Christchurch earthquakes

[dangerous]

edited a link in above post for ya lol...

233560 at the time of the quake, awesome aye.

[EJK]

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[BEAMER89]

edited a link in above post for ya lol...

at the time of the quake, awesome aye.

Hay D
funny you should show that photo, l was standing next to the lady that took that photo. Thats were l was working that day it was taken from Amherst st up by the sign of the Takahe on the port hills. took me 4 hours to get home to Shirley from there.:wait:

[neels]

edited a link in above post for ya lol...

233560 at the time of the quake, awesome aye.
Looked about the same as that with the norwester going the other day too, certainly gives you an idea of how many fucked buildings there must be in the central city.

Amazing how quickly the silt has been cleaned up around the place, and the major roads tidied up and ready for resealing, them council boys must be working some long hours.

[Flip]

I saw some moron (there is no other word for it) in a POS honda car in merging traffic today play chicken with a LAV.

There was no way the LAV driver could have seen the car, the comander was leaning right out of the top hatch trying to wave the car away and was probably telling the LAV driver that some moron was pushing through on his right.

Good on the tank crew for doing the right think and not driving over the honda. They have a difficult enough job without plonkers trying it on with them.

[imdying]

I have to admit, I find the standard of driving in Christchurch post earthquake to be shocking.

I'm shocked that people aren't road raging each other off the planet, shocked that the people of Christchurch aren't abusing orange and red lights for all they're worth, shocked that they have learnt the concept of merge like a zip, shocked that they aren't parking across intersections, shocked at the number of people who wave others into gaps.

It takes a wee while to get anywhere, but it's definitely more pleasant than it has ever been.

Well, except for the stupid faggot driving that silver Toyota out of Vulcan place onto Birmingham drive about 5:15 last night. What a cock. I've got you in 1080p loser, onto youtube you're gonna go.

[avgas]

BULLSHIT ... if you were living in North Korea or China ... it would be up to YOU to "find" food and water ... and there'd be no porta-loo's ...

You'd be pretty much ... ON YOUR OWN ... :doh:
Not to rub it in.
But your wrong.
Very very wrong.
So wrong its like saying there are no people in NZ just Bush and Sheep.

I suggest you use Google before talking, your mouth is writing cheques you brain can't cash.

[oneofsix]

Well, except for the stupid faggot driving that silver Toyota out of Vulcan place onto Birmingham drive about 5:15 last night. What a cock. I've got you in 1080p loser, onto youtube you're gonna go.

don't forget to post the link here

[AllanB]

Amazing how quickly the silt has been cleaned up around the place, and the major roads tidied up and ready for resealing, them council boys must be working some long hours.

Yep thumbs up to them.

You know what else I've noticed about the council boys - when there is a group of them ALL of them are working!!!!!!!! The union will NOT be happy.:bleh:

[onearmedbandit]

Gutted. I knew both our bikes took minor damage, but alas mine is suffering from a badly bent disc rotor. That's going to be cheap.

[imdying]

Gutted. I knew both our bikes took minor damage, but alas mine is suffering from a badly bent disc rotor. That's going to be cheap.Anybody have any?

GSXR1000K1/K2
GSXR600/750K0/K3

[shrub]

Dirty as fuck, minor scratch on one muffle and a broken peg but otherwise as I left it. A complete stranger rode it out of the cordon for me and refuses even to let me buy him a beer.

FUCK THERE ARE SOME GOOD BASTARDS OUT THERE!

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[onearmedbandit]

Great news about the cathedral - no bodies found. Some policewoman said they were looking into where the number of 22 dead came from.

[onearmedbandit]

Dirty as fuck, minor scratch on one muffle and a broken peg but otherwise as I left it. A complete stranger rode it out of the cordon for me and refuses even to let me buy him a beer.

FUCK THERE ARE SOME GOOD BASTARDS OUT THERE!

Ah you must be rapt mate, good shit.

[ajturbo]

Dirty as fuck, minor scratch on one muffle and a broken peg but otherwise as I left it. A complete stranger rode it out of the cordon for me and refuses even to let me buy him a beer.

FUCK THERE ARE SOME GOOD BASTARDS OUT THERE!

233658

well I think you should bash him till he gives in and lets ya...!!!

[fuknKIWI]

edited a link in above post for ya lol...

233560 at the time of the quake, awesome aye.
AWESOME has become a devalued word these days this phot is truly AWESOME.
I got it in an email today..

[HenryDorsetCase]

I have to admit, I find the standard of driving in Christchurch post earthquake to be shocking.

I'm shocked that people aren't road raging each other off the planet, shocked that the people of Christchurch aren't abusing orange and red lights for all they're worth, shocked that they have learnt the concept of merge like a zip, shocked that they aren't parking across intersections, shocked at the number of people who wave others into gaps.

It takes a wee while to get anywhere, but it's definitely more pleasant than it has ever been.

Well, except for the stupid faggot driving that silver Toyota out of Vulcan place onto Birmingham drive about 5:15 last night. What a cock. I've got you in 1080p loser, onto youtube you're gonna go.

link please.

I'm surprised too. Ive been going everywhere on the scooter. People havent been fucktards when I use the cycle lane, lane split, and all those other good things. Except one fuckwit who saw me coming in the cycle lane, and pulled over. I just gave him the finger as I went past on the other side.

[Flip]

Bugger that was a good one.

[onearmedbandit]

Fuck that was a decent one. A few more of those heritage buildings the civic trust wants saved might just have come down.

[Shadows]

Felt that one way out here too

[Shadowjack]

Geonet says:
4.8
11 km deep
within 5 kms of Lyttelton

My folks felt it in Timaru.

Great news about the Triumph being returned.

[onearmedbandit]

Felt 'better' than that. We were wagering on it being a low 5. I want my money back.

[Flip]

Felt bloody awfully out here.

Had stuff move in the kitchen shelves.

[Subike]

Bloody woke me up from a nana nap, just rattled the shit out of my room, bugger

[Shadowjack]

What surprises me is that there have been another 7 or so during the day, in the 3-range. Didn't feel a thing.

[Oakie]

Bloody woke me up from a nana nap, just rattled the shit out of my room, bugger

I must be getting used to them. I just carried on washing the dishes.

[Oakie]

Just found out that my doctor who I had been visiting in the CTV building 20 minutes before the 22 Feb quake has finally been named amongst the dead. One of their surviving staff told me last Saturday that he was amongst the missing and I thought I'd accepted that he was gone. Surprised then that hearing him named still felt like someone has kicked me in the guts.

RIP Allan.

[cromagnon]

That one went on for a while, longer than other aftershocks of a similar size.

[98tls]

The old lady rang just after it in tears,jeez i wish they would stop eh,enough is enough.

[Oakie]

I'm surprised too. Ive been going everywhere on the scooter. People havent been fucktards when I use the cycle lane, lane split, and all those other good things. Except one fuckwit who saw me coming in the cycle lane, and pulled over. I just gave him the finger as I went past on the other side.

I been using the cycle lanes a bit too with no drama. I was following a guy on an unregistered GN250 up Johns Road on Wednesday afternoon though and saw a guy in a Hilux(?) swerve to block him out of the cycle lane when traffic was at a crawl.

[blackdog]

Just found out that my doctor who I had been visiting in the CTV building 20 minutes before the 22 Feb quake has finally been named amongst the dead. One of their surviving staff told me last Saturday that he was amongst the missing and I thought I'd accepted that he was gone. Surprised then that hearing him named still felt like someone has kicked me in the guts.

RIP Allan.

keep yer chin up mate, just remind yourself that the living must keep on living.

we WILL remember them.

[dangerous]

Bugger that was a good one.
different... was out at brooklands at neels house, place is fucked anyway but it was such a different feeling ie: concrete floor and in a swamp... like a big cushend wobble bigest givea away was all the booze bottles sloshing.

[oldrider]

Hey, this business is tiring enough just reading about it without actually having to experience it!

Good luck people!

[FJRider]

different... was out at brooklands at neels house, place is fucked anyway but it was such a different feeling ie: concrete floor and in a swamp... like a big cushend wobble bigest givea away was all the booze bottles sloshing.

So empty them ... and you'll never know ... next time ... :innocent:

[dangerous]

just some pics of what I have been working on or next to...
Papanui
Woodham rd

[dangerous]

I know locals have seen em all, and I have to add photos look nothing like the real thing in life.
worcestor and stanmore corner and linwood rd
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The old mill addington and ferrymead (not my pic)

[dangerous]

few more... including the lancaster pub area and Gloucester woodham cnr

[AllanB]

Careful viewers will notice in the previous images signs attached to the shops or fences "XX Open for business' . There were a lot of building post Sept, Boxing day that had some damage or the building next to them was damaged and there was temporary wire fencing blocking off footpaths around them. All those shitters have fallen down now and many caused injury and deaths.

I could not work out why they were not pushing them down. Many due to Insurance, Landlords, Council, Historic Places ....

Bowl the lot now I say including the cathedral. Build again and make it special.

[shrub]

Bowl the lot now I say including the cathedral. Build again and make it special.

I have to agree. We need to let go of the past and use this as a chance to start from scratch and build the world's most advanced city.

Cathedrals and churches are kind of redundent these days, why spend a fortune maintaining symbols of superstition and outdated philosophies.

[Smifffy]

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[dangerous]

Careful viewers will notice in the previous images signs attached to the shops or fences "XX Open for business' . There were a lot of building post Sept, Boxing day that had some damage or the building next to them was damaged and there was temporary wire fencing blocking off footpaths around them. All those shitters have fallen down now and many caused injury and deaths.
Yes and no... some of the red stickered buildings were empty and this did save lives, however as I said I have been involved with several of those buildings, like the thai pong were the engineer said its safe, lucky the wall fell out not in and the roof stayed up...
Stanmore rd shops were empty but like the butcher some moved round the corner (same buildings same age same construction) and it all fell down and in the fish shop 2 died, how the fuk more didnt Im buggered if I know.
A big piss off to me is the day cear next to the shops, I had said to the owner that chimny needs to come down, it wasent removed and on the 22 it fell through the roof taking out a lard n plaster ceiling (hundreds of little dagers) into the room that a dozen under 5's sleep in at that time of the day... yet for some reason that day all children survived (unsure how many were in there as I have not seen the owner just the mess)
The house with the bay windows, previous red, lucky as there but the house with no frount on it I saw the guy climing out a window with his dog (darft when all he needed to do was walk out the frount and onto the road)
I cleaned up the church on the palms corner, they wanted to use it and still are... IMO thats bad next decent shake and it will fall IN, I say in cos its built a little different a single vineer on the inside rather than outside and its bearly holding up... owners reckon they be fine.
As for the cathedral, let it live but rebuild the tower from compersits to look the same, shit if cooplands water falls can look real Im sure they can do the same with old stone.

[Grumph]

Again, yes and no. Is fake heritage worth having ? Ironic question as I build classic & post classic race bikes.....but I don't know the answer.

The engineers who passed these buildings after the first quake were playing the percentage game...no immediate damger of falling down if we didn't get another big one.
the problem with this is that most of the engineers weren't sitting on the fault line in Sept... and ChCh was far enough away from the first epicenter to give a false sense of safety - shit we've survived a 7.2, we'll be ok now....Most of ChCh knows now what it felt like to be on the end of the fault line in Sept....and the country residents are just nodding wisely - we've been there, picked all that shit up and carried on living in munted houses.

[RiderInBlack]

I hope they rebuild the Cathedral. ChCh is just not ChCh without in IMHO (and I'm not religious). The worst thing they could do is replace it with a Church built with a "Modern Architecture" design :puke:.

[Maha]

Again, yes and no. Is fake heritage worth having ? Ironic question as I build classic & post classic race bikes.....but I don't know the answer.

The engineers who passed these buildings after the first quake were playing the percentage game...no immediate damger of falling down if we didn't get another big one.
the problem with this is that most of the engineers weren't sitting on the fault line in Sept... and ChCh was far enough away from the first epicenter to give a false sense of safety - shit we've survived a 7.2, we'll be ok now....Most of ChCh knows now what it felt like to be on the end of the fault line in Sept....and the country residents are just nodding wisely - we've been there, picked all that shit up and carried on living in munted houses.

Ageed, I hate watching the 'blame game' unfold as the dust starts to settle.
Its understandable for someone who has lost a loved one to look for answers and perhaps point the finger but that wont bring them back. Had buildings been condemed after Sept 4th last year, those affected would have had something to say. Millions of dollars are pouring into Christchurch, thousands of people are digging in and clearing up, the rest of NZ are doing thier best to raise cash however they can. NZ is here for you Christchurch and will be for some time yet.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I hope they rebuild the Cathedral. ChCh is just not ChCh without in IMHO (and I'm not religious). The worst thing they could do is replace it with a Church built with a "Modern Architecture" design :puke:.

I disagree.

http://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/FLW_churches.html


I think the Coventry Cathedral example is perhaps more relevant to Chur chur than FLW's work, but he is my favourite architect, and he built some stunning churches (the Synagogue is amazing).

The good thing about the Anglican Cathedral is that a lot of it is still standing, thanks perhaps to EQ strengthening work carried out a few years ago. The fucked parts, principally the watchtower part should, in my view, be demolished, and something new, that looks new (not a steel frame clad in old stone the same shape as the old spire) built to replace it. That would be a good place to put the memorial to the people who died, too.

I dont know what Brownlee is referring to when he talks about demolition of the heritage buildings: presumably they will want to keep the Anglican and Catholic cathedrals (he would particularly want to keep that one, I'd suggest), the Provincial chambers and the arts centre.

but low-rise, old commercial? bin it.

[MisterD]

I disagree.

http://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/

Ha, I used that as an argument against "modern" rebuilding of Chch cathedral the other day...then I was reminded about the Left-footers' place in Liverpool (Paddy's Wigwam) and I'm back on the fence again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Metropolitan_Cathedral

[HenryDorsetCase]

Ha, I used that as an argument against "modern" rebuilding of Chch cathedral the other day...then I was reminded about the Left-footers' place in Liverpool (Paddy's Wigwam) and I'm back on the fence again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Metropolitan_Cathedral

Thats pretty cool I reckon

[mashman]

Ha, I used that as an argument against "modern" rebuilding of Chch cathedral the other day...then I was reminded about the Left-footers' place in Liverpool (Paddy's Wigwam) and I'm back on the fence again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Metropolitan_Cathedral

oi, you're abusing my architectural heritage... it's a perfect match for its surroundings and they've bolted the place together pretty well :shifty:

[RiderInBlack]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Metropolitan_CathedralF*ck that is BUTT UGLY:sick: That is exactly what I would hate to see put in place on the ChCh Cathedral:angry: The Old ChCh Cathedral at less had some "Class".

[dangerous]

F*ck that is BUTT UGLY:sick: That is exactly what I would hate to see put in place on the ChCh Cathedral:angry: The Old ChCh Cathedral at less had some "Class".

with ya there man...

[mashman]

F*ck that is BUTT UGLY:sick: That is exactly what I would hate to see put in place on the ChCh Cathedral:angry: The Old ChCh Cathedral at less had some "Class".

heh, then you put it into perspective with the right-footer Liverpool home... (Paddy's Wigwam in the back there) the Cathedral to the right, just in case you missed it :rofl:
http://www.allertonoak.com/images/CathedralsSkyline.jpg

[Tink]

I hope they rebuild the Cathedral. ChCh is just not ChCh without in IMHO (and I'm not religious). The worst thing they could do is replace it with a Church built with a "Modern Architecture" design :puke:.

Without reading too much... when the old church in what was West Berlin, on the main road was bombed (yes different circumstances totally) they didn't rebuild it... they left it as a memory of what happened and its now a museum of sorts. They did build a new church ... I would like them to do the same. To remind the powers that be, that Chch needs to be made safe for its people. History is irreplaceable 100%.

My heart goes out to you Cantabs... I would be a mess if it was my home town.

[dangerous]

heh, then you put it into perspective with the right-footer Liverpool home... (Paddy's Wigwam in the back there) the Cathedral to the right, just in case you missed it :rofl:... na that looks like sone screwed up alain has crash landed in the 20th centry, thats farking horrid.

[RiderInBlack]

... na that looks like sone screwed up alain has crash landed in the 20th centry, thats farking horrid.Yep the Martians are coming (play World Of The Worlds - The Eve of the War).

[avgas]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Metropolitan_Cathedral
I actually like that.

As for keeping deathtraps because they are historic, I have a few old gin traps lying around if people want to collect things that WILL hurt them

[Grumph]

Don't recycle the public utterings of a highly qualified high school woodwork teacher -now promoted out of his comfort zone....

Newer buildings killed people too....if anything more than the old.

And yes, i know it's not a fair comparison - which just shows how fatuous Brownlees comment was..

[dangerous]

some photo's of the CBD...


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[dangerous]

car sharks will do ok over the next we while

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[Grumph]

Went to see Falsgrave St boys today....no access to the building with bike bits in as the slab it's on has sunk & they can't open the doors...gone down about 6 inches.

Looking like they'll pull part of the roof off and crane the stock out.
Bugger, the're pretty much the only wrecker left in ChCh now.

[AllanB]

Another nice shake this evening!

I saw on the news that the Heathcote water reservoir that normally holds 30,000,000 (yes thirty million) litres of water is dry. The bottom is cracked.

30,000,000 litres of water disapeared down into the hill, apparently through 'natural' fissures.

Now if I was anywhere near that side of the hill I'd be a bit worried ........... land slide.

[Grumph]

That's Huntsbury. We lived there for years - below Dennis White. When a water main burst above our place we were knee deep in Loess clay - when that shit gets wet it just turns to porridge and runs.
Yes, the thought of the bottom layer of the Clay against the bedrock turning liquid would make me get off the hill pronto.

[HenryDorsetCase]

car sharks will do ok over the next we while

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amazing. Thought I knew the city pretty well, but I cant even tell what streets they're in. let alone what buildings they were (unless theyve got signs on).

One of my clients is a car dealer, and he has been doing well. I might have to get him to get me a car depending what they do with ours. Note to self: ring them

[MisterD]

oi, you're abusing my architectural heritage... it's a perfect match for its surroundings and they've bolted the place together pretty well :shifty:

I haven't been to Coventry since Tranmere beat them 5-1 in 1999...


heh, then you put it into perspective with the right-footer Liverpool home... (Paddy's Wigwam in the back there) the Cathedral to the right, just in case you missed it :rofl:

Oh f'sure the real cathedral's a better building, but I thought outside the bounds of "modern" for the purposes of this discussion.

[shrub]

We had a Kiwibiker down here from Wellington for dinner last night. He'd probably be embarrassed to be identified, but he's down here away from friends and family identifying the dead from the quake. He told ne he has seen things that will be with him for the rest of his life.

Sure, it's his job, but what a legend! There are so many awesome men and women working down here doing incredibly tough jobs.

[far queue]

Here's a 1996 documentary forecasting what the results of a quake near Chch would be - the got it pretty well right too!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkTy6ogLDX8&feature=player_embedded#at=432

[oldrider]

Here's a 1996 documentary forecasting what the results of a quake near Chch would be - the got it pretty well right too!

Note the quip about the part Lawyers play in these things ... again? part of the problem rather than the solution? :rolleyes:

[onearmedbandit]

Well it had to happen, a friend of mine from primary school was named in today's paper, along with a work associate. Before anyone asks I'm fine, these people while they featured in my life were not close friends, and they have family and close friends who will be genuinely mourning their loss. But in a small city like this I knew it wouldn't be long until someone I knew was named.

RIP Emma and Jane-Marie.

[Brian d marge]

Well it had to happen, a friend of mine from primary school was named in today's paper, along with a work associate. Before anyone asks I'm fine, these people while they featured in my life were not close friends, and they have family and close friends who will be genuinely mourning their loss. But in a small city like this I knew it wouldn't be long until someone I knew was named.

RIP Emma and Jane-Marie.

Sorry for your loss really am

As I type this Tokyo has just had a big earthquake ... enough to break a few things

Funnily enough the dog has been barking all day ...I wonder

Stephen

[dangerous]

A couple a pics for those that are interested...
Armargh st viewed from both sides of the building, like a bomb went off aye, nice internal doors tho, someone should really pick up the stove tho.
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Briten st viewed from the frount and the side... well screwed, had to pass on the patch up job.

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Have to say the clean up of the roads is going very fast with a lot of new seal down already, pitty its all still under a state of emergancy tho with CD in charge theres a lot of unnessary buildings and contents being crushed, however I understand their reasining.

[onearmedbandit]

A couple a pics for those that are interested...
Armargh st viewed from both sides of the building, like a bomb went off aye, nice internal doors tho, someone should really pick up the stove tho.


You builders are just like mechanics with their own cars, your own house is in a worse state than the ones you're working on. Sort it out.

[dangerous]

heres an interesting site before and after satalite views http://eqviewer.co.nz/index-imagery.html
a teaser, Oxidental corner... 235507

[martybabe]

I met a Cantabrian taking some time out from the quake at the CH CH benefit concert here in the Naki. He reckons they are besieged with thieving scumbags roaming the streets looking for opportunities. I missed what area he was from as OP Shop would insist on singing even whilst we chatted (rude Bastids).No reason to doubt the guy but it sure does sadden the heart to hear of this filth breathing the same air as all the decent folk trying to make a go of it down there.

[Grumph]

Anybody see the piece on Campbell Live ?
Now that the first one has been aired you can expect more - most I know of were just waiting for someone else to be first....
The show could run a similar spot every night with different people from now until well past easter if they wanted to.
Personally my hope is that the incoming boss of the recovery agency takes a lot of the work off Fletchers...IMO it's just too big for them alone, and their business practices seem questionable too.

[dangerous]

Anybody see the piece on Campbell Live ?
Now that the first one has been aired you can expect more - most I know of were just waiting for someone else to be first....
The show could run a similar spot every night with different people from now until well past easter if they wanted to.

No... so what ya on about man?

[imdying]

FROM:
Daniel Heard, Public Health Communications

DATE:
April 8, 2011

SUBJECT:
Boil water notice lifted across Christchurch

The boil water notice that has been in place across Christchurch since the February 22 earthquake has today (April 8) been lifted by the National Controller of Civil Defence John Hamilton.

Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey has advised Mr Hamilton that the Canterbury District Health Board is satisfied that Christchurch tap water is now safe to drink without boiling.

Dr Humphrey says clear results from extensive sampling of the reticulated water supply throughout wider Christchurch - including Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Governors Bay, Templeton, Halswell and Brooklands/Kainga - coupled with satisfactory chlorine levels in the central and eastern parts of the city mean the boil water notice can be lifted.

"We advise people to stop drinking water sourced from tankers and revert to their tap water. Our testing programme has not included private wells and bores, so we advise people accessing drinking water from these sources to organise on-going private testing," Dr Humphrey says.

The Christchurch City Council is removing water tankers as the network is now delivering safe water throughout the city - with the exception of some areas still within the cordon (CBD Red Zone). Residents should contact the Council if their water supply is not working on 941 8999.

"Despite the lifting of the notice and the fact that people are back on reticulated water supply, people should still conserve water," Dr Humphrey says.

"The Christchurch water supply and waste water infrastructure is still delicate and we need to avoid putting undue pressure on it."

Additional steps for people returning to their homes or businesses

Residents returning to their properties for the first time since the boil water notice have been lifted, and new tenants or property owners, should turn on all the taps at their property and let them run for a minimum of five minutes. If after five minutes the water is still discoloured they should continue to run it until it is clear.

Business owners or managers returning to their premises should also run taps for five minutes. Business owners are also advised to organise a registered plumber to check their water systems prior to switching water on at the street. Leaks in the water pipework on their site or in their building could cause further damage to the property.

Chlorination of Christchurch water supply

The Council has installed chlorination treatment units at 27 pump stations throughout the central and eastern parts of the city.
Chlorination will help ensure that the water remains safe while the water supply infrastructure remains vulnerable and susceptible to new damage.

It is expected that the water supply will continue to be chlorinated for between three and six months while permanent infrastructure repairs take place.

The Council will continue a programme of increased sampling to ensure that water remains safe to drink.

"Chlorination is a safe and effective way of managing water supply related health risks. The majority of supplies in New Zealand have chlorine in them on a permanent basis," Dr Humphrey says.

"We plan to remove the chlorine from the Christchurch water supply as soon as it is safe and practical to do so. If people don't like the taste of chlorine then they should fill a jug with water and store it in the fridge for 30 minutes before drinking. This will lessen the taste/odour."

ENDS

[jim.cox]

Hey Guys

Here is a great website for looking at the damage around Chch

http://www.eqviewer.co.nz

zoom in close and you can see all the cracks, liquifaction, fallen buildinmgs etc...

[helenoftroy]

Full assessment today....no surprises - I am over the $100k EQC cap

& you wait....for EQCs payout,for my contents claim payout($10,000+),for the land remediation report,for your insurance co. to start their process & to give you a definitive answer as to the fate of your house...

this year,next year?:wait:

[dangerous]

Ya know Im strugling with the way EQC have been dealing with most, its all arse about face, HOT's not got it easy by any means yet like the job I did today I repaired a minor damaged brick chimney by tileing over the hole... it wasent even being used gibed over in fact yet EQC are giving him a heat pump. The back door is in a sorry state has been for years, no damage what so ever done by the quake... yet hes getting a new door, not just a plain jane like he had but a wanky coloured glass job, remember I said its the back door... well done EQC another happy costmer while others have houses that ya dear not open some doors as to the wet rotting stench and destoryed posesions leap out at ya, the systems fucked.

[Grumph]

Ya know Im strugling with the way EQC have been dealing with most its all arse about face,

Too bloody true...they are knocking off the easy/quick/cheap stuff first and then quoting high percentages of finished jobs...including the ones where they've just sent money.

i envy HOT...we're on the cusp of the upper EQC limit and they're still heming and hawing about what to do. When or if they do decide it's over then we go through it all again with the insurance co.

We know people with severely damaged houses who still have not been assessed.

[ellipsis]

, the systems fucked.

...you could actually say.."what system' , D...fuckwits running the show...no idea of what they have to do , let alone what they are doing...the fletchers rort is certainly working well...for fletchers...5% on every thing that comes their way plus whatever else they are making adds up to a fucking lot of money...I'm tired of getting on their case...houses in the Port are fucking near ready to fall onto other houses down hill from them and no one has turned up to do fuck all in a lot of cases...sure its a fuckin g huge , huge mess and its a huge problem...all the more reason to have people running the show that have some clues... a good friend has been seconded onto the CERA staff...never seen so many headless chickens, she reckons...as long as people who need help big time just sit back and hope its going to happen the worse it will get...Im getting fucked off with shopkeepers running around with high vis vests and clipboards...engineers forever getting back in their vehicles and saying they will be back in touch, again...some clients being told one thing and then another and then another...and like you say , some getting gifts of 'our' money while others are living in shit.........gettin angry:angry:

[Grumph]

The port will be a major problem for years now - not the working area but the town on the hills. I worked over there for years and what most don't know is that the main drains run down the center of the various valleys. They are large tunnels built in brick very early on in the piece and then filled over and BUILT OVER.
Periodically in the last 50 or so years enough bricks have fallen in to cause a blockage after which that particular spot becomes a crater with sometimes a house sitting in it....
Gawd only knows what the drains are like now - this winter could see a hell of a lot of hillside disappear and a lot of houses with it.

[ellipsis]

.....love this little bit from a geo-tossboffin in the Press this morning..regards the latest rumblings...
..


...'it may simply reflect a cyclic buildup of fluid pressure to a critical value that overcomes frictional resistance'....


...the simplicity of knowing 5/8s of FA, in flannel speak...more like it..

[Grumph]

Now if he'd quantify the length of the cycle period and the pressure value required to overcome the resistance we'd be sweet.....

Then again, on reflection, doesn't this formula apply to politics too ?

[Oakie]

.
...'it may simply reflect a cyclic buildup of fluid pressure to a critical value that overcomes frictional resistance'....

So what he's saying, sort of, is that the earth farted.

[Jantar]

So what he's saying, sort of, is that the earth farted.
Or in Christchurch's case, it sharted.

[FJRider]

Or in Christchurch's case, it sharted.

or at least ... munted itself ...

[NordieBoy]

So what he's saying, sort of, is that the earth farted.

That's more Rotorua stylee...

[Oakie]

That's more Rotorua stylee...

Spent four days in Rotorua a few years back. I didn't appreciate the god-awful smells that wafted around until I realised that I could drop silent farts and everyone blamed the ground.

[maxf]

.....love this little bit from a geo-tossboffin in the Press this morning..regards the latest rumblings...
..


I thought it sounded like someone literally talking about shite (not just spouting it) when I read it online this morning too...some of these technical stories make me yearn for the piss-take days of Harry Enfield and his classic "and now lets see how high a monkey jumps with his testicles wired to electrodes" sketch. Too much PR, don't seem like much science?!

[orangeback]

walk a picture trip around chch cbd
http://eqstreetcam.co.nz/1001000134#1001000167

[helenoftroy]

In less than 2 weeks I start a new life in Marlborough :woohoo::woohoo:

The earthquakes have been a devastating time on a personal,emotional & physical level for me & Im just so relieved that I have been able to move on.
Exciting & just a little scarey at the same time:shit:

I will walk away from my severly damaged house with no idea what the outcome for it will be....

Leave my third world suburb,with empty houses,moss growing in the liquifaction,partially demolished buildings,the portaloo & the 10kph speed restriction outside my house.....

Leave my liquifaction damaged garden...

wait for the $10k+ for contents & emergency repairs & the $100k(over EQCs cap) from EQC...

Leave behind my Tuono cause its earthquake damage not sorted yet....

I simply cant wait to leave !!!:yes:

[alley cat]

In less than 2 weeks I start a new life in Marlborough :woohoo::woohoo

I simply cant wait to leave !!!:yes:

Gonna miss you babe. Take care out there, catch ya when we can get boozed again!

[dangerous]

In less than 2 weeks I start a new life in Marlborough :woohoo::woohoo:

The earthquakes have been a devastating time on a personal,emotional & physical level for me & Im just so relieved that I have been able to move on.
Exciting & just a little scarey at the same time:shit:

I will walk away from my severly damaged house with no idea what the outcome for it will be....

Leave my third world suburb,with empty houses,moss growing in the liquifaction,partially demolished buildings,the portaloo & the 10kph speed restriction outside my house.....

Leave my liquifaction damaged garden...

wait for the $10k+ for contents & emergency repairs & the $100k(over EQCs cap) from EQC...

Leave behind my Tuono cause its earthquake damage not sorted yet....

I simply cant wait to leave !!!:yes: All the best HOT, having spent a lot of time up there I can asure it is a very nice place from Rarangi to Ngakuta bays.
Is meagan staying in your place as a minder? If she needs help jsust ask (IIRC her BF is a chippy anyway)
As far as the bike is concerned, you should consider taking it, awesome riding and Im sure a Blenhiem bike shop could have it repaired sooner than the waiting list down here.
Like half a Chch, I will miss ya, and the parties, and the rides... enjoy :sunny:

[scumdog]

Like half a Chch, I will miss ya, and the parties, and the rides... enjoy :sunny:

Likewise.

Where will I get drunk THIS year huh??


All the best and we'll at least see you at this years KB rally eh!:woohoo:

[marty]

Sounds like you've just missed another decent aftershock. Other MB's are claiming above 5.

from Geonet: Magnitude 5.5, Monday, June 6 2011 at 9:09 am (NZST), 20 km south-west of Christchurch.

[Oakie]

Sounds like you've just missed another decent aftershock. Other MB's are claiming above 5.

from Geonet: Magnitude 5.5, Monday, June 6 2011 at 9:09 am (NZST), 20 km south-west of Christchurch.

Ah well. At least it gets one of those 'big ones' out of the way. Jeez, I only guessed it as being a 4.5. Appalling!

[dangerous]

Sounds like you've just missed another decent aftershock. Other MB's are claiming above 5.

from Geonet: Magnitude 5.5, Monday, June 6 2011 at 9:09 am (NZST), 20 km south-west of Christchurch. yeah 6th strongest... thing is we are getting AS's from 2 different faults, that one from under my arse being the Greendale from sept 10. Makes things easier on town at least.


All the best and we'll at least see you at this years KB rally eh!:woohoo:If it ever gets aranged by now some are already packed :facepalm:

[Grumph]

Found out yesterday about another shining example of living in Selwyn...
We've got the builders coming on short notice to gut the place but we can't leave - animals among other problems. Checked with the council as to whether selwyn was going to have any temporary housing as living in our passageway may become too much....
Apparently you're supposed to get 3 weeks notice from Fletchers and yes, Selwyn have available 2 room relocatables which can be moved onto your property for just this scenario. They've realised that cockies among others just can't leave.
BUT - there's been NO publicity whatsoever that these will be available....

So for those in Selwyn, here it is. Don't expect to see this in the local papers any time soon...

[dangerous]

Found out yesterday about another shining example of living in Selwyn...
mutter mutter mutter... been trying for two years now to get out there, got some land on coletrack, but just cant sell our Halswell place, and am on the Selwyn councils arse for a job... *Humph*

[Grumph]

Try Sicon - or as you seem likely to have WT & R licences, several local contractors are always looking for staff.
Personally, I wouldn't come out here. Once you're accustomed to the level of service from CCC - even now - what you get here and how you get treated comes as a nasty shock.
Of course if you're from a well known farming family or have money none of the above applies to you......

[imdying]

I need some minor repairs to some internal doors (i.e. it would be nice to have them close for heating control). How long is a far suck of the sav for the eastsiders as far as not tying up a builder (who could be fixing shit up over there) goes? Winter is here, and I can afford to heat the whole house in the short term if it'll relieve the stress over there, but from what I read here I might as well just get them in and have it done?

[willytheekid]

In less than 2 weeks I start a new life in Marlborough :woohoo::woohoo:

The earthquakes have been a devastating time on a personal,emotional & physical level for me & Im just so relieved that I have been able to move on.
Exciting & just a little scarey at the same time:shit:

I will walk away from my severly damaged house with no idea what the outcome for it will be....

Leave my third world suburb,with empty houses,moss growing in the liquifaction,partially demolished buildings,the portaloo & the 10kph speed restriction outside my house.....

Leave my liquifaction damaged garden...

wait for the $10k+ for contents & emergency repairs & the $100k(over EQCs cap) from EQC...

Leave behind my Tuono cause its earthquake damage not sorted yet....

I simply cant wait to leave !!!:yes:

:shit:....but.....you can't leave!
Whos gonna show Peetey & the boys how overtaking's done! :facepalm:
You take care Helen, we are all gonna miss you :love:
If you need anything! just yell :yes:

....Have a big safe garage in waikuku that the Tuono can share with my Ol Guzzi if required :stupid: :laugh:...polishing costs extra tho

[dangerous]

Try Sicon - or as you seem likely to have WT & R licences, several local contractors are always looking for staff.
Personally, I wouldn't come out here. Once you're accustomed to the level of service from CCC - even now - what you get here and how you get treated comes as a nasty shock.
Of course if you're from a well known farming family or have money none of the above applies to you......

Licenced in OZ for B triple (one under road train) I enjoy driving but health often fucks that up for me and well building pays beter... Im after a building inspectors job out there, kinda getting over the tools again cancer has me in pain summer time, all sweet in winter tho.


I need some minor repairs to some internal doors (i.e. it would be nice to have them close for heating control). How long is a far suck of the sav for the eastsiders as far as not tying up a builder (who could be fixing shit up over there) goes? Winter is here, and I can afford to heat the whole house in the short term if it'll relieve the stress over there, but from what I read here I might as well just get them in and have it done?Would like to help, just dont have the time man, farking sprogs and work, ya could be in for a wait may be easier to do it and get reimbursed, can help out there.

[alley cat]

mutter mutter mutter... been trying for two years now to get out there, got some land on coletrack, but just cant sell our Halswell place, and am on the Selwyn councils arse for a job... *Humph*

Yes come join the upstanding folk of the selwyn district:innocent:

[maxf]

In less than 2 weeks I start a new life in Marlborough :woohoo::woohoo:

Well next time I'm up visiting the olds (they're about 400m from the hospital) I'll have to cruze the parking lot and leave rude post-it notes on any italian bikes I see parked there then!! :yes::yes:

Take care anyway; a change is the rest by the sounds, just watch out for the fuzz of the Tasman policing district, if the press releases they had over the m/c accidents in Nelson / Picton / Blenheim and various proactive "safety campaigns" are anything to go by ...

[imdying]

YEAH NOW THAT WAS AN AFTER SHOCK :D

Cheers for the thought D... I fixed the main problems with Mr Belt Sander, but really I need someone to straighten the frames which is a little beyond my modest home handyman skill set.

[KiwiPhoenix]

Now that one almost had me under the table!

Seems that there was a 5.5 then 8 mins later a 4.4! Holy crap!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Poor fuckers. I can imagine you're well over it.

[imdying]

It's all good mate, the big ones are awesome... you can't pay for this sort of entertainment!

[Crasherfromwayback]

. you can't pay for this sort of entertainment!

We're all paying for it don't worry!

[imdying]

Yeah, true that :(


That was another two biggys... I tried to run to the blade to stop it from going over (it didn't) but it's actually quite hard to run fast when the floor is moving like that :D


There's another! Three in 5 minutes! :D

[Crasherfromwayback]

I fucking bet it is. Much like you're pissed eh? Glad the bike is ok too!

[KiwiPhoenix]

Never mind the 5.5 what about the 6.0!! God, that was a shaker!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Never mind the 5.5 what about the 6.0!! God, that was a shaker!

Sounds like it! Hope everyone is safe and sound.

[neels]

Quote of the day from a lady on the news;

"Then my desk started shaking like usual"

It's a worry when 5.5 magnitude earthquakes are 'usual' :lol:

[KiwiPhoenix]

Quote of the day from a lady on the news;

"Then my desk started shaking like usual"

It's a worry when 5.5 magnitude earthquakes are 'usual' :lol:

Yeah, during both I was sitting at the kitchen table and it never occurred to me to get under the table!

[Maha]

Cant reach my daughther via her 027 number, are the cell phone towers affected?

[Flip]

Fuckingbloddyhell that we a good one.

Still have water and power here but was walking close to Godley house as a lot more of it fell in.

Home is a bit of a mess, Chrow and I are fine, but well another day another earthquake.

[KiwiPhoenix]

Cant reach my daughther via her 021 number, are the cell phone towers affected?

The networks are probably jammed, send a txt, they seem to be getting through!


Fuckingbloddyhell that we a good one.

Still have water and power here but was walking close to Godley house as a lot more of it fell in.

Home is a bit of a mess, Chrow and I are fine, but well another day another earthquake.

Glad you are ok!

[onearmedbandit]

Yeah they are great entertainment at the time, standing on the yard watching cars parked 1m away from each other nearly touching, hearing the boom of a falling building/facade and watching the resultant dust cloud down Manchester St. But I tell you what isn't so entertaining, the fucking clean up after the big ones. House is a mess, the bikes stayed up and the bookcase and TV stand I bracketed to the wall stayed up, but pretty much everything else is over. No water supply, no surprise there as the local streets were pretty flooded on the way home. Quite over this to be honest.

[Maha]

Yeah they are great entertainment at the time, standing on the yard watching cars parked 1m away from each other nearly touching, hearing the boom of a falling building/facade and watching the resultant dust cloud down Manchester St. But I tell you what isn't so entertaining, the fucking clean up after the big ones. House is a mess, the bikes stayed up and the bookcase and TV stand I bracketed to the wall stayed up, but pretty much everything else is over. No water supply, no surprise there as the local streets were pretty flooded on the way home. Quite over this to be honest.

Seems to be the preferred line spoken by the locals..these events could keep occuring monthly for a year or more, who knows how long?
Dont be to suprised if they dont start the rebuild until they know for sure that the quakes have ceased somewhat.
Bastard times.

[EJK]

Seems like it's time to pick up our shovels and wheelbarrows again. UC Student Army should be organising another clean up job aswell as Korean Society of Christchurch. Will keep an update on it. Let us know if any of you need some help with any clean up.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Quite over this to be honest.

Don't blame you. Hat's off to everyone down there for staying put.

[KiwiPhoenix]

Seems like it's time to pick up our shovels and wheelbarrows again. UC Student Army should be organising another clean up job aswell as Korean Society of Christchurch. Will keep an update on it. Let us know if any of you need some help with any clean up.

Good on ya! Seems the east have been hit badly again.

[onearmedbandit]

Seems to be the preferred line spoken by the locals..these events could keep occuring monthly for a year or more, who knows how long?
Dont be to suprised if they dont start the rebuild until they know for sure that the quakes have ceased somewhat.
Bastard times.

Speaking to a few customers recently I've heard first hand reports of insurance companies refusing to carry out refurbishment work due to possibly more aftershocks, and I don't blame them. And neither do the owners. Some of them have been told it could be up to 5yrs before they know whether they'll get permission to rebuild on their land.


Don't blame you. Hat's off to everyone down there for staying put.

We're not going anywhere, both of us have good jobs here, my two daughters are here, along with other family and friends so we'll stay put. But otherwise there isn't much else holding me here.

[Crasherfromwayback]

We're not going anywhere, both of us have good jobs here, my two daughters are here, along with other family and friends so we'll stay put. But otherwise there isn't much else holding me here.

Glad to hear you're a-ok (as you can be) though.

[Brian d marge]

we found that the phone lines went down but facebook and skype worked perfectly

Hang in there folks

Stephen

[HenryDorsetCase]

Cant reach my daughther via her 027 number, are the cell phone towers affected?

text will get thru. it takes a while

[Maha]

text will get thru. it takes a while

Yeah text worked, must be getting tiresome for some down there though.

[KiwiPhoenix]

Yeah text worked, must be getting tiresome for some down there though.

Good to hear! Hope your daughter is ok?

[Maha]

Good to hear! Hope your daughter is ok?

She is, at a friends house. Might offer her a weeks holiday in the North Island.

[KiwiPhoenix]

She is, at a friends house. Might offer her a weeks holiday in the North Island.

Great to hear!

[merv]

I am sure once it finally is all over if recent history is anything to go by it will hit somewhere else next time so I think we in Wellington wonder when it is our turn. I hope of course the constant tremors here have kept the pressure low.

So to look at it cheerfully maybe Christchurch will be right then for another 10,000 years or more similar to when the faultlines moved last time.

Yeah so best to stay put I'd say else it could be out of the frying pan into the fire.

[imdying]

Still have water and power here but was walking close to Godley house as a lot more of it fell in.Awesome. How much harder to they feel like they hit when you're right over one rather than 10km away?


Yeah they are great entertainment at the timePretty much... you might as well enjoy them (if you can), you've gotta clean up afterwards regardless :laugh:


But I tell you what isn't so entertaining, the fucking clean upHahaahaahh, yup ^^^


Don't blame you. Hat's off to everyone down there for staying put.Ruapuna is cheap and accessible!


Speaking to a few customers recently I've heard first hand reports of insurance companies refusing to carry out refurbishment work due to possibly more aftershocks, and I don't blame them.I've been in no hurry to make repairs for those reasons.


I am sure once it finally is all over if recent history is anything to go by it will hit somewhere else next time so I think we in Wellington wonder when it is our turn. I hope of course the constant tremors here have kept the pressure low.I hope so, we'll be poked otherwise.

[dangerous]

Bastard times.YIP... but as I say to some that are pissed at the gods... sooner this than what our forefathers went hrough in WW1 and WW2.




these events could keep occuring monthly for a year or more, who knows how long?
Dont be to suprised if they dont start the rebuild until they know for sure that the quakes have ceased somewhat.correct... went to sign off a few repeared jobs last week... to find more damage from the Monday quake.
Is ok tho cos tomorow we get to sign off again as extra damage is another claim... and todays yet another clame, fark me its creating excess work, be easier if a veration extension could be issued for the minor extra's THAT would save the GVT, INS and US (the rate/ins/tax payers) a shit load.



I am sure once it finally is all over if recent history is anything to go by it will hit somewhere else next time so I think we in Wellington wonder when it is our turn. I hope of course the constant tremors here have kept the pressure low.

So to look at it cheerfully maybe Christchurch will be right then for another 10,000 years or more similar to when the faultlines moved last time.

Yeah so best to stay put I'd say else it could be out of the frying pan into the fire.

exactaly... giggle to myself every time I here someone say they are mover to a safer place, like wellington.

I feel for those with liquifaction, shits a mess and a mish to clean up.

[Mom]

She is, at a friends house. Might offer her a weeks holiday in the North Island.

What a jolly good idea, she can bring a friend too :yes:

She was very shaken up today, poor kid.

[Mom]

Just a reminder to all you guys down in CHCH who are over being shaken about, the offer still stands to come and stay here for a holiday/break or what have you. We have a big home with lots of bedrooms and beds, and just the 2 of us banging around in it. Please feel free to contact if you would like to get away for a bit.

[Oakie]

I was riding when that 6.0 hit. What a bloody freaky feeling. It felt like I had a puncture in both tyres and for a couple of seconds that's what I thought had happened. Then I noticed the pedestrian trying to balance on the pedestrian crossing and the street lights waving around. Pulled over, planted both feet and rode it out.

[Transalper]

Hi, so all good at my place again, bikes still standing same as February. Yes I am counting my lucky stars.
Janets bike fell over again, same as February.
Now this has me wondering which direction are your bikes facing and did they fall.

Janets DR sits in a west/East direction in her garage and fell twice now.
Mine sit North/South and have never fallen in a quake.

Obviously a big enough quake from another faultline may make mine fall but then hers will probably stay standing but for now North/South seems safest.

So anyone else??

[merv]

p.s. earthquakes please calm down next week as I'm due to stay one night in ChCh then.

[FJRider]

Hi, so all good at my place again, bikes still standing same as February. Yes I am counting my lucky stars.
Janets bike fell over again, same as February.
Now this has me wondering which direction are your bikes facing and did they fall.

Janets DR sits in a west/East direction in her garage and fell twice now.
Mine sit North/South and have never fallen in a quake.

Obviously a big enough quake from another faultline may make mine fall but then hers will probably stay standing but for now North/South seems safest.

So anyone else??

I park mine in Central Otago ... no worries ... yet ...

[cynna]

So anyone else??

mine are all parked the same way. this time only the xr fell over - mainly due to the stand holding it more upright i think

parked e- w

[KiwiPhoenix]

All 3 and half bikes are standing, one is parked outside at the back door (has been since the Brass) 2 in the garage on side stands and all good, the half bike, which is really just a frame, sitting in the garden, still standing, all in completely different directions!

[FJRider]

All 3 and half bikes are standing, one is parked outside at the back door (has been since the Brass) 2 in the garage on side stands and all good, the half bike, which is really just a frame, sitting in the garden, still standing, all in completely different directions!

Parked by a woman ... totally understand .... :beer:

[far queue]

... Now this has me wondering which direction are your bikes facing and did they fall...West/East. Stayed up in Sep, fell over in Feb, tie downs to rafters since Feb, moved today but still up :niceone:

Lots of shit fell over today but nothing broken. Power tripped for the 5.5 and 6.0 but came straight back each time. Water pressure dropped way down after the 6.0 and stayed there. The tar seal in the street was newly ruptured again with plenty of fresh water flowing, new liquifaction and sewage in the street again too. Water pressure has now increased again and is almost back to normal. No further internal damage, but existing external brick damage has opened up more. I'm not worried about that as EQC have already said the house is to be de-bricked and lifted ... sometime.


And I'm out of beer ... and local bottle shop is closed and looking a right mess as I pressed up a against the window longingly :weep:

[neels]

Now this has me wondering which direction are your bikes facing and did they fall.
None of mine have fallen over yet, feb was 3 n-s and one e-w, this time 3 n-s and one parked at work (great day to have taken the bike, getting home in the traffic). Son was home at the time and heard the roof box fall over in the garage and thought it was the bikes, first thing he checked in the house, good boy.


And I'm out of beer ... and local bottle shop is closed and looking a right mess as I pressed up a against the window longingly :weep:
Me too, so it's into the gin bottle instead. At least the gas station was still open so I could get some lemonade to go with it.

My garage must have moved a bit, just spent the last hour bashing the garage door opener back into shape so the chain won't keep falling off 'cos the sprocket don't line up with the chain no more. Don't know if I can be bothered attacking the side garage door or not, it's well and truly jammed shut now.

[orangeback]

I HOPE THE MEDIA dosn't dramatise it and make there own news , so to up set people like they did with the moon man, and get people all on edge again ,

[KiwiPhoenix]

Parked by a woman ... totally understand .... :beer:

And that's why they are still standing :rofl:

[FJRider]

And that's why they are still standing :rofl:

yes Donna ... :calm:

[steve_t]

I HOPE THE MEDIA dosn't dramatise it and make there own news , so to up set people like they did with the moon man, and get people all on edge again ,

Not that I give the man any credence but interesting timing considering the perigee... :scratch:

[Kickaha]

Not that I give the man any credence but interesting timing considering the perigee... :scratch:

Yeah, he'd get one right and we're meant to forget the other gazillion he either didn't predict or got wrong

[AllanB]

One of the girls at work started telling me it was a full moon and Mr Ken has been misunderstood ..............:killingme



Bikes good. Wheels chocked, bars strapped. Standard way of parking in the garage in CHCH :lol:

[ukusa]

September, February & June. Same shit, same result. This time I had a matress beside it which saved it. Still waiting to do Feb repairs under insurance anyway.

[orangeback]

im in chch and will spend the morning moving my parent out of there house, as it's split in three and fulling up with sand and shit , they live in ferrymead, its about 600 deep in water. :(

[Spearfish]

Yeah, he'd get one right and we're meant to forget the other gazillion he either didn't predict or got wrong


The seismologists said there was little chance of another big one, I wonder if campbell live will rip the shyt out of them inducing death threats?

Tie downs and blu tack are probably in short supply.....again.

[dangerous]

The seismologists said there was little chance of another big one, I wonder if campbell live will rip the shyt out of them inducing death threats?

Tie downs and blu tack are probably in short supply.....again.

Well actually... they said just the oppsite. Just over a week back they said there is still likely to be quakes as big as 6.0 the following Monday 5.5 8 days after that and 5.5 and 6.0, I know who I'd listen to.

[Wiki Drifter]

Quote of the day from a lady on the news;

"Then my desk started shaking like usual"

It's a worry when 5.5 magnitude earthquakes are 'usual' :lol:

You sure she meant desk shaking from the earthquake? :shifty:

[imdying]

3 big booms from the red zone a few minutes ago... not idea what they were, but they sound like something (like a building) falling down.

There's another... NFI what it is.

[oldrider]

Really feel for you guy's, we were in the Edgar Centre in Dunedin yesterday, watching our G'daughter playing netball at the time.

The shake was long and strong, (didn't interrupt the games though but close) said to my son, if this is centred in Christchurch, it will be a doooozie, sure nough! :(

[Spearfish]

Well actually... they said just the oppsite. Just over a week back they said there is still likely to be quakes as big as 6.0 the following Monday 5.5 8 days after that and 5.5 and 6.0, I know who I'd listen to.


I must of listened to some renegade bastards

[ellipsis]

...fuck earthquakes...fuck and double fuck earthquakes...i know its totally futile to scream at the ground your standing on and tell it to fuck off, but ive caught myself doing it a couple of times...reminiscent of a John Cleese angry skit..

...Shouldn't have mentioned the new floors in the house to you D..feels like the new green concrete round the piles has turned into rubble in a couple of spots...seriously cant be fucked doing anymore...either the ground dropped about an inch and stayed there or the house jumped an inch and stayed there, but i have an inch gap off the ground under some toms i had under a bearer, that were wedged seriously... big hammer tight...oh well...carry on...:mad:...and sad for a lot of townies doing it hard again...and feeling as equally terrified for the people under the hills from Redcliffs round to my old village, Lyttelton...fuck earthquakes...

[pzkpfw]

I apologise in advance if this question offends anyone, I'm just curious...

With cracks in the ground here, and ground rising over there, it seems that property is being shifted around (maybe not much, but some) and shapes are changing.

So where does that leave property boundaries? Do they move wherever the "pegs" go? If all of Christchurch shifted 1 metre South, would all the properties legally just be 1 metre South of where they were, or would everyone now "own" a 1 Metre strip of the property that was previously to their North?

That may sound stupid, but if it was all just measured by the boundary pegs, if your land, as marked by the boundary pegs is now smaller, would you now have a lower value property - and pay less rates? What if your land got "bigger" - will you pay more? If your property grew by one acre and your next door neighbours property was 1 acre smaller - would they have any claim?

I dunno, just wondering what the normal practice is. (I once read the rules on what happens legally when a river changes course and adds to or subtracts from a property - but I've long forgotten...)

[far queue]

Shhhhhhhhhhhh, let's not talk about that ... my property's got bigger

[FJRider]

Boundry pegs only mark where the boundries are ... if they move ... they can and must be replaced in the correct location ...

[far queue]

Boundry pegs only mark where the boundries are ... if they move ... they can and must be replaced in the correct location ...Easier said than done when there's 220m of boundary fencing to move with them. Mind you it's in shorter sections now than it was prior to September.

[FJRider]

Easier said than done when there's 220m of boundary fencing to move with them.

Or ... when half the properities have moved two metres to the left ...

lose a few hectares of dirt ... gain a few hundred metres of tar-seal road ...

and a few small hills ...

[imdying]

Boundry pegs only mark where the boundries are ... if they move ... they can and must be replaced in the correct location ...Can and must? :rofl:

Good luck with that one :killingme

[neels]

My mate up the road has been steadily stealing land from the council since september, according to the pegs.

[oneofsix]

Boundry pegs only mark where the boundries are ... if they move ... they can and must be replaced in the correct location ...

Re-establishing the correct placement of the pegs could take a shit load of work because first someone has to prove the base reference marks, trig stations generally, haven't moved or re-establish their true positions before they can check the next tier and so on down to the boundary pegs.

[FJRider]

Can and must? :rofl:

Good luck with that one :killingme

If boundry pegs have (been) moved ... and have to be RE-surveyed ... it will be the landowner who pays for it ... good luck with that ... :killingme

[FJRider]

Re-establishing the correct placement of the pegs could take a shit load of work because first someone has to prove the base reference marks, trig stations generally, haven't moved or re-establish their true positions before they can check the next tier and so on down to the boundary pegs.

GPS will save a shit-load of time ...eh ... :beer:

[Oakie]

GPS will save a shit-load of time ...eh ... :beer:

Unfortunately the original locations weren't recorded by GPS ... but I guess you knew that.

[FJRider]

Unfortunately the original locations weren't recorded by GPS ... but I guess you knew that.

They can go off the points that WERE ....

[Oakie]

They can go off the points that WERE ....

...but they don't have a reference for where the points were.

[oneofsix]

Unfortunately the original locations weren't recorded by GPS ... but I guess you knew that.

GPs wasn't an option way back last century when I played with surveying but I suspect it isn't accurate enough anyhow. 1 metre resolution certainly wouldn't do it :laugh:

[oneofsix]

...but they don't have a reference for where the points were.

That's part of the problem I guess. But each trig is referenced back to at least two others. Work from far enough out you can reestablish your datums but it would take time and effort. I stand to be corrected by someone who actually does this stuff.

[jim.cox]

That's part of the problem I guess. But each trig is referenced back to at least two others. Work from far enough out you can reestablish your datums but it would take time and effort. I stand to be corrected by someone who actually does this stuff.

Well I USED to do this stuff

And there is no denying that the Chch quakes have given the surveyors a whole lot to do

But in general, the boundary peg marks the boundary. When the peg moves by natural means, and the movement is over a large area, then the boundary moves also. If your place moves, and the neighbours moves, so will the boundary

There are exceptions to this rule - and it certainally doesn't cover deliberate movement by person or persons known or unknown.

The bigger problem comes when the boundary peg is not there - how do you know where it should be?

A GPS can be useful, but the survey system in NZ does not rely on the absolute coordinates - there is too much measurable movement (even without earthquakes) for that. Its the relative positions of the pegs, survey marks and trig stations that count.

Some of the the measurements taken since September last year show that the Port Hills have risen by about 470mm - and some of the side ways movements are five to six metres

[oldrider]

Strange things are going on and when you take in to consideration how Zealandia was driven up from beneath the sea, it is not surprising!

I worry that Christchurch is not simply a dress rehearsal for some even more significant event!

Apparently a periodically measurable movement on the main fault line is quite long overdue! :mellow:

[jim.cox]

Strange things are going on and when you take in to consideration how Zealandia was driven up from beneath the sea, it is not surprising!

I worry that Christchurch is not simply a dress rehearsal for some even more significant event!

Apparently a periodically measurable movement on the main fault line is quite long overdue! :mellow:




Take a look at these images grabbed from geonet.org.nz

Do you see a pattern ?

[oneofsix]

Well I USED to do this stuff

And there is no denying that the Chch quakes have given the surveyors a whole lot to do

But in general, the boundary peg marks the boundary. When the peg moves by natural means, and the movement is over a large area, then the boundary moves also. If your place moves, and the neighbours moves, so will the boundary

There are exceptions to this rule - and it certainally doesn't cover deliberate movement by person or persons known or unknown.

The bigger problem comes when the boundary peg is not there - how do you know where it should be?

A GPS can be useful, but the survey system in NZ does not rely on the absolute coordinates - there is too much measurable movement (even without earthquakes) for that. Its the relative positions of the pegs, survey marks and trig stations that count.

Some of the the measurements taken since September last year show that the Port Hills have risen by about 470mm - and some of the side ways movements are five to six metres

thanks, so no risk of a house being rebuilt in the same place but now spanning a boundary line.

[mashman]

Take a look at these images grabbed from geonet.org.nz

Do you see a pattern ?

Doesn't Iceland do a similar thing... albeit a little more dramatically.

[oneofsix]

Take a look at these images grabbed from geonet.org.nz

Do you see a pattern ?

theere was the forgotten big quake in Fjordland, on the pacific plate I believe. Then Christchurch on the Australian plate, a bit like a stress transfer and push it a bit north. If you go further north and back to the pacific plate? :eek:

[slofox]

I worry that Christchurch is not simply a dress rehearsal for some even more significant event!

Yes. So do I. Been wondering about that for a couple of days now.

[YellowDog]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10732407&ref=rss

Christchurch police are again warning that people may be passing themselves off as officials so they can steal in the wake of Monday's earthquakes.

No significant earthquake-related crime had been reported since the quakes and the nights had been quiet, but police did get one or two calls about people wearing high visibility vests and possibly passing themselves off as earthquake response workers, said Canterbury police district commander, Superintendent Dave Cliff.

"A high viz vest is no guarantee of authenticity and we encourage people to ask for identification."

People were urged to report suspicious behaviour - anyone who looks out of place, or unknown vehicles and people cruising around streets - to police.

After the deadly February 22 quake Christchurch saw a spike in burglaries and a number of people trying to pass themselves off as EQC staff, wearing high-visibility vests, going door-to-door and asking people about their electronic equipment.

- NZPA

[Maha]

If you want to get away....
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/139008-Free-Accommodation

[oldrider]

What is the Christchurch connection with this list of world events?: http://blog.imva.info/climate/volcanic-eruptions

Follow the links and see some fantastic/interesting pics and videos, do what you will with the other BS, to each his own! :confused:

[oldrider]

To IMDYING thanks a bunch for the red bling, I posted that for the pics, nothing else, can't you read? FFS! :facepalm:

[neels]

To IMDYING thanks a bunch for the red bling, I posted that for the pics, nothing else, can't you read? FFS! :facepalm:
Reading maybe, comprehension perhaps not so much, this is kb after all.

[dangerous]

To IMDYING thanks a bunch for the red bling, I posted that for the pics, nothing else, can't you read? FFS! :facepalm:
Id like to know his comment that acompanys the bling a ding ding... and the reason why he "disapprove's"

[oldrider]

Id like to know his comment that acompanys the bling a ding ding... and the reason why he "disapprove's"

Simple, he [imdying] didn't read the post before reacting!

Comments with red bling:[ "Dr" Circus is a confirmed nut job, been posted before ]

No problem with that but that is not why I posted the Blog, it was for the pictures of all the volcanoes and the fact that they are all around the "Pacific rim of fire" and questioned whether or not there could be a link to the current Christchurch earthquakes!

I even suggested ignoring the other bullshit in the blog!

He gave me another "red" for complaining :lol: :mellow:

[Virago]

I've just spent 24 hours in Christchurch to attend some meetings. There was a couple of 4+ shakes during a meeting yesterday afternoon - the Christchurch folk didn't bat an eyelid - the rest of us were edging for the doorway and tables...:baby:

Kudos to you guys - living with that on a daily basis (while waiting for the next big one) is no small thing.

My natural instinct to "rubber-neck" at the damage while travelling though town was very quickly replaced with a revulsion and deep sadness. What a mess...

[Kickaha]

There was a couple of 4+ shakes during a meeting yesterday afternoon

Can't say I noticed them either but it does depend on what you're doing, one of our guys didn't even notice the 5+ on Monday

[fuknKIWI]

Well my old Mum must have a guardian angel, apart from spending 6 weeks in WA during March/April she's gotten back to earthquake central & has had yet experience sitting in a chair with crap flying around her.
At some stage I'm going to have to come back to help her shift to wherever she's going to go. Don't want to just have to...
KIA KAHA Christchurch.

[dangerous]

"Dr" Circus is a confirmed nut job, been posted before
never heard of him nor seen such a post... more of a personal opion than "disapprovel"



I've just spent 24 hours in Christchurch to attend some meetings. There was a couple of 4+ shakes during a meeting yesterday afternoon - the Christchurch folk didn't bat an eyelid - the rest of us were edging for the doorway and tables...:baby:

Kudos to you guys - living with that on a daily basis (while waiting for the next big one) is no small thing.

My natural instinct to "rubber-neck" at the damage while travelling though town was very quickly replaced with a revulsion and deep sadness. What a mess...

dont remember them myself... and yeah seeing shit upside down for your self aint nothing like seeing it on TV, tv just dosent show/give the feel of reality

[jim.cox]

Another interesting quake map...

[scumdog]

Is there any map that shows the effects of the quakes? i.e. changes in elevation, movement of land in any particular direction and by how much.

'Cos by now there must be SOME noticable change in the lay-out around Ch-ch

[jim.cox]

Is there any map that shows the effects of the quakes? i.e. changes in elevation, movement of land in any particular direction and by how much.


There was one good one I saw for the Feb quake - showed the epicentre and ground movements - looked sort of like a big pimple focussed on the epicentre - but unfortunately I didn't save it, and I can't find now :(

[jim.cox]

There was one good one I saw for the Feb quake - showed the epicentre and ground movements - looked sort of like a big pimple focussed on the epicentre - but unfortunately I didn't save it, and I can't find now :(

Found it...

[scumdog]

Found it...

Ta jim, there is no legend with that chart?


Anyway, I was more looking for figures such as "Merrivale is now XXX metres further north from Sumner than it was prior to the 'quake" or "Halswell is now xxx metre higher in elevation than it use to be" type of stuff.

[jim.cox]

Ta jim, there is no legend with that chart?


Anyway, I was more looking for figures such as "Merrivale is now XXX metres further north from Sumner than it was prior to the 'quake" or "Halswell is now xxx metre higher in elevation than it use to be" type of stuff.

WYSIS-MOL-WYG = What you see is more or less what you get

The contours show vertical movement in mm

So Avonside is down 150 (6" in old speak)

Port Hills is up 470 mm

[shrub]

WYSIS-MOL-WYG = What you see is more or less what you get

The contours show vertical movement in mm

So Avonside is down 150 (6" in old speak)

Port Hills is up 470 mm

It's all fucked up. And down, and sometimes sideways.

[jim.cox]

And there we go again...

Any bets on where and how big ?

Felt like at least 4.2 here

[imdying]

Yeah I'll take a guess... 4.4, between Sumner and Lyttelton.

[EJK]

My guess is around......... 4.6.

10kms deep?

[jim.cox]

Yeah I'll take a guess... 4.4, between Sumner and Lyttelton.

Bang on - well done that man

6km deep so another shallow one :(

[imdying]

Definitely better things to be good at than guessing what part of our lovely city took another shagging :-/ I was out 5km ish though, was off South Shore.

[jim.cox]

Definitely better things to be good at than guessing what part of our lovely city took another shagging .


Or is that "our shagged city took another loving" ? :whistle:

[imdying]

On that note... anyone been caught in quake during a bit of nookie? :laugh:

[jim.cox]

On that note... anyone been caught in quake during a bit of nookie? :laugh:

Not yet - but I'll keep working on it :)

[imdying]

That one felt more 4.2 :laugh:

[Grumph]

I had a fridge stuck in the doorway of my daughters flat when the last one hit....
Sadly it didn't help.....and if it had been a big one I'd have been stuck indoors too.

[Oakie]

On that note... anyone been caught in quake during a bit of nookie? :laugh:

No, but I think I caused what may have been recorded as an aftershock this afternoon...:banana:

[dangerous]

5.3 my arse...fuck man that did a bit of damage here, CAMsec.. it was centered under your arse, you ok neil?

[EJK]

Damn, it sure felt bigger. I feel for the people in Akaroa. Some of them must been sleeping peacefully.

[far queue]

5.3 my arse...fuck man that did a bit of damage here, CAMsec.. it was centered under your arse, you ok neil?It all depends on how close you are. I was guessing it was either a high 4 real close or a mid 5 a wee way off. I'm sure it was impressive out your way and there's bound to be damage out there but not too bad here. What concerns me more is the location for one that size - it's a wee way from the Sep 4, Feb 22, and Jun 13 ones - yet another fault perhaps? How many of the fuckers are there?

[onearmedbandit]

I don't know, it's not like it's my fault.



Ba-dom tsshhh

[ellipsis]

....yea D..all cool here...felt like it was under our place tho...I picked it at 4.7 out in Lytt harbour..not a 5.3 in my garden...

[Gone Burger]

Can't even imagine how the hell you are all getting through all these shocks down there. Many people are saying tonights one felt bigger.

My thoughts are with you all daily, and think you are all fucking (excuse my language) incredible for being as strong as you are. Just wanted to say again there is always a spare room here in Welly if it's ever needed for a wee break. Dogs very welcome.

Hope it's a more settled night down there.

[neels]

Another after earthquake callout to work finished.

Time for bed.

[dangerous]

....yea D..all cool here...felt like it was under our place tho...I picked it at 4.7 out in Lytt harbour..not a 5.3 in my garden...mate... we lost more in lastnights quake than in any of the others, 1st time the sprogs woke balling, figgered as it was the furtherest yet from us the likes of you were screwed... weird how they work aye.

On another note I was working out east yesterday, shit man its well fucked up there, houses on all kinds of angles, mud n shit from arse holes to breakfast time... roads runing next to the avon are lower than the river now, poor bastards are the real victoms.

[Grumph]

The water table is high again which IMO lets the tremors travel further, easier.

Even out here 80 odd k to the west of Brighton we're feeling them now where previously we didn't. The two close together round 11pm woke me up - combined they gave a long rolling - lasted about 1 1/2 minutes...

[Kickaha]

Felt the 5.3, didn't feel anything else, I reckon I'm pretty much in the best of the areas close to Chch as there has been minimal damage out here the whole period we've been having them

[Oakie]

I only picked it as 4.8 here in Parklands. A lot of noise but I noticed the TV hardly even got a wobble on. Fish tank sploshed around a bit though.

Not going to feel them for the next week either. We're off to Rarotonga for a week leaving tomorrow (volcanic clouds permitting). Tsunami anyone?

[far queue]

I note they've moved the location of the 5.3. Last night they were showing it as being near Little River now they got it near Halswell. No wonder you felt it so much D.

[imdying]

I love the ones that roll for ages like that, a lot less scary than the ones that kick your arse out of the blue.

[ellipsis]

I love the ones that roll for ages like that, a lot less scary than the ones that kick your arse out of the blue.

...just the opposite out here...place jumped up and down and then twisted and banged for a minute or more...fuck earthquakes...

[imdying]

Fair enough, makes a big difference where you are when they happen too. At least the rollers ease you into it, the ones that smack like a hammer are a bit confusing for the first few seconds :eek:

[Rashika]

...just the opposite out here...place jumped up and down and then twisted and banged for a minute or more...fuck earthquakes...

yeap my thoughts exactly and it was a very rocky one last night, friggen picture came off the wall and smashed the glass at the foot of the bed, nice one! :motu:

[oldrider]

Seems like the rest of the East Coast and inland just get a little shake around to remind us how lucky we are and to keep us on our toes!

Just big enough to say, ..... watch it, you might be next! :mellow:

Thinking of you guy's up there! :yes:

[Kickaha]

Fair enough, makes a big difference where you are when they happen too.

Yeah, I was talking to Buddha earlier that evening when we felt quite a noticeable jolt that was centred between Rakaia and Methven, Buddha who is out Brighton way didn't even notice it

[ukusa]

still waiting to see anyone from EQC for the first time. Have put in 2 claims now, but nothing.
Also claimed for driveway through my own insurance back in March. Have not heard since from them either. Time to get back on the blower, especially since more damage after June quake.

On the plus side, my Triumph finally went in today to replace dented tank & muffler from the February quake. Should be back Friday me hopes. Will wrap it in cotton wool now (it fell over in September, February & June quakes).

[dangerous]

still waiting to see anyone from EQC for the first time. Have put in 2 claims now, but nothing.

it fell over in September, February & June quakes

What area are you working? Im in with the Spraydon and larger area hub... 'might' be able to help.

3 times ya bike arsed up... did you not learn after september? chock n prop mate.


I don't know, it's not like it's my fault.
Ba-dom tsshhh
farking is...



....yea D..all cool here...felt like it was under our place tho...I picked it at 4.7 out in Lytt harbour..not a 5.3 in my garden...

still waiting to see anyone from EQC for the first time. Have put in 2 claims now, but nothing.
Also claimed for driveway through my own insurance back in March. Have not heard since from them either. Time to get back on the blower, especially since more damage after June quake.


I note they've moved the location of the 5.3. Last night they were showing it as being near Little River now they got it near Halswell. No wonder you felt it so much D.
yeah... and now a 5.4
makes more sence now aye, knowing at the time or just after thinking that it was LR and how hard it hit here had me thinking those closer were screwed.

[fuknKIWI]

KIA KAHA
I burned up a few mobile phone credits today, time to back on short term recharge with bonus credits. Mum cam be a bit of a whinger sometimes but these days she's carrying on like a trooper, gotta say I'm impressed. Go mum.
To everybody else in CHCH hang in there as best you can...

[Oakie]

Well I had my EQC assessment today. Very thorough and good to deal with they were too. No structural damage to the house but as we already knew, quite a bit of superficial damage to be fixed (some of it for the second time). Piles fine, ceiling space fine except for a bit of grouting required between tiles. The gentlemen I had have to finish their caseload by this weekend after which EQC will mull it over for a few weeks and then either send a cheque or ask if I want Mr Fletcher to fix it although I don't think the value will be sufficient to involve Mr Fletcher.

[Grumph]

It is possible to opt out of the Fletchers repair management scenario - though from what I hear vey few assesors are telling people that...
My own advice fwiw is to opt out....hard earned experience.
The offer to be made today to owners in munted suburbs looks pretty controversial - plenty of resistance unless the valuations are updated from 2007 level.
But I'm sure there will be those who just take it with a smile and run...

[dangerous]

It is possible to opt out of the Fletchers repair management scenario - though from what I hear vey few assesors are telling people that...
My own advice fwiw is to opt out....hard earned experience....as I did and all has been repaired and now the company that I had do the work awaits payment.

[marty]

I had a fridge stuck in the doorway of my daughters flat when the last one hit....
Sadly it didn't help.....and if it had been a big one I'd have been stuck indoors too.


fridges are like that. lazy buggers they are.

[imdying]

Things are looking pretty serious at the EQC headquarters, lotta pigs standing around with their arms crossed etc...

[oneofsix]

Things are looking pretty serious at the EQC headquarters, lotta pigs standing around with their arms crossed etc...

Does that mean they are expecting a lot of angry residents? If so I suspect they have mis-read the people.

[cynna]

quite a few of the streets near me are going - looks like anything close to the avon rive is going. i imagine there are going to be quite a few upset people being given there 2007 rateable value

[lakedaemonian]

It is possible to opt out of the Fletchers repair management scenario - though from what I hear vey few assesors are telling people that...
My own advice fwiw is to opt out....hard earned experience.
The offer to be made today to owners in munted suburbs looks pretty controversial - plenty of resistance unless the valuations are updated from 2007 level.
But I'm sure there will be those who just take it with a smile and run...

Although for the average property values in Christchurch......2007 would probably represent fairly close to the peak in recent values......property values have been mostly flat to downhill since then.

Seems pretty fair to me......but I would be guessing that any outlier/inaccurate values would leave a few pretty cross.

I would agree with the opt out.....BUT I would compare it against quotes from reputable builders(if you don't DIY)...to ensure savings get pocketed..rather than plundered!

We are Yellow...which must be the internationally recognized colour for ambiguity and confusion.

[shrub]

I suspect they have mis-read the people.

the people? Since when have they figured in anything?

I am getting a little grumpy with EQC. My house is pretty good beyond a few cracks and a garage that leans to one side (but still solid), but I lost a lot of contents. My lovely Loewe TV and Tannoy speakers hit the floor and are munted, as did my daughters SLR camera and computer and shitloads of glass, crockery etc. I have replaced the crockery etc (much of which broke again on the 13th) and the contents of fridge and chest freezer (including half a lamb, some wild venison and a couple of thar backstraps), but I don't have the readies to replace $10k worth of TV and speakers let alone my daughter's kit. That's what I had insurance for. If my house had been burned down, if al qaeda had flown a plane into it or I'd been burgled I'd have had a cheque in the mail within days.

Instead I'm watching a poxy old TV with crap reception and listening to music through my MP3 player and my daughter is using my expensive camera to do her school work instead of the one I gave her especially.

I have rung them a few times and been told nothing beyond that I was on the urgent list, and then last week I was told that the assessors are doing 4 - 5 claims a day and that all i can do is wait. They have the photos, the valuations, the proof of purchase etc - what more do they need? How the hell can it take up to 2 hours to process what is basically an insurance claim?

[cynna]

... insurance still covers for replacement value of the house so you wont just get the rates value. so its not so bad after all

[neels]

We are Yellow...which must be the internationally recognized colour for ambiguity and confusion.
You too huh, just carry on with the hurry up and wait I guess.

Just had a look at the MAP (http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/document/pdf/201126/LandInformationMap%5B1%5D.pdf), looks like the council have got the river front land they've been wanting for ages and where I live just got smaller, I wonder if that will make it more 'exclusive' and therefore more desirable :lol:

[jim.cox]

the people? Since when have they figured in anything?

I am getting a little grumpy with EQC. My house is pretty good beyond a few cracks and a garage that leans to one side (but still solid), but I lost a lot of contents. My lovely Loewe TV and Tannoy speakers hit the floor and are munted, as did my daughters SLR camera and computer and shitloads of glass, crockery etc. I have replaced the crockery etc (much of which broke again on the 13th) and the contents of fridge and chest freezer (including half a lamb, some wild venison and a couple of thar backstraps), but I don't have the readies to replace $10k worth of TV and speakers let alone my daughter's kit. That's what I had insurance for. If my house had been burned down, if al qaeda had flown a plane into it or I'd been burgled I'd have had a cheque in the mail within days.

Instead I'm watching a poxy old TV with crap reception and listening to music through my MP3 player and my daughter is using my expensive camera to do her school work instead of the one I gave her especially.

I have rung them a few times and been told nothing beyond that I was on the urgent list, and then last week I was told that the assessors are doing 4 - 5 claims a day and that all i can do is wait. They have the photos, the valuations, the proof of purchase etc - what more do they need? How the hell can it take up to 2 hours to process what is basically an insurance claim?

Why are you dealing with EQC over that stuff? Isn't that contents? I thought you went to your insurer for that

[cynna]

Why are you dealing with EQC over that stuff? Isn't that contents? I thought you went to your insurer for that

eqc covers the first $20 000 for contents (or could be $10g). we still havent heard anything about ours either.

[jim.cox]

Here's a useful map of the Residential Red zone - those houses to be taken by the govt...

Tip: Turn on satelite view to get a better impression of just how many houses are included

http://file.stuff.co.nz/thepress/quakeland/

[Maha]

I feel that the home owners within the Red Zone have been offered a fair deal. Nine months to chew it over. Two options but if it were me I would take the house/land package and leave rather than take the land only offer and go into battle with any individual insurance company or EQC for that matter. They are just as likely to use the 'Act of God' clause and draw the process out.

[Bald Eagle]

I suspect the Govt cheque will be made payable to the bank that holds the mortgage in the first instance - else people could take the money and leave.

[shrub]

Why are you dealing with EQC over that stuff? Isn't that contents? I thought you went to your insurer for that

Under $20K EQC do it. My insurer's hands are tied and they have assured me that if they could, they'd pay. I suggested they pay me and then hit up EQC but that's not how the rules work.