake commission, said that people should realise that structures and buildings that survived the initial quake undamaged should be more than able to handle any aftershocks without failing. I pass this on in the hope that it may help reassure some of you suffering all these shakes.
I was happy that our house was not going to fall down, but it took the engineer from the council having a look around to convince the mrs that it was safe. Better than our friends down the road a bit who are now living in a caravan in their driveway. Now all we need is a working sewer system back and life can carry on until someone can get to our place and give us a verdict on how fixable it is.

More importantly, I finally got a decent nights sleep last night. Didn't notice anything, but more importantly mrs didn't notice anything so she wasn't waking me up to ask me if I felt the last aftershock :zzzz::zzzz::zzzz:

onearmedbandit

9th September 2010, 08:48

Yeah well thats the human for ya, adults in stall the fear in kids...

Believe me D, I witnessed the fear in my 4yr old daughters eyes every time the ground shook, and it wasn't me or any other adult installing fear into her, that was solely down to the earth shaking the house around. Kids are not stupid, they know when to be scared.

far queue

9th September 2010, 08:48

Brian d marge

9th September 2010, 13:53

This website (http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/) is a good one. It was made by a student from Canterbury University.

The size of the circle relates to the magnitude, the colour is the depth. It shows very well the hammering we’ve taken.

Sent to Jim in the afternoons , national ratio,,,thats a lot of shaking!!!

Stephen

Genie

9th September 2010, 16:55

This website (http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/) is a good one. It was made by a student from Canterbury University.

The size of the circle relates to the magnitude, the colour is the depth. It shows very well the hammering we’ve taken.

Wow, that is amazing. clever fella and you're right it does show it very well.
Is the south island wanting to shake of some excess land, like that pointy out bit...hell I feel for all you people down there.

Grubber

9th September 2010, 17:09

Yeah well thats the human for ya, adults in stall the fear in kids... shit the chances are slim of more damage, people need to relax and go with the flow, however I understand those that were in some places will be packing... but moving ya kids out of town is darft, more chance they will be hurt in the drive from the airport to were ever they go...
well ya get the idea of what I mean its hysteria.

Me thinks it may have something to do with giving the kids a place they can start to feel safe again and enable them to heal emotionally. Trust me, they know what frightens them and it isn't the adults. This isn't something like going to the dentist, where you can shadow over the bad bits to make it sound good, this is real.
You and i may know they are now safe.....but they don't!

robertvi

9th September 2010, 17:20

Best news today-after 4 & 1/2 days my old cat Marco came home,skinny,dusty and tired but OK!:love:

great to hear HOT :yes:

dangerous

9th September 2010, 17:49

Believe me D, I witnessed the fear in my 4yr old daughters eyes every time the ground shook, and it wasn't me or any other adult installing fear into her, that was solely down to the earth shaking the house around. Kids are not stupid, they know when to be scared. Granted... then your job kicks in to teach and reasure her to act acordingly, ie: head sloly to the table and enjoy the ride, all is ok.
Thing is my fella being younger is as thick as me, well ok almost, anyway hes inhis high chair and when it starts rocking the grin on his face is HUGE... rocking stops he looks sadened so starts rocking the thing himself loughing his arse off.

I was happy that our house was not going to fall down, but it took the engineer from the council having a look around to convince the mrs that it was safe. : ohhh so my opinion ment nothing huh... geee thanks sis :mellow:

Me thinks it may have something to do with giving the kids a place they can start to feel safe again and enable them to heal emotionally. Trust me, they know what frightens them and it isn't the adults. This isn't something like going to the dentist, where you can shadow over the bad bits to make it sound good, this is real.
You and i may know they are now safe.....but they don't!

Ohh I know and agree, but like with OAB's girl its our job as hard as fark as it is to teach them not to be 'so' frightened. more chance of injury driving across town... BUT...
If I was in a old doubled skined brick shack or near a river Id be shitting me dacks to dont worry.

Gibbo89

9th September 2010, 17:53

Best news today-after 4 & 1/2 days my old cat Marco came home,skinny,dusty and tired but OK!:love:

awesome news helen.

1 of my cats was just sitting on the sofa after the 1st earthquake. :gob:

Grumph

9th September 2010, 18:03

Animals have some strange reactions - I've mentioned the old Birman of ours who was lined up waiting for breakfast as we went out the door...
The dogs are holding up well - the stud boy is being staunch for his girls who are both a bit clingy but he wants reassurance too.
A friend we work in with breeding says one of her bitches thinks the aftershocks are laid on for her entertainment - gets on the bed & jumps up & down barking - loves the bouncy castle...

neels

9th September 2010, 18:37

ohhh so my opinion ment nothing huh... geee thanks sis :mellow: Don't take it personally, I'm married to her and she didn't believe me either :mellow:

If I was in a old doubled skined brick shack or near a river Id be shitting me dacks to dont worry.You mean like that river (or if you prefer, open sewer) just down the road from our house.......:gob:

T.W.R

9th September 2010, 20:21

Animals have some strange reactions

Some better than others :yes:
On Monday one of our ewes had a premature birth of twins :blink: the first poor wee bugger held in there for about 45mins while the other wee blighter was still born :bye:
The ducks held a collective egg dispatch the morning of the quake :shutup: a few were decidedly torpedo shaped too. And now one of the drakes attacks everytime we get near the pen & the goose bailed from her nest & clutch of eggs whilst the gander is still the psycho :blink: though he does a full-on charge at vehicles when they come up the drive now :weird:

Jackal

9th September 2010, 20:44

If anyone fancies a night or two away (but not too far away) this weekend we have a spare bed or two down here on the Lake at Ashvagas. Just far enough for you to get away from things but close enough to be able to still feel the aftershocks and not feel "left out". You will not need to bring anything but will have to put up with me swearing at the TV on Saturday night while watching the footy!!! PM me if anyone is keen.................cheers, Craig

Iggy

9th September 2010, 21:43

I was happy that our house was not going to fall down, but it took the engineer from the council having a look around to convince the mrs that it was safe. Better than our friends down the road a bit who are now living in a caravan in their driveway. Now all we need is a working sewer system back and life can carry on until someone can get to our place and give us a verdict on how fixable it is.

More importantly, I finally got a decent nights sleep last night. Didn't notice anything, but more importantly mrs didn't notice anything so she wasn't waking me up to ask me if I felt the last aftershock :zzzz::zzzz::zzzz:

My sister lives in the new subdivision in Brooklands, her brand new house is to be demolished but it is still livable and they can stay there for about a year, until they are ready to rebuild another home. I helped my sister move on the day of the Quake last Saturday as she already had planned to move that particular weekend, talk about weird co-incidence.
The flat that she moved out of was in Kingsford Street at Burwood and that area was swimming in silt including a badly damaged flat!
Hope you guys are coping OK where you are, hang in there.

AllanB

9th September 2010, 22:14

Is the south island wanting to shake of some excess land, like that pointy out bit...hell I feel for all you people down there.

Haha - that 'pointy bit' is the aftermath of one of NZ's largest volcanoes - the harbour of Lyttelton is the centre of the old volcano and the entrance is where the side fell over. Apparently Quail Island in the harbours centre is the 'plug'.

I wonder if there is any shit still brewing up under there? If anyone sees dead fish floating on the top of the harbour water feel free to post!

Joking aside it is talk like that that is getting annoying - Mrs B's sister just called and apparently some geek put in the co-ordinates of the last shake and it was literally over the road from me! She was ready to pack up and move 2 kms to her mums. But really - where in Christchurch are you going to go to? If you are packing the best bet is to get out of town completely - way out!

Me I'm staying, the fucker has already had a go at my bike and I'm pissed off.

But I did mow the lawns today - I figured it made the place look a bit better, and up front on the cracked footpath some of the cut grass filled up the holes :shifty:

shrub

10th September 2010, 06:24

Very sad, especially as that included Pit Lane and MCDU

dangerous

10th September 2010, 07:32

I need a panel beater. My GTI-R had an immaculate paint job before the quake, now it needs a full respray. Get phucked, mother nature! I should pour some dirty engine oil in a river to get even.

I fror one dont give a shit about ya fucking GtR1 b5 what ever. its a bike forum, I have no time for boy racer drifting homos. (asuming you are one and your car is a skyline, as your posts reflerct such as does your arse of an avatar... if not, ill consider an opolagy) mother nature gets the last lough.

Very sad, especially as that included Pit Lane and MCDUPitlane... ohh bugger, lot of heratage in bikes tucked up in there.
If anyone knows he wants a hand to move shit out, Ill help.

Grumph

10th September 2010, 08:10

I tend to agree re the boy racers - haven't noticed them organising as a group to help ala students - though their network must be at least as good....

Don will undoubtedly have racking down out the back and other damage too - but red sticker means he won't be able to do any clearing for a long while - if at all...

Canterbury pubs have suffered - Hororata condemned - Springfield frontage fallen off - Leeston I hear too. Many others.... Where you going to go now on the weekend rides ?

ellipsis

10th September 2010, 08:49

.....saw a plastic tape round Tai Tap pub...not sure of damage...Duvauchelles may have lost their old girl too...maybe Lincoln also....

onearmedbandit

10th September 2010, 08:51

I fror one dont give a shit about ya fucking GtR1 b5 what ever. its a bike forum, I have no time for boy racer drifting homos. (asuming you are one and your car is a skyline, as your posts reflerct such as does your arse of an avatar... if not, ill consider an opolagy) moter nature gets the last lough.

It's a 4wd turbo Pulsar shopping basket. And don't react to his avatar or posts, the only reason he puts it there and says what he says is to get a reaction. And every time you do react, he feels a little more smug about his actions. I bet in real life he's quieter than a mouse. Here however, he gets to say what he wants with less chance of getting a smack in the mouth.

onearmedbandit

10th September 2010, 08:54

.....saw a plastic tape round Tai Tap pub...not sure of damage...Duvauchelles may have lost their old girl too...maybe Lincoln also....

Yep, Lincoln pub is coming down. I was born in Lincoln, grew up there all my life. The pub is a major part of the landscape in the township, and while my father drank at the Country Club instead, my brother frequents the place regularly as he and his family still live in the town.

neels

10th September 2010, 09:16

I helped my sister move on the day of the Quake last Saturday as she already had planned to move that particular weekend, talk about weird co-incidence.
So she moved into brooklands after the earthquake, that's dedication, just driving down the street was an adventure.:gob:

I need a panel beater. My GTI-R had an immaculate paint job before the quake, now it needs a full respray.Boo fucking hoo

Here however, he gets to say what he wants with less chance of getting a smack in the mouth.Must be why I've never seen him out for a ride with the kbers, that and the fact that he's too much of a pussy to ride in the winter.

Kickaha

10th September 2010, 10:03

Very sad, especially as that included Pit Lane and MCDU

The building to the North of Pitlane to the corner is to be demolished, as they butt up against pit lane they are not sure of how this will affect his premises and whether it can be stabilised or will have to be demolished, depending on what happens to that building will also then decide the fate of the Street and Sport building

Street and Sport are clearing their building and have an engineer inspecting the premises today to evaluate it

RiderInBlack

10th September 2010, 10:56

Please Dudes & Dudettes, Please don't feed the Trolls here. I'm sure Chch could do without it. PD is always there if ya really need to shit stir:msn-wink:

onearmedbandit

10th September 2010, 11:05

Please Dudes & Dudettes, Please don't feed the Trolls here. I'm sure Chch could do without it. PD is always there if ya really need to shit stir:msn-wink:

Bro, those of us here are from ChCh. We need a break from everything, everywhere we go we see earthquake damage, everyone we talk to tells us a story of Saturday, every media outlet leads with stories on the event. This is a bit of a welcome break, a little bit of shit stirring, a bit of winding up. At the end of the day, if any of us needed help we'd be there.

RiderInBlack

10th September 2010, 11:18

Bro, those of us here are from ChCh. We need a break from everything, everywhere we go we see earthquake damage, everyone we talk to tells us a story of Saturday, every media outlet leads with stories on the event. This is a bit of a welcome break, a little bit of shit stirring, a bit of winding up. At the end of the day, if any of us needed help we'd be there.I know that some of ya need to de-stress by having something ta lash out at. No worries there is a place on KB for that. It called PD. Knock yaselves out and have fun. Just think ya could leave it off here IMHO.

neels

10th September 2010, 11:26

I know that some of ya need to de-stress by having something ta lash out at. No worries there is a place on KB for that. It called PD. Knock yaselves out and have fun. Just think ya could leave it off here IMHO.
Nah, it's no different to any other thread that smokeu posts pointless drivel in, after he's raced home from school and turned on his police scanner.

Could be worse, at least we're not dealing with arseholes like this
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10672368

mashman

10th September 2010, 11:32

Could be worse, at least we're not dealing with arseholes like this
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10672368

that's vile... why would you do that to someone that's trying to help you out... poor woman.

Gibbo89

10th September 2010, 11:41

that's vile... why would you do that to someone that's trying to help you out... poor woman.

young pregnany trashy slut/family.

people are already making chch look like shit with the looters and people pretending to be structual assessors and stealing items once in the home.

you need to i.d people etc before letting them in your home

mashman

10th September 2010, 12:04

young pregnany trashy slut/family.

people are already making chch look like shit with the looters and people pretending to be structual assessors and stealing items once in the home.

you need to i.d people etc before letting them in your home

fuckin pathetic that under a state of emergency, fucktards would rather use their energy to rip people off instead of helping them out... catch 'em and hang 'em by the ankles from the lamppost at the end of the road and hand sticks out to the residents to pinata the feckers.

onearmedbandit

10th September 2010, 12:09

Like we honour those who have made a positive contribution to rebuilding Christchurch, putting their pictures in the paper, interviewing them on TV, we should also 'honour' those who have taken the opportunity to steal from those that have suffered. I suggest they are marched through town when the city is totally reopened. Have an official day of reopening, celebrate the new beginning we've got a chance at, and march these fuckers right past everyone. And for those in the back who can't see, don't worry we'll have 105" plasma screens around so you too can identify those who took from you.

shrub

10th September 2010, 12:29

The building to the North of Pitlane to the corner is to be demolished, as they butt up against pit lane they are not sure of how this will affect his premises and whether it can be stabilised or will have to be demolished, depending on what happens to that building will also then decide the fate of the Street and Sport building

Street and Sport are clearing their building and have an engineer inspecting the premises today to evaluate it

That's a shame. Despite the problems I had with Street and Sport I always wanted to see that business succeed and losing those shops will have a negative impact on the Manchester St bike mecca.

Ronin

10th September 2010, 12:40

onearmedbandit

10th September 2010, 12:43

An afternoon in the stocks sounds like a good idea.

Yep, but bleeding heart liberals will claim they were displaced by the earthquake and society failed in providing for them then, so must act now by giving them support. Both our ideas would not make it past their first hearing.

Nasty

10th September 2010, 12:45

This is not the place to shit on each other. This is a supportive and informative thread.

Ronin

10th September 2010, 12:51

Yep, but bleeding heart liberals will claim they were displaced by the earthquake and society failed in providing for them then, so must act now by giving them support. Both our ideas would not make it past their first hearing.

Fuck em. Throw the bleeding heart liberals in there with them.

imdying

10th September 2010, 13:07

That one was a goody :D

onearmedbandit

10th September 2010, 13:09

Eh? I must have missed that one.

ellipsis

10th September 2010, 13:10

......some of us are lucky enough to be that busy that we dont have time to think about it yet....dont know if i want to....but some of those who i have heard of are ripping people off and not just the thieves, ...had call or two from the city asking for help, because they cannot afford the 200 bucks up front that a tradesman wanted before he would unload his tools....i do hope there are very few of those types....but they will keep, the scummy fucks....

imdying

10th September 2010, 13:27

Eh? I must have missed that one.Last red line on the drum :yes: Was big enough for the latest quake list to get updated:

Reference Number 3369825/G
Universal Time September 10 2010 at 1:10
NZ Standard Time Friday, September 10 2010 at 1:10 pm
Latitude, Longitude 43.66°S, 172.46°E
Focal Depth 15 km
Richter magnitude 3.5
Region Canterbury
Location

* 20 km north-east of Leeston
* 20 km south-west of Christchurch
* 30 km south-east of Darfield

Grumph

10th September 2010, 14:26

That's a shame. Despite the problems I had with Street and Sport I always wanted to see that business succeed and losing those shops will have a negative impact on the Manchester St bike mecca.

Don't worry too much - I'm an old fart and the shops that are there now aren't the ones that were there 20 years ago - and the buildings on the west side aren't the same now either.
That piece of Manchester St has always been iin a state of change
Bob Burns shop morphed into Tommy McCleary morphed into Casbolts etc....
Peter Knight senior I think developed some of that area.Not sure if the Knights are still landlords.

dangerous

10th September 2010, 17:40

Driving home from town I came up Telegraph Rd and crossed the fault line and it's rather :gob: the road has been shifted completely one lane across, almost defies belief when only a few days ago it was gun barrel straight. And seeing the next property along the road looking like it's been blown apart :shit:
FARK ME... (no TWR thats not an offer) how the hell did they get out of that place?

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robertvi

10th September 2010, 19:13

looks like duvauchelle hotel has had it :(
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the road to akaroa is fine though, a few bumps around halswell on the main road, but nothing apart from that. old taitapu road is looking rather sorry for itself

SMOKEU

10th September 2010, 19:17

. old taitapu road is looking rather sorry for itself

A MX bike would be good for that road.

Genie

10th September 2010, 19:28

FARK ME... (no TWR thats not an offer) how the hell did they get out of that place?

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It amazes how nobody was killed.

Grumph

10th September 2010, 19:33

I missed 'Nam - luck of the draw - but all I needed was hendrix on the stereo today...

Loud "thumps" in the near distance followed by shaking and the windows rattling... and a bloody squadron of choppers beetling round the neighbourhood.

The district has been invaded by geotechs from all over the world...and none of them prepared to lay money on when or if it will stop...

Update on Springfield pub - less damage than I was told - chimney down over the frontage

T.W.R

10th September 2010, 19:55

FARK ME... (no TWR thats not an offer) how the hell did they get out of that place?

Probably with one hell of a lot of luck :yes: either that or shot out thru the damage on a slick of shit :shutup:
Pretty impressive considering the big concrete prefab shed in front of it looks as if nothings happened, not sure if it's the same place that I heard mention of that had the fault line run directly through it....apparently there's a 4m open air hallway between the rooms :blink:

The next road over towards Burnham has a creater that ate the whole road :yes: and just up from the intersection by where you took those pics of Telegraph Rd around on Clintons Rd it was like an MX track with giant ripple strips for about 100m.

EJK

10th September 2010, 20:46

Hi, today in Kaiapoi while we student army was doing our job, one aged gentleman was walking around taking photos for us. He later posted them on Flickr for us to share.
Here is his link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32444582@N07/sets/72157624796702211/
(Named Diarmuid Toman)

As I'd like to send him an email (gift if possible) to show my gratitude and on behalf, I can not find his E-mail address anywhere. So I was wondering if anyone from here knew.

He has a contact of Damien_Toman (Flickr ID) whom seems to race bucket bikes. Can anyone here give me any information? Please PM me for I do not want to miss the good Samaritan.

Thanks in advance,

EJ

dangerous

10th September 2010, 20:51

looks like duvauchelle hotel has had it :( Well, this is what anoys me, yeah that last photo dosnt look hopefull... but im getting the vib after seeing the famous grouse in lincoln being demoed that a lot of unnesary destruction is being done. How come the demo is so fast, fence off and move on, no for some reason the evidance is being destroyed along with great buildings.

Have'in seen 1st hand the damage to twin skined red brick buildings I Know they are a acco waiting to happen... but there are ways around it like quake strethening, yip the average owner cant aford to do that so I feel the councils are choosing to remove any further issues and cover thier arses should they say alls ok and shit goes down.

Pretty impressive considering the big concrete prefab shed in front of it looks as if nothings happened, not sure if it's the same place that I heard mention of that had the fault line run directly through it....apparently there's a 4m open air hallway between the rooms :blink:
I'd say it is the one, the fault heads that way and that sort of damage when the other half of the house is in tact tells me it fell down a hole.

EJK

10th September 2010, 21:28

AllanB

10th September 2010, 22:02

a lot of unnecessary destruction is being done. How come the demo is so fast, fence off and move on

I'm hearing this a fair bit. I was talking to one of the crews a day or two ago - the inspectors have 100% authority in town to decide what stays.

I suspect, and it is purely a theory, that there is so much damage about that if they were attempting to try and retain or rebuild/restore the buildings it would be a decade before the city was back to 'normal' - there is simply not the capacity to attempt a restoration job this size.

The lincoln pub was reduced to a pile of rubble today, and I see the Tai Tapu pub is taped off.

rastuscat

10th September 2010, 22:33

Brooklands took a caning, didn't it.

I'm from just down the road, Spencerville, and my house is to fall.

Bugger.

onearmedbandit

10th September 2010, 23:18

Brooklands took a caning, didn't it.

I'm from just down the road, Spencerville, and my house is to fall.

Bugger.

Really sorry to hear that mate.

SMOKEU

10th September 2010, 23:22

Brooklands took a caning, didn't it.

I'm from just down the road, Spencerville, and my house is to fall.

Bugger.

I hope you have house insurance.

Grumph

11th September 2010, 06:22

T.W.R

11th September 2010, 07:29

The whole assessment thing is getting a bit strange away from the city. Hororata pub was assessed & condemned within 10hrs of the quake...but the local shop/garage has had literally hundreds of people through since and has major forecourt damage, foundation damage and a workshop that the owner is frankly hoping wll be written off...hasn't yet been looked at !!!

:shutup: The garage should be written off anyhow, it's a prime example of hick redneck operation & unsafe practice...plus they're rip-off merchants :yes:

Mayor Coe showed his face here on Thursday - going round the district so he could look virtuous at Tursday night's meeting at Darfield.. so The garage owner & I got stuck into him about asessors....he's media shy waste of space and will go at the next elections...
Federated Farmers have a ranking list of councils - Selwyn is bottom nationally. Explains why most of the relief effort and PR out here is coming from Fed Farmers....

Least you've seen the mayor :shit:
You saw that chick that was here on behalf of the council the other day...that's the only officaldom we've seen...I'm even a bit dubious about that too as there wasn't any insignia of who she represented.
Fed Farmers are just looking after their own :angry: had their rep turn up here Tues wanting donations :blink: fark-off we had our own problems to deal with.
They're just ass kissers for the nats anyhow so stuff them:angry:

Tried to speak to Historic Places about possible help/guidance if needed for our place but they are absolutely snowed under - the councils are not meeting resistance to condemming historic buildings because they can't be everywhere. The Selwyn council has always had a policy of covering it's own arse first so it's condemn to be on the safe side...

That is a concern but there's supposed to be something being designed at the moment to fast track the process hopefully from the powers that be

Iggy

11th September 2010, 07:50

I hope you have house insurance.

Gee thats really reassuring advice........you better get rid of your avatar, because the police,civil defence, st Johns, fire crews and the list goes on, ARE WHAT HAS HELPED GET THIS GREAT CITY OF OURS BACK ON TRACK.
I think your AVATAR is offensive to all the good citizens of this great city, in case you havent noticed, Kiwibikers in CHCH and Canterbury area, so piss off.

dangerous

11th September 2010, 08:29

Gee thats really reassuring advice........you better get rid of your avatar, because the police,civil defence, st Johns, fire crews and the list goes on, ARE WHAT HAS HELPED GET THIS GREAT CITY OF OURS BACK ON TRACK.
I think your AVATAR is offensive to all the good citizens of this great city, in case you havent noticed, Kiwibikers in CHCH and Canterbury area, so piss off. agrreed, but stand by Iggy this post and yours will end up in PD, something I am against, why sweep the shits of society under the mat they post it should stay.

imdying

11th September 2010, 09:25

Brooklands took a caning, didn't it.

I'm from just down the road, Spencerville, and my house is to fall.

Bugger.That's shit... you need somewhere to stay?

Was sitting at the lights this morning, thinking that I must be going crazy through paranoia, as the car was swaying at the lights... but yeah sure enough, 4.2 @ 5km :laugh:

Kickaha

11th September 2010, 09:31

4.2 @ 5km :laugh:

Must be a lot worse in Chch as I'm not feeling anything below about 4.5 out here

imdying

11th September 2010, 09:42

Must be a lot worse in Chch as I'm not feeling anything below about 4.5 out hereWas very minor, just a gentle sway. It's pretty much the same here, most I don't even feel now except for an odd feeling now and then. It's only the sharp ones that make themselves known.

AllanB

11th September 2010, 09:42

Must be a lot worse in Chch as I'm not feeling anything below about 4.5 out here

No worries, we are quite happy to send it all your way!

You'll have to thank your Kaiapoi cousins for taking one up the rear.

It is a funny old thing this quake - zero damage in some areas, total in others. The boffins will be studying it for years to come.

It is weird having a shake in the car - it just wobbles on it's suspenders, I'm thinking of ordering a few hundred Ohlins units and setting the house up on them.

imdying

11th September 2010, 09:48

It is weird having a shake in the car - it just wobbles on it's suspendersThat describes it about right. Wouldn't have felt it if the car was moving.

Kickaha

11th September 2010, 10:02

It is a funny old thing this quake - zero damage in some areas, total in others. The boffins will be studying it for years to come.

There is zero damage in Rangiora but 8-10km down the road in Kaiapoi it's suffered substantial damage, I think you'll find it is all to do with the type of ground the different places are built on

SMOKEU

11th September 2010, 10:09

far queue

11th September 2010, 10:09

Grumph

11th September 2010, 10:17

Must be a lot worse in Chch as I'm not feeling anything below about 4.5 out here

I'm surprised a sidecar passenger can feel anything - thought that wasn't neccessary for the job.

Be thankful it wasn't in working hours and you're not buried under tyres...

Kickaha

11th September 2010, 13:23

I'm surprised a sidecar passenger can feel anything - thought that wasn't neccessary for the job.

You'd be surprised what you have to feel to race one of those things, unless it's a classic then anyone can do it

Be thankful it wasn't in working hours and you're not buried under tyres...

We didn't have a single rack come down anywhere even with one place I checked having racks not attached to the walls, although you could see witness marks where they'd walked around a bit

HenryDorsetCase

11th September 2010, 13:28

Spent yesterday tidying up at work, putting shit back blah blah.

We had a couple of filing cabinets tip up, and some big heavy bookshelves didnt tip but either they (or the building) swayed at least 50mm: there is a cable conduit skirting thing 50mm wide at floor level and the cabinet is against that, and there are marks in the gib where the corner has smacked the wall.. (which accounts for the contents being on the floor....)

interesting times in property lor presently, either for vendor or purchaser.

robertvi

11th September 2010, 15:01

quake magnitudes from august 20th till today

218373

ellipsis

11th September 2010, 15:07

quake magnitudes from august 20th till today

218373

....very much resembles the scratches in my sons bikes fairings after one of my racing bikes leaned on it and went beserk for 60 seconds...

dangerous

11th September 2010, 18:25

Just had the local plumber around to have a look at making my mains repair permanent. He's also registered with the council as an assessor so had a look around the house and said "don't be surprised if they decide to build you a new one" Bloody surprised me alright. He pointed out a lot of damage I'd missed - cracks, movement, etc. Still getting my head around what he said. The house is safe enough to live in ... at least he didn't say it wasn't!
And I have since over rulled... your joints fine, will need repair and piles checked, a weak ground structure runs under your house, road damage is high near you but the ground suprisingly dry.

I think you'll find it is all to do with the type of ground the different places are built on yip that and old twin brick construction areas, as for ya ground type, what the hell did they expect building on filled swamp lands.

Was very minor, just a gentle sway. It's pretty much the same here, most I don't even feel now except for an odd feeling now and then. It's only the sharp ones that make themselves known.
same, just got used to em i spose, seem to have lost my sea legs days ago

frogfeaturesFZR

11th September 2010, 18:52

Heading down your way Monday as part of Work
& Incomes 'emergency response' team.
Just how bad is central Christchurch ?

dangerous

11th September 2010, 19:26

Heading down your way Monday as part of Work
& Incomes 'emergency response' team.
Just how bad is central Christchurch ?
its ok, just looks like a lot of building sites, worse out in some of the suberbs

maxf

11th September 2010, 21:43

Very sad, especially as that included Pit Lane and MCDU

Haven't seen them, but gotta remember too that a red sticker isn't necessarily a death certificate - could just be something simple/stupid like not having the loo... hope it isn't PL, they've been my choice for the last 3 sets of tyres and hopefully will be there for more times to come!!

PS - with all the city people, has anyone ever seen/heard of this particular ECAN gem before? ("Solid Facts - Christchurch Liquefaction")
http://ecan.govt.nz/publications/General/solid-facts-christchurch-liquefaction.pdf

shrub

11th September 2010, 23:03

Haven't seen them, but gotta remember too that a red sticker isn't necessarily a death certificate - could just be something simple/stupid like not having the loo... hope it isn't PL, they've been my choice for the last 3 sets of tyres and hopefully will be there for more times to come!!

I understand that there is some structural damage but the worst is next door. Don has been muttering about selling his business so it wouldn't surprise me if he didn't close the door and pack his bags. Which would be a loss to the Christchurch motorcycle scene.

maxf

12th September 2010, 00:16

...so it wouldn't surprise me if he didn't close the door and pack his bags.

If he did I don't think he'll be the only one, sadly ... but you can't blame anyone for making that choice, it's their right and a lot of small sole proprietor outfits will be sorely tempted to cash-up after any payout, I'd be guessing... I'm just hoping that it doesn't get to any stage of businesses being virtually forced into that "just not worth it" decision scenario by escalated insurance premiums (either direct or via rents).

Oh well, at least it was a fine day today. Got to keep positive too. :innocent:

helenoftroy

12th September 2010, 00:26

Went on an adventure ride over the peninsular with the Dark Side boys yesterdays....was awesome,just what I needed,bolstered the mood hugely!God I am so pleased I still have a bike to ride:yes:

Will hear early next week on the fate of the Ducati,Fiat goes to panelbeaters when loan car available

Im in limbo with the house till its assessed,marseilles tile roof has been quite extensively damaged,house is getting water damage despite patched/tarped roof and 1/2 the tarps/buckets in CHCH in my roof space

Working through the two page list of breakages getting quotes & valuations:no:

helenoftroy

12th September 2010, 05:37

Brooklands took a caning, didn't it.

I'm from just down the road, Spencerville, and my house is to fall.

Bugger.

So very sad & sorry to hear this rastuscat

My heart goes out to you.....

KiwiPhoenix

12th September 2010, 09:47

Big huggs to everyone!! :love: My thoughts are with everyone just now!

Animal

12th September 2010, 10:50

You guys are all in my thoughts. Hope things settle down soon.

T.W.R

12th September 2010, 18:33

dangerous

12th September 2010, 19:49

Well Well the poster Bro's for the quake get their wings clipped for milking the system

http://www.3news.co.nz/Quake-family-say-eviction-unfair-and-embarrassing/tabid/423/articleID/175604/Default.aspx

:angry:

“I saw something on the window on Thursday night but I didn't have my reading glasses to go up to the window and start looking.”

I bet if it said 'free DB inside' he could have read it blindfolded

Grumph

12th September 2010, 20:09

Loved the cap too - ROGUE - bit of a giveaway I thought...

Hey TWR - our ever vigilant mayor says there's only about 60 damaged buildings in Selwyn...

We suspect that figure is from the civil defense - and no one is asking them to look at buildings as they will redcard at the drop of a hat..
Surely EQC can supply figures for the claims made - broken down by area.

T.W.R

12th September 2010, 20:22

“I saw something on the window on Thursday night but I didn't have my reading glasses to go up to the window and start looking.”

I bet if it said 'free DB inside' he could have read it blindfolded

:laugh: maybe it was, choice bro I'll rip this place off, oh hang it's my own place :shifty:

Though his comment when asked about thoughts of being harrassed by the police because of their gang affiliations :shutup: "Oh bro I'm known to the police all over the world :slap: typical sootie :bash:

Hey TWR - our ever vigilant mayor says there's only about 60 damaged buildings in Selwyn...

We suspect that figure is from the civil defense - and no one is asking them to look at buildings as they will redcard at the drop of a hat..
Surely EQC can supply figures for the claims made - broken down by area.

:oi-grr: maybe 60 in his own street. Civil Defense who are they ?? :scratch: have only seen one of their vehicles over the whole of last week and that was a fleeting view as it barrelled down Ridgens Rd towards where the GNS have set-up their monitors :blink:
I'd say EQC will come out with more accurate figures once the dust settles

far queue

12th September 2010, 20:23

Surely EQC can supply figures for the claims made - broken down by area.You mean like this (http://www.eqc.govt.nz/insurance/recent-events.aspx)?

Grumph

12th September 2010, 20:31

Thanks for the link - given the relative populations of ChCh & Selwyn I think we've taken more damage proportionately....

Nearly vandalised a Coe billboard today.....found out yesterday our area hasn't had a Civil Defense coordinator for over a year...

Aryaeil

12th September 2010, 20:56

I've had the Duke roped to the garage rafters ever since the first quake just to be safe. The akaroa road is still in good nick if you need to let of some steam. Went over to Akaroa yesterday. The summit road from the Cabstand round to Little Akaloa is covered in grit so not really worth going on.

FJRider

12th September 2010, 21:01

The good news is ... the roads in Central Otago are just fine, as my little mate KP found yesterday. A road-trip on her bike may be coming up ...

A plan may be forming ....

scumdog

12th September 2010, 21:05

“I saw something on the window on Thursday night but I didn't have my reading glasses to go up to the window and start looking.”

I bet if it said 'free DB inside' he could have read it blindfolded

And a legend in his own lunchtime..:

"He thinks the reason they were kicked out of the welfare centre is because of gang affiliations.

He says he is “known to police worldwide”.

Mwahaha, 'known to police worldwide' - sorry to tell ya ding-a-ling, the world extends beyond Amberley and Templeton

Number One

13th September 2010, 21:34

He says he is “known to police worldwide”.

WOW he must be TOTALLY INTERNATIONAL!!!! :lol:

T.W.R

15th September 2010, 09:55

We suspect that figure is from the civil defense - and no one is asking them to look at buildings as they will redcard at the drop of a hat..
Surely EQC can supply figures for the claims made - broken down by area.

Just had two representives of the Selwyn Council arrive and do a building inspection :yes: circumstantial maybe, but we'd been on the ph yesterday asking when and what the procedures would be (Civil defense are manning the phs on the council's behalf though).

The senior rep said currently they've got 5 pages of lists themselves to do, so depending on how many they've got out doing the job, they've got a few days work ahead of them.

We got GREEN but I didn't think we'd have any issues anyhow

onearmedbandit

15th September 2010, 10:04

Great news T.W.R. The squeaking wheel gets the grease huh.

T.W.R

15th September 2010, 10:11

Great news T.W.R. The squeaking wheel gets the grease huh.

:shutup: Just a bit of a tweak in the right direction :shifty:

Grumph

15th September 2010, 12:55

Still nothing here but there have been sightings of assessors....rare beasts..

Hororata Garage got a yellow - we are not optimistic, aftershocks continue to spread cracks and upstairs ceilings - original matchlining - are coming off the beams. front wall is bulging too...
Doing a major move of furniture tomorrow to lighten the top storey as much as possible - and make the walls more visible to check for damage.
On the bright side - the septic tank seems to be in one piece..

Gibbo89

15th September 2010, 12:59

does anyone get the feeling the aftershocks seem to happen more at night? well the larger ones seem to happen at night anyway

dangerous

15th September 2010, 20:56

Grumph

16th September 2010, 06:20

Yes, thanks for the offer but we'd already had a builder and his architect look at it. At that point it was looking straightforward but the aftershocks have continued to inflict damage to the point that I anticipate a yellow with an inspection from a structural engineer to follow.

We may fall into the awkward category where EQC assess and make an offer to cover the estimated repair costs and we have to make a guess as to whether this will cover the inevitable unforseen hidden structural damage also...
Short of pulling the weatherboards off it's impossible to know what damage we'll find.

They may of course decide repair is not cost effective.

used2Bfast

16th September 2010, 06:31

does anyone get the feeling the aftershocks seem to happen more at night? well the larger ones seem to happen at night anyway
ill second that :sweatdrop

Kickaha

16th September 2010, 06:42

does anyone get the feeling the aftershocks seem to happen more at night? well the larger ones seem to happen at night anyway

I think it may be that you're more likely to notice them at night when you're in bed or sitting down watching TV, rather than moving around during the day

There's been several I've felt at night but missed some the same magnitude during the day while I've been walking around

jim.cox

16th September 2010, 13:57

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dangerous

17th September 2010, 06:17

Grumph

17th September 2010, 06:55

Yeah - a pretty busy night. The wife thought a bus had hit the corner of the house at midnight - the 4.4 was on our own local fault again, 20k SW of Darfield.

Genie

17th September 2010, 08:05

shit what a rocking night...

7:35 pm Magnitude: 3.7
9:20 pm Magnitude: 3.1
10:28 pm Magnitude: 3.9
10:33 pm Magnitude: 3.9
10:36 pm Magnitude: 4.1
10:56 pm Magnitude: 4.4
11:09 pm Magnitude: 3.4
11:23 pm Magnitude: 3.1
0:08 am Magnitude: 4.4
1:32 am Magnitude: 3.4

An on going illness knocks me out for a 6 till the morning as it did last night at 6:30, but fark I was woken regually with all those shakes

Oh sweets, those little shakes are just going on for a while, wonder just what is gong on underneath ya all down there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=346gKXwuTe4&feature=related

helenoftroy

17th September 2010, 12:44

Just home from Orthopaedic Surgeon,need an arthroscopy for a torn cartilage(twisted knee when thrown out of bed...lifting the Ducati of my car didnt help either!)Not looking hopefull that I will be racing at Greymouth Labour weekend....:crybaby:

On a positive note....the bathroom,toilet and laundry are looking sweet:yes:
Roofer doing makeshift repairs to make my roof watertight today...$600 cash!

Still no sign of any assessors.....

The daffodils & cherry blossom are looking lovely:sunny:

Gutted for two nephews and my best friend & their families,their houses are to be demolished

Genie

17th September 2010, 13:36

I've been asked if, in my capacity as a Genie, I can please stop the shaking. It's gonna take me some mighty power but I'll see what I can do.

In the meantime...I'm thinking of each and everyone of you.

neels

17th September 2010, 14:05

I've been asked if, in my capacity as a Genie, I can please stop the shaking.
I'm not so worried about the shaking, the large lump of soggy sand that our house is on seems to damp the aftershocks quite nicely, we just get a gentle rolling with associated creaking of the house.

I am getting pissed off with the rain though, if you could do something about that it would be appreciated. How is the large pile of silt behind my house supposed to dry up and blow away by itself when it keeps getting rained on :angry: I really don't want shovel it all up because I'll end up shovelling up my lime chip path with it as well, it looks nice but it's an arse to get silt out of.

Gibbo89

17th September 2010, 14:41

I'm not so worried about the shaking, the large lump of soggy sand that our house is on seems to damp the aftershocks quite nicely, we just get a gentle rolling with associated creaking of the house.

I am getting pissed off with the rain though, if you could do something about that it would be appreciated. How is the large pile of silt behind my house supposed to dry up and blow away by itself when it keeps getting rained on :angry: I really don't want shovel it all up because I'll end up shovelling up my lime chip path with it as well, it looks nice but it's an arse to get silt out of.

i was round at my uncles shovelling the silt into wheel barrows then putting them on the side of the road, the council went around picking it up on one of the days i was there, now the rest of it is just sitting there. hopefully someone will go collect it soon. i spent hours moving that crap, not fun at all. i suggest hot wiring a bobcat

far queue

17th September 2010, 19:16

... Still no sign of any assessors.....I rang EQC today to get an idea of when I might see someone and was told that as I'm weather tight and not about to fall down it'll be several weeks before I see anyone. That's fine, was just after an indication. You may be in a similar position?

Also had my temporary water main repairs made permanent yesterday by the plumber I arranged. Have still heard nothing from the council RE the break I reported to them - as far as they know I still have no water!

helenoftroy

17th September 2010, 20:49

I rang EQC today to get an idea of when I might see someone and was told that as I'm weather tight and not about to fall down it'll be several weeks before I see anyone. That's fine, was just after an indication. You may be in a similar position?

Also had my temporary water main repairs made permanent yesterday by the plumber I arranged. Have still heard nothing from the council RE the break I reported to them - as far as they know I still have no water!

You did well getting an indication of time from EQC,up till today my house wasn't weather tight and I had no joy with my phone calls to them!

Rather ironic that CCC sent an inspector to me today to check/sign off my new logburner that was installed day before quake!:crazy:

maxf

17th September 2010, 22:02

Short of pulling the weatherboards off it's impossible to know what damage we'll find.

They may of course decide repair is not cost effective.

Dunno if it'd work, but would be worth checking if anyone does it... what about laparascopic (keyhole fibre optic) inspection - like they do with the drains, but the shorter ones they use by hand to inspect cylinders with the head still on (thru the plug hole)...? Guessing that could be done thru a pluggable hole in the cladding and would show up gaps/shearing/splintering as well as if the boards were off.

Anyway, an idea, maybe. Hope you get something definite fast, too.

Subike

17th September 2010, 22:50

A FREE concert, just for us Cantabrians, is coming to Christchurch on October 23rd!
The massive line up contains a strong Christchurch contingent including...
- Anika Moa
- Opshop
- The Feelers
- Dane Rumble
- J Williams
- Dave Dobbyn
- The Exponents

WHEN: October 23rd from 12 noon until 10pm, televised live from 6pm - 8pm.
WHERE: North Hagley Park, Christchurch
HOW MUCH: FREE FREE FREE!

Jason Kerrison, OpShop frontman, explains "It's been overwhelming how many people have wanted to become involved in this project. Since I've been home I've really noticed how shook up people are by the earthquake," Kerrison said.

"You don't realise how much when you're not here on the ground. I hope this concert will be a chance for the people of Christchurch to both let off some steam and know that the rest of the country is behind them 100 percent."

A good thing for you to take the kids too, or just to have a change in a happier enviroment!

Subike

17th September 2010, 22:54

Special 'earthquake match' to be free admission
Canterbury vs Wellington - 25 September 2010

The special 'earthquake match', which kicks off at the family friendly time of 2.35pm, will still be ticketed.

Free tickets will be available at www.ticketdirect.co.nz from midday on Monday, September 20, and we urge you to get your tickets as early as possible from this time as a large crowd is expected.

All public sales already made for the match will be refunded by TicketDirect if the purchaser wishes.

Enjoy the Game!!!!!

Grumph

18th September 2010, 06:18

Dunno if it'd work, but would be worth checking if anyone does it... what about laparascopic (keyhole fibre optic) inspection - like they do with the drains, but the shorter ones they use by hand to inspect cylinders with the head still on (thru the plug hole)...? Guessing that could be done thru a pluggable hole in the cladding and would show up gaps/shearing/splintering as well as if the boards were off.

Anyway, an idea, maybe. Hope you get something definite fast, too.

An interesting idea - I'd imagine this would work in a lot of buildings and will probably be used on hollow stone constructions. The original side of the house where most visible damage is - and we suspect hidden structural damage - is weatherboard with internal lath & plaster. The kicker is that the spaces appear to be packed with local clay....presumably a crude form of insulation.
I'm assuming now that if assessors say - fixable - then the weatherboards will have to come off the bulged front wall as a minimum.
EQC say their priorities for assessors are firstly non weathertight buildings - around 2000 they say - then the structurally suspect. Around the same number of them too.
All we can do is wait philosophicaly - but try & tell my wife that.....
If aftershocks keep extending the cracks as they are doing it's going to be a moot point anyway.

dangerous

18th September 2010, 07:08

Short of pulling the weatherboards off it's impossible to know what damage we'll find..

what point is removing weather boards?
A weather board house is the best construction IMHO, if a lintel has moved so will aa weather board, and this is highly unlikely.

Underground

18th September 2010, 10:11

Just home from Orthopaedic Surgeon,need an arthroscopy for a torn cartilage(twisted knee when thrown out of bed...lifting the Ducati of my car didnt help either!)Not looking hopefull that I will be racing at Greymouth Labour weekend....:crybaby:

Who'd have thought that lying in bed would end up being more dangerous than motorcycle racing ?
Hope this 'arthroscopy' doesnt lay you up for too long , what ever that involves , the word sounds painful enough for me :eek5:

Kickaha

18th September 2010, 10:59

Just home from Orthopaedic Surgeon,need an arthroscopy for a torn cartilage(twisted knee when thrown out of bed...lifting the Ducati of my car didnt help either!)Not looking hopeful that I will be racing at Greymouth Labour weekend....:crybaby:

When I had mine done I was back on the Sidecar in about 3-4 weeks so it depends on when you get it done, you could always put it off until after Greymouth

Only felt one here today and that was the 4.5 at 10am

maxf

18th September 2010, 14:57

An interesting idea - I'd imagine this would work in a lot of buildings and will probably be used on hollow stone constructions. The original side of the house where most visible damage is - and we suspect hidden structural damage - is weatherboard with internal lath & plaster. The kicker is that the spaces appear to be packed with local clay....presumably a crude form of insulation.
I'm assuming now that if assessors say - fixable - then the weatherboards will have to come off the bulged front wall as a minimum.
EQC say their priorities for assessors are firstly non weathertight buildings - around 2000 they say - then the structurally suspect. Around the same number of them too.
All we can do is wait philosophicaly - but try & tell my wife that.....
If aftershocks keep extending the cracks as they are doing it's going to be a moot point anyway.

Didn't know about the clay, had thought about batts afterwards, but hell, just trying to give some hope/options...

And re telling your wife and the waiting, all I can think of is take really good care of each other - you know each other best! - and when you're really in it just say "F**k it!" and try to get away. Things aren't going to go as fast as anyone hopes - blame aftershocks, bureaucracy, materials/labour shortages, whatever - so everyone is going to need their blow-off strategies for the next few months for the hard slog until things get more settled and positive.

Sorry, here endeth the lesson. Take care, good luck...

Livvy

18th September 2010, 19:16

Genie

18th September 2010, 19:38

I'm living over near the Uni, our apartment got away just fine. Not sure about my flatmate though, poor girl was terrified - went back to her parents' in Nelson for a week to relax.

I myself missed the big'un (and was gutted) but the aftershocks I've all enjoyed.

Hey her name is not Sophie is it? My friend's daughter came home as it's been doing her poor head in. Stay sane down there, it must be a little hard.

Livvy

18th September 2010, 19:52

Hey her name is not Sophie is it? My friend's daughter came home as it's been doing her poor head in. Stay sane down there, it must be a little hard.

Nup, not a Sophie - but she's still pissed I keep teasing her about being scared of the aftershocks. I think all my time spent around bikers has left me a veteran to natural and not-so-natural disasters, haha.

helenoftroy

20th September 2010, 00:22

Who'd have thought that lying in bed would end up being more dangerous than motorcycle racing ?
Hope this 'arthroscopy' doesnt lay you up for too long , what ever that involves , the word sounds painful enough for me :eek5:
I will be a new bionic woman for the Dusty Butt!!:msn-wink:

When I had mine done I was back on the Sidecar in about 3-4 weeks so it depends on when you get it done, you could always put it off until after Greymouth

Yes!!
that - dear man, is a simply excellent idea:niceone:
....will be 3 weeks for ACC to come to party then I will try and get my surgeon to do me straight after Labour weekend

far queue

20th September 2010, 09:03

Here's (http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/months-eqc-settle-claims-3787473) an update from EQC on expected delays.

Ghost_Bullet

20th September 2010, 13:07

The Bullet Bunker is somewhat isolated up here just north of the Mak river, which has been great for keeping the kids calm and getting back to normal routines.
I missed the quake experience being at the Cold Kiwi... so alas last nights shock the rolled through home at 00.30 this morning was exciting for me, the sound of it hauling towards us, and go through the house was kinda spectacular... though in saying that, Mrs Bullet (whom was home alone with the shrapnel for the big one), lay in bed terrified with thoughts going back a couple of weeks.

It appears that all is going to take some time to get back to a kinda of "normal" and no doubt many will be looking at options of moving away from the area.
Kinda grounding it is, though no one died in the quake, the aftermath will kill the dreams and lifestyle's of many for some time.

oldrider

20th September 2010, 14:10

NZ is constantly on the move, the only variation is by how much!

There is nowhere to run to and hide from earthquakes in NZ, it's the reason the country is here! :eek:

The Pacific plate folds "under" the North Island (Australian plate) tending to lift it up and most of the South Island (Pacific plate) lifts up as it folds "over" the Australian plate!

To suggest that NZ is a somewhat "twisted nation" is probably not too far from the truth!

Satellite measurements indicate the Pacific plate advances in a South Westerly direction by about 40mm per year!

Try to enjoy the trip! :niceone:

Oakie

20th September 2010, 20:20

NZ is constantly on the move, the only variation is by how much!

Hey there John. Did you know that Ohau A powerstation is built on a small faultline? Apparantly the station twists along it's length by a fraction each year. One of my co-workers on Twizel was responsible for monitoring it. Shhh. Don't tell anyone.

oldrider

20th September 2010, 21:09

Hey there John. Did you know that Ohau A powerstation is built on a small faultline? Apparantly the station twists along it's length by a fraction each year. One of my co-workers on Twizel was responsible for monitoring it. Shhh. Don't tell anyone.

Hmmm, so is Aviemore and Clyde and...........shhhh, people will worry! :eek:

neels

20th September 2010, 21:22

Satellite measurements indicate the Pacific plate advances in a South Westerly direction by about 40mm per year!

Try to enjoy the trip! :niceone:
It's not where we're going, it's the bumpy ride that people are objecting to. :eek:

Oakie

21st September 2010, 08:00

Hmmm, so is Aviemore and Clyde and...........shhhh, people will worry! :eek:

True! And I guess your Clyde beats my Ohau A too! Oops. Shhhh.

SDU

21st September 2010, 14:18

With all this rolling around, Rolleston might end up moving more than the 3 metres away from Kaiapoi it did on the 4th:gob:

mashman

21st September 2010, 14:51

looks like some of you may be eligible for rates rebates (http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/7985179/rates-rebate-for-quake-affected/)... every little helps :)

neels

21st September 2010, 16:03

looks like some of you may be eligible for rates rebates (http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/7985179/rates-rebate-for-quake-affected/)... every little helps :)
I wonder if I get a rates rebate because the roads and sewer don't work where I live? Mind you the City Care guys have been working their arses off getting it sorted, so I guess probably not so they can pay their overtime.

And I see there are the usual moron comments that you get on a yahoo page :blink:

Oakie

21st September 2010, 20:23

Mind you the City Care guys have been working their arses off getting it sorted,

Yep, credit where it's due. The roadies have got my Anzac Drive commute open again too. Still a bit bumpy in places but plenty of time for finishing touches later. Looks like the poo-ponds got a bit of a pounding too where the culverts go under the road. Lots of heavy gear in there at the moment.

neels

22nd September 2010, 15:01

Holy crap.

http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=120151&fm=psp,tst

A year is a long time to be using a portaloo......

And yes the pun was intended :bleh:

Grumph

22nd September 2010, 19:35

The sewers in that area are big mothas. I was living on Avonside Drive as a kid when most of the current scheme was put in. There's a huge pipeline comes across the river at Morris St which comes from up St Albans way somewhere and continues down through Dallington etc. It took something like 3 years to put in and it's a ferking long way down too...so if the system is working again inside a year it's damm good going.

Amazingly we've had the EQC assessors here - and as we predicted they are now to send a structural engineer out.
Their predicted timetable was - engineer in about 2 months, report, then they reckon we can start work in about 6 months....
Reached the right person at EQC and that may change... The last stage in the triage of damage is the over/under 115,000 figure. If over they can throw the claim to the insurance company to manage. If the engineer says our chimney has to go there's so much internal bracing/rebuilding to do it should be over the threshold and they'll happily hand us over to AMI...

Remember - it's the squeaky wheel...Gerry Brownlie's office seems to carry some clout with EQC.

helenoftroy

2nd October 2010, 20:26

Its a month now....

Still a waiting game for me,waiting for EQC then I will be in the same boat as Grumph and will have to wait for a structural engineers report too

Is it 10s of thousands?,or over 100,000?......:no:

On a slightly brighter note my Ducati is being repaired atm & my car finally goes to the panelbeaters on Monday

dangerous

2nd October 2010, 21:04

Is it 10s of thousands?,or over 100,000?......:no:

$30k and you will get change... new roof, bit a plumbing work (if not already done) bit a stopping and a paint, up the floor in the bedroom and patio relevel and new carpet.
Look out that old dig will get another 100yrs.

helenoftroy

2nd October 2010, 21:10

$30k and you will get change... new roof, bit a plumbing work (if not already done) bit a stopping and a paint, up the floor in the bedroom and patio relevel and new carpet.
Look out that old dig will get another 100yrs.

So hope your right D!!

Party central will live to "rock N roll" again?:rockon:

far queue

3rd October 2010, 15:47

I had a visit from EQC this afternoon. They had a good look around and said that someone from geotech will have to come for a second look due to the ground damage I’ve got. So no final decision for a while yet, but they said it’s looking like the house will be fixed and the garage/workshop replaced.

They also said a neighbours house "is munted" and will be demolished, and I know of another one round the corner that's coming down.

One of the EQC guys is down from Tauranga and the other one is over from Oz. The aussies are coming over in 3 week rotations and he said there's another 150 of them waiting to come over if they're needed. There's a few of the EQC guys doing the area - they didn't call in because I'd made a claim but just because they're checking out the area. They didn't know about my claim, I had to tell them. It's just lucky I was home I guess.

Good luck Helen. Just a thought - you may want to ask your neighbours to give you a ring on your mobile if they spot the EQC guys in the area while you're at work so you can shoot home for them.

Grumph

3rd October 2010, 18:27

The two guys who came out to us made an appointment first...but we're out of town.
A team leader up from Invercargill - and annoyed at missing the Stadium Southland collapse.
And an experienced builder down from Foxton Beach.

Now like so many others we wait for EECA's chimney expert who is apparently a structural engineer too.

helenoftroy

17th October 2010, 02:30

Yesterday was a great day!:yes:

6 weeks after the quake and I got visited by EQC.Three men - one a kiwi working in the States(a loss adjuster)an Australian,and a Hamilton builder.

They spent 2 & 1/2hrs here and were awesome -said my house was fixable!Garage will prolly need replacing and its uncertain yet if costs will be under $100,000 or over....

Know that its going to be a long slow process but Im just hugely relieved that my house will live:sunny:

Thoughts with you others still awaiting decisions......

Grumph

17th October 2010, 05:32

The EQC team approach is working very well. They are certainly thorough.
friends at Aylesbury had had their insurance companies assessor out who judged their house repairable.
The EQC assessors looked deeper - found the damage the original assessor had missed and the house is now a writeoff...
I think that this may possibly be reasonably common as the first people in after the quake were usually civil defence volounteers - not experts.

doc

17th October 2010, 06:19

dangerous

17th October 2010, 06:50

They spent 2 & 1/2hrs here and were awesome -said my house was fixable!Garage will prolly need replacing and its uncertain yet if costs will be under $100,000 or over....

Know that its going to be a long slow process but Im just hugely relieved that my house will live:sunny:gee... so my opion ment nothing, dont worry I wont judge your nursing skills hehehe ;)
ps: not that I looked at your garage but it seemed fine at a glance?

Ferk you must be getting sick of the aftershocks. They must be making some of the damage worse? Might go down the West Coast to the Caltins Rally. So as to avoid the Canterbury rabble who must be getting a bit grumpy about it now.
yes and no, sure every rumble and ya thing what now but theres sure as hell no reason to be grumpy, its not like the city was leveled, tiz a part of life, I for one have other issues making me grumpy like on going health and sick kids... those grumpy like you say generally must have it sweet if after shocks is all they winge about. (excluding the Kaiopoi and avonside resadents)

Genie

17th October 2010, 07:05

So hope your right D!!

Party central will live to "rock N roll" again?:rockon:

Rock 'n' Roll, good way to put it :lol:

I'm glad to see your house will be saved.

I wonder though, with all the aftershocks doing more damage every time what new damage is being done. Not just your home, a friend was there in the holidays and while there experienced an aftershock and watched cracks appear right in front of her eyes

Ghost_Bullet

17th October 2010, 08:39

aftershock and watched cracks appear right in front of her eyes

I think that can happen even after just a few bourbans. Rallys can be much like aftershocks.... actually in effect Bikers are hardened for acts of nature.

"Mud slides"=one heck of a wet rally site, (I'll just pitch the tent where ever the bike ends up)
"Volcanic Eruption"=Way to much to drink, and the ole stomach ruptures sending a nights "magma" sky ward.
"Tsunami"= Damn it, trip in the bunny hole, and there goes me drink.
"Avalanche"=Damn that side stand sank into the ground and that entire row of bikes went down.
"Tornadoe"=woodybee
"Heat Wave"=Strippers
"Drought"=The bar just ran dry
"Famine"=the food caravan just ran out of whitebait

And one could go on.

Genie

17th October 2010, 08:50

Education is a grand thing, thank you Mr GB.

far queue

17th October 2010, 16:33

... Might go down the West Coast to the Caltins Rally. So as to avoid the Canterbury rabble who must be getting a bit grumpy about it now.You sure you want to risk the extra distance? You're bound to end up pushing it :whistle:

scumdog

17th October 2010, 19:19

You sure you want to risk the extra distance? You're bound to end up pushing it :whistle:

Don't worry, he's good at pushing it - and not just bikes...

FJRider

17th October 2010, 19:37

Ferk you must be getting sick of the aftershocks. They must be making some of the damage worse? Might go down the West Coast to the Caltins Rally. So as to avoid the Canterbury rabble who must be getting a bit grumpy about it now.

It's a better route anyways .... :yes:

except if you're on a Harley ... :blink:

in the rain ... :shit:

and pushing it .... :facepalm:

neels

18th October 2010, 10:50

Hmmm, so the status of my claim on the EQC website has changed from being processed to loaded successfully.

Anyone know what that means?

It's for contents only as they missed it off the original claim, and nobody on the phone seemed to be able to change an existing claim so they told me to put a new one in. I'm hoping it might mean some money is on it's way for a new telly.

No more news on the house since the assessors came, I wonder when we'll hear what it's fate will be :wait::wait:

Grumph

18th October 2010, 12:52

When the assessors finished they should have given you an indication - either yes, it's fixable - or we still have to send an engineer, keep waiting...

For a TV - go see the emergency grant people, no questions asked as to what you want it for...and non refundable too. If for instance I had a bunch of screaming kids and no TV, I'd consider that an essential.

Genie

18th October 2010, 17:30

Oakie

18th October 2010, 18:38

Well I finally got motivated enough to undo the shelving I put in a few years ago to expose then manhole so I could go under the house and inspect my piles. Sorry, the piles under my house. Not a lot of fun with a crawlspace of about 80 or 90 cm and in close to complete darkness. Bloody hard to manouevre and use the torch to see what I wanted to see. Then I had the bright idea of grabbing my rather good camera and sitting in one spot taking photos eventually covering 360 degrees. Turns out the range of the flash covered the whole underfloor and the autofocus worked a treat giving me a way better look than I could have got without spending a very uncomfortable half hour or so under there. Just a matter of hoping out then and downloading the photos on the PC where a quick review showed that all piles are still doing their job with no sign of damage. Bloody relief that!
I think that that just leaves me with superficial damage to attend to. (Cracks where ceiling and wall panels have separated slightly.) I have a few cracks in the mortar between the concrete block cladding of the house but I guess there's not much to be done about that but seal them up.

AllanB

18th October 2010, 18:51

No one for EQC my way yet. But MrsB did have a nice chat to a helpful person on the phone last week who ensured her we are on a list. Mind you pointless fixing anything with the amount of wobbles still going on.

I called the council today regarding the stream running through my property that is now narrower than it was (plus the land appears to be lower around it) - most likely going to cause flooding issues in the future. She was concerned I'd not called earlier and apparently someone will be around in the next 2 days to have a look. Should be interesting.

Gibbo89

18th October 2010, 20:24

Well I finally got motivated enough to expose the manhole so I could go under and inspect my piles.

:sick:

Did you feel any aftershocks whilst down there? :facepalm:

imdying

19th October 2010, 10:57

That one kicked arse :D

onearmedbandit

19th October 2010, 11:05

It was awesome eh, very intense. I started steadying shit in the house, it went on so long and built in intensity I considered getting out. Then not long after I heard another coming, but while that was closer and shallower, it was on a 3.7 compared to the earlier 5.

Gibbo89

19th October 2010, 11:13

i take it you guys know how to pinpoint exactly where each one hits on the surface?

the big one was a 5.0, it was on the old tai tapu road, so it might have just got more shagged.

if you want to see where it hit then enter this:

43.63°S, 172.56°E

into google maps.

edit:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4248356/Severe-aftershock-hits-Christchurch

ellipsis

19th October 2010, 11:39

.....just raced home 10k to check that the water cylinder was still hanging in after that one....first time ive had enough concern to do that for a while....still only as fucked as it was a month ago....

imdying

19th October 2010, 11:57

i take it you guys know how to pinpoint exactly where each one hits on the surface?

if you want to see where it hit then enter this:Or watch them all at Christchurch Quake Map :D

lakedaemonian

19th October 2010, 12:27

onearmedbandit

19th October 2010, 12:37

I have to say, it definitely felt stronger than a 5.

Maha

19th October 2010, 12:46

...and they are calling it an aftershock?
Its another earthquake really innit?

imdying

19th October 2010, 13:12

Until the activity settles to the pre 7.1 levels, they're all aftershocks. Of course, if we get a 7.2+, they'll all be reclassified as foreshocks.

EJK

19th October 2010, 13:53

Was at 2nd floor of CPIT building at that time. I wonder how people felt it at 6th floor!

Yeepee kai yay!

Kickaha

19th October 2010, 15:35

I have to say, it definitely felt stronger than a 5.

Yeah it did but it all depends on how far away it is, how shallow etc etc

dangerous

19th October 2010, 16:40

standing under a 3 story scafold wraped around a block of leaking homes, kinda helped with getting the last piece of roton cladding off, very sureal watching all the parked cars dancing full on, just like the movies.
Only a 5 but more shit on the deck at home than there was with the 7.1 I asume its all about the direction and style, depth of the quake as in we have all noticed how some go forward/back, left/right or round n round, ie this time the TV went backwards.

far queue

19th October 2010, 16:55

Was at 2nd floor of CPIT building at that time. I wonder how people felt it at 6th floor!

Yeepee kai yay!I was sitting on the bog 5 floors up at the time. I know why they screw those hand rails to the wall now - to stop you falling off and leaving a skidmark across the seat!

Oakie

19th October 2010, 18:19

I was sitting on the bog 5 floors up at the time. I know why they screw those hand rails to the wall now - to stop you falling off and leaving a skidmark across the seat!

Snap! I had just lowered my pants and took my seat to commence my performance on our 1st floor dunny when it hit. Thought initially it was just someone banging on the door being funny but then noticed the floor and walls moving so quickly cancelled my performance, raised my tweeds and got out. I remember thinking there was no way I was going to die with my pants around my ankles.