Shake, Rattle and Roll

[Sniper]

Bloody hell, just sitting here on my favourite website and at 0758 a huge MF earthquake just hit. :crybaby:

Anyone else feel it??

[James Deuce]

Yes. Good thing I was sitting on the toilet "contemplating".

[Sniper]

Yes. Good thing I was sitting on the toilet "contemplating".

I dont want to know what could have happened

[StoneChucker]

About 07:57
Whew, these quakes are getting bigger and bigger! I reckon something BIG is a coming :doh:

[Pwalo]

Yep sitting here at my PC, working in my office on the Petone foreshore. Better go and have a look out at the harbour to see if any water is heading this way.

Sure was a big bang.

[StoneChucker]

The Hospital shook like bloody crazy. I started another thread about it, before reading this, so please ignore.

I hope my partner is ok at Sawyers :baby:

[Sniper]

No 0758.

Damn you wrote up a thread too, I bow to you master

[bear]

Just got to work and the fellas told me, didn't even feel it while walking to work! They describe it as bigger than the ones earlier in the week.

[curious george]

Get outta town!
Move to somewhere nicer, like AUCKLAND!!! :doobey:

[James Deuce]

Just got to work and the fellas told me, didn't even feel it while walking to work! They describe it as bigger than the ones earlier in the week.
MUCH bigger!!

[Riff Raff]

Nope didn't feel anything here so it can't have been that big! :Pokey:

[PSYCHO]

Felt it here in Nelson too.

[James Deuce]

Get outta town!
Move to somewhere nicer, like AUCKLAND!!! :doobey:
52 dormant volcanoes.

I'm happier here thanks.

[James Deuce]

About 07:57
Whew, these quakes are getting bigger and bigger! I reckon something BIG is a coming :doh:

Usuall doesn't work that way. Earthquake swarms are much better than absolutely nothing for ages. The stored energy gets to humungous proprtions if the fault lines don't slip and slide like that. The three recent bigges in the 9 region along the Australian/Indian plate were very unusual.

[munter]

Rock and Roll - yahooo! what a ride. Good to know the sea has not receeded and Wellington is still standing!

[PhilBilly]

It was a biggy here in Berhampore, (runs down to check bike wheeewww ) lol

[Blakamin]

It was a biggy here in Berhampore, (runs down to check bike wheeewww ) lol
Yours got the suicide stand too????
checking the bike was the first thing I did after I was rudely awoken by the bloody planet!

[bear]

Details: Measured 5.5, 30km down within 5km of Upper Hutt

[PhilBilly]

lol the planet is angry. My stand is broken till the insurance from lady comes through so ive got a bolt in there, hope it hasnt bent anymore

[Jamezo]

it was centred on upper hutt, let me just say

"NIGGER BITCH HOLE FAT TITS!!!!!!"

to quote my acquaintance Tim...

[Paul in NZ]

Yours got the suicide stand too????
checking the bike was the first thing I did after I was rudely awoken by the bloody planet!

tsk tsk.... Those Ducatis!!

Guzzis cause small earthquakes and have decent main stands (just as well because my side stand does not even come up to joke standards)

[Jamezo]

it was centred on upper hutt, let me just say

"NIGGER BITCH HOLE FAT TITS!!!!!!"

to quote my acquaintance Tim...that's what he'd say if he were not currently in RotoVegas :thud:

[curious george]

52 dormant volcanoes.

I'm happier here thanks.

And when was the last eruption north of Ruapehu? It's never gonna happen!
There is only about 30 cones left anyway, the rest have been excavated for road chip.......

Nah, Safe as houses Auckland is, safe as houses..... unless they leak.....

[James Deuce]

And when was the last eruption north of Ruapehu? It's never gonna happen!
There is only about 30 cones left anyway, the rest have been excavated for road chip.......

Nah, Safe as houses Auckland is, safe as houses..... unless they leak.....

Last eruption was 800 years ago - Rangitoto is a relatively new feature, remember?

[Fryin Finn]

My colleagues sister felt the quake in Tauranga. 2 others dived for a doorway (in a concrete wall) and I kept my cool as we bikers do. Since I was told most people have been injured with falling ceiling tiles I am now wearing my m/c helmet. Might look silly but dead is a sillier look. :disapint:

[Sniper]

FUCK SAKE

Just rung neihbour to ask to go check on bike. She rung back to tell me does it usually lye on its side!!!!. Now I have to wait till I finish work to go survey the damage.

FUCK!!!!!

[pete376403]

Just heard it was 5.5 and centred 5km north of Upper Hutt. And I missed it - was driving in the van, which dances around at the best of times anyway.

[Blakamin]

tsk tsk.... Those Ducatis!!

Guzzis cause small earthquakes and have decent main stands (just as well because my side stand does not even come up to joke standards)
I will fabricate a piece to stop it retracting oneday... I'm actually used to it now tho... just get scared when others go near my bike :shit:

[merv]

I was still in bed and it was a good one. Only a few magazines slipped onto the floor - nothing serious.

[Scaredy Cat]

There was another one at 8.02 am measured 3.7 in Upper Hutt.

Theres probably gonna be a lot more for a couple of weeks all around the Wellington region you guys are just gonna have to sweat it out, or go on holiday for a couple of weeks.

Be careful out there and wear you protective gear and helmets at all times :yes:

[spudchucka]

I was still in bed and it was a good one. Only a few magazines slipped onto the floor - nothing serious.
In bed at 0758 with a bunch of magazines............. what were you up to?? The earth may have moved in more ways than one!





Just joshin with ya.

[sels1]

Had a couple of things fall off bookshelves at home but when I got to work the large desk fan that normally resides on a shelf up behind me was in pieces all over my desk/chair - lucky I opted for a later start today! (the joys of glide time)

[SPORK]

Argh, 5 k's from my house... All that fought with gravity and lost was a couple of candles.

Still, was a bloody annoying wake up call!

[Ms Piggy]

I was already at work (8am team meetings suck!) and on level 13 when the quake rumbled on through.

We all kinda stood up and went "Oooooooo" and then when the 2nd shake happened we all moved further away from the full glass windows!

I admit my heart was racing quite hard when it finished.

It's funny what people will do though, my friend next to me picked her cup of tea and walked away with it.

[Hitcher]

And when was the last eruption north of Ruapehu? It's never gonna happen!
White Island. Monthly?

Mt Ngaruhoe erupted 70 times between 1850 and 1977.

Mt Tongariro's crater last emitted ash in 1926.

Mt Tarawera (the one that destroyed the pink & white terraces), 10 June 1886.

Don't forget that Captain Cook only missed Rangitoto's last go by a matter of weeks.

On a geological time scale that's like yesterday!

[sedge]

With my usual immaculate timing I was in the lift going to the sixth floor when it happened... passing 4 the lift started banging and slipping, then banged and slipped a FRECKING LOT... The doors opened and spat me out on the second floor :(...

Luckily I was still wearing my bike gear and it held most of the pooh in...

Heh heh... be using the stairs for a while now... Nothing like a six floor hike in leathers to start the day.

Sedge.

ps. The lifts didn't work for a few hours after this, eventually the lift guy came and said it was OK for them to be scared and to please come out of the basement now.

[Hitcher]

Reference Number: 2354134/G
Universal Time: January 20 2005 at 19:02
NZ Daylight Time: Friday, January 21 2005 at 8:02 am
Latitude, Longitude: 41.11°S, 175.04°E
Focal Depth: 25 km
Richter Magnitude: 3.7

Within 5 km of Upper Hutt
20 km north-east of Lower Hutt
20 km south of Paraparaumu
30 km north-east of Wellington

Likely to have been felt in the Wellington Region

[SPORK]

Likely to have been felt in the Wellington Region

Ohh, thanks! Didn't notice :eyepoke:

[Coyote]

Don't know what some of you are complaining about. That earthquake was AWESOME!!! Coolest thing about this one was there was no warning shock, it just started shaking violently. And my house is 25-50m away from the Fault line!

[Blakamin]

Luckily I was still wearing my bike gear and it held most of the pooh in...



ps. The lifts didn't work for a few hours after this, eventually the lift guy came and said it was OK for them to be scared and to please come out of the basement now.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :lol: :lol: :apint:

[Holy Roller]

Went to pick up my boy from being in Tailand for two weeks. Had to meet him in Edgecumbe in the BOP, stopped the van where I was to pick him up at 12.30am when all of a sudden the van started to shake from side to side. Strewth I thought a decent sized earthquake to do this....
Looked in the rear view mirror and saw a small head pop up younger brother (HR Jnr) had stowed away in the back seat to see his brother when he got in.
Gave on heck of a start :bash: not impressed the Mrs just laughed when I got home.

[Waylander]

dont like earthquakes dont like vulks then come live in hamilton, far as i can tell the only thing wrong with it is nothing to do and shit weather but anyway have fun with the shakin

[Paul in NZ]

In bed at 0758 with a bunch of magazines............. what were you up to?? The earth may have moved in more ways than one!


Just joshin with ya.

Yes - I thought this too.... No answer yet either. Musta lost his place.. Lets see, where was I up to? October?

[merv]

In bed at 0758 with a bunch of magazines............. what were you up to?? The earth may have moved in more ways than one!


Nah me and Mrs Merv were still asleep - I think she was dreaming about robbing a bank or something. The mags were on my dresser - given them at Xmas and still haven't read them. No damage evident anywhere but its the best shake we've felt here, but still doesn't match those when I was in Napier especially the swarm we had early '73.

[Coldkiwi]

incidentally, I was reading an article in the NZ engineering news this week that had the following advice for earthquake survival from Doug Copp, rescue chief and disaster manager of the American Rescue Team international. Apparently he's been inside 875 collapsed buildings and worked at every major disaster site in the world since 1985.. so he knows his stuff and reckons that all the stuff we learned at school about get under a desk or stand in a doorway (aka duck and cover) is as good as pulling the trigger.
Top Ten Tips for surviving an earthquake
1)most people who 'duck and cover' are killed in a collapsed building
2) curl up into a foetal position because you are more likely to survive in a smaller void
3) get on the ground NEXT to a sofa, bed or other large object that may compress a bit when the above floor/roof hits it but will leave an open area next to it.
4)if you're in bed, roll out of it and lie next to it
5) if you can't get out of the building easily out a door or window, do the foetal position next to a sofa etc.
6)if you stand under a doorway, the doorjamb will often fall forward or back in an earthquake leaving you exposed to a falling ceiling. It may also fall sideways cutting you in half. Avoid doorways!
7)Never go to the stairs, even after an earthquake. These are the most likely part of a building to get damaged due to the way they swing at a different rate from the building. They often get collapsed when damaged and people crowd onto them fleeing.
8) gather near the external walls of the building (or outside if possible). This makes it easier to get out if the building does collapse
9) if you're in a tunnel or below an elevated road, get OUT of the car and lie next to it. The bulk of the car will create a safe zone for you to lie in next to it.
10) if you're in an office and there's no big furniture, a stack of paper works well to as it will not compress.

[Waylander]

funny how the news media allways make things seem worse than they really are just say a clip for tonights 3 news and it seems they are claiming that it was a bad time for a quake and all that but from what i hear on here and other sites it wasnt all that bad ohwell guess ill find out sonner or later aye

[Skunk]

dont like earthquakes dont like vulks then come live in hamilton, far as i can tell the only thing wrong with it is nothing to do and shit weather but anyway have fun with the shakinMost of that central area got quite heavily covered in dirt and ash when Mount Taupo last erupted... :devil2:

[James Deuce]

Most of that central area got quite heavily covered in dirt and ash when Mount Taupo last erupted... :devil2:
I wouldn't laugh too hard - a lot of that ash is in your backyard too.

[NC]

I was coming back from the airport... Damn graffiting lil mutha phuckers!!

[Skunk]

I wouldn't laugh too hard - a lot of that ash is in your backyard too.About 1 metre thick last time I checked... :(

Reading about the Napier quake in 31 - most died running outside or while trapped in the burning buildings.

As Coldkiwi said NEXT to a large object, not under a table, desk etc. :yes:

[SPORK]

Yeah, had to tell that advice to my little brother who was convinced it was the end of the world.

I just went back to bed. The bloody earthquake had tipped me out!

[merv]

Just felt another one. A little vertical kind of shake a bit like bouncing in a bed.

[Skunk]

Just felt another one. A little vertical kind of shake a bit like bouncing in a bed.3.7 in the same place... :yeah:

[Jamezo]

In bed at 0758 with a bunch of magazines............. what were you up to?? The earth may have moved in more ways than one!





Just joshin with ya.
maybe we've been misinterpreting this, those magazines might be ammunition for his, err, gun.

ah, the elusive anti-anti-double-entendre...

[mangell6]

A guy at work lives in Kingslea Hights in UH and he says his lat/long is 41.07S; 175.06E now the mere 5.5 this morning was at 41.09S; 175.06E supposedly 2 nautical miles south of him, which is about the Trentham Race course??

I could have been fed bulls hit of course.

Re Napier the two after shocks, which were nearly as big as the actual quack itself, did the damage.

www.geonet.org.nz has a really cool area under "Data centre" where you can get the quake information absolutely fascinating.

[Velox]

I just sat back and enjoyed it. I love earthquakes because it's pretty amazing thinking about what's actually going on and knowing that we're living in such an active landscape! (Geog student getting a bit excited here). What a great place to live! Then again, I totally accept that there'll be huge devastation when the 'big one' comes and that'll be terrible, but these little ones a fun.

[spudchucka]

maybe we've been misinterpreting this, those magazines might be ammunition for his, err, gun.

ah, the elusive anti-anti-double-entendre...
There was a gun involved but not the sort you suggest. :yeah:

I'm sorry, I shouldn't make mirth in a serious thread like this. I shall go to my room and flagellate! :crazy:

[merv]

The bad news is none of the mags on the dresser were bike (or anything better) mags - they were all car and 4x4 ones that dudes gave me for Xmas.

[Blakamin]

The bad news is none of the mags on the dresser were bike (or anything better) mags - they were all car and 4x4 ones that dudes gave me for Xmas.
Blasphemer!!!
"i dont have to work with a blasphemer" (choccie fish if someone posts what that quote is from before 5pm)

[riffer]

Blasphemer!!!
"i dont have to work with a blasphemer" (choccie fish if someone posts what that quote is from before 5pm)


Charlie in Mad Max

No choccie fish thanks. I'm diabetic. I'll have a rep point instead. :bleh:

He actually said. "You're blaspheming again... I don't have to work with a blasphemer."

[Blakamin]

Charlie in Mad Max

No choccie fish thanks. I'm diabetic. I'll have a rep point instead. :bleh:

He actually said. "You're blaspheming again... I don't have to work with a blasphemer."
I didnt wanna make it too easy!!!!

[riffer]

I didnt wanna make it too easy!!!!


Mmmmm. Those moderator rep points taste better than any of yer dodgy choccie fish. Cheers Mike. :Punk:

[James Deuce]

Feel that little one?

[riffer]

Fuck me!

Another bloody quake. The whole house jumped like an express train was going past.

Upper Hutt is a bit dodgy this week.

Might have another scotch...

Thank goodness it didn't wake Tim up. Last thing I need is him freaked out about more quakes. He's already sleeping in his parents bed tonight cause he's worried his mum's in hospital...

[StoneChucker]

Fuck me!

Another bloody quake. The whole house jumped like an express train was going past.

Upper Hutt is a bit dodgy this week.

Might have another scotch...

Thank goodness it didn't wake Tim up. Last thing I need is him freaked out about more quakes. He's already sleeping in his parents bed tonight cause he's worried his mum's in hospital...
Yeah, I felt it too, jumped up and checked the bike!
Whats wrong with the missus? Hope all is well, or will be soon
Dave.

[riffer]

Yeah, I felt it too, jumped up and checked the bike!
Whats wrong with the missus? Hope all is well, or will be soon
Dave.


Hopefully she'll be okay by the morning. Nothing wrong with the baby. Just needs to get a bit stronger antibiotics than she can get at home. Pity they won't let her come home with a drip in her arm as I'm sure she'd get better quicker at home.

[Paul in NZ]

Feel that little one?

Put your trousers back on banana boy.

Paul N

[riffer]

Just a tiddler:

Reference Number: 2354877/G
Universal Time: January 22 2005 at 8:14
NZ Daylight Time: Saturday, January 22 2005 at 9:14 pm
Latitude, Longitude: 41.08°S, 175.05°E
Focal Depth: 30 km
Richter Magnitude: 4.2

[James Deuce]

Put your trousers back on banana boy.

Paul N


Just a tiddler:

Reference Number: 2354877/G
Universal Time: January 22 2005 at 8:14
NZ Daylight Time: Saturday, January 22 2005 at 9:14 pm
Latitude, Longitude: 41.08°S, 175.05°E
Focal Depth: 30 km
Richter Magnitude: 4.2
__________________

Sounds about right <_<

[merv]

For those that haven't lived in Wellington try this (some may have seen it before), but as this forum won't let me put scripts on here you'll have to unzip it and then run it:

[Sniper]

FUCK SAKE

Just rung neihbour to ask to go check on bike. She rung back to tell me does it usually lye on its side!!!!. Now I have to wait till I finish work to go survey the damage.

FUCK!!!!!

It is now Monday and this happened on Friday. I was off for the weekend, so heres the update.

1 LHS scratched fairing, 1 broken clutch lever (Now fixed), broken indicator (Now fixed) and a bent number plate. :whocares:

Was annoyed but feel better as I can still ride, I just wont look as sexy as I usually do!

[inlinefour]

Bloody hell, just sitting here on my favourite website and at 0758 a huge MF earthquake just hit. :crybaby:

Anyone else feel it??

Missed it up here, can't remember what it was that I was doing, oh thats right work. Plenty of the other staff told me all about it though :mellow:

[SPORK]

It is now Monday and this happened on Friday. I was off for the weekend, so heres the update.

1 LHS scratched fairing, 1 broken clutch lever (Now fixed), broken indicator (Now fixed) and a bent number plate. :whocares:

Was annoyed but feel better as I can still ride, I just wont look as sexy as I usually do!
That sounds like what my brother did to alarumba's bike! Silly Jamezo...

[Biff]

Top Ten Tips for surviving an earthquake


Thanks for the advice. My wife is always panicking about what to do as and when we get a quake hear. Saying that, from what I hear about Christchurch you're far more likely to feel the earth move after a chicken vindaloo than an earthquake.

[Jamezo]

That sounds like what my brother did to alarumba's bike! Silly Jamezo...

no waay, it got off way easier: bent clutch lever (fixed), indicator fell off (put back on), apparently a bent-ish screen-holderer...

eek.

[Jamezo]

Thanks for the advice. My wife is always panicking about what to do as and when we get a quake hear. Saying that, from what I hear about Christchurch you're far more likely to feel the earth move after a chicken vindaloo than an earthquake.

I'm not so convinced, take a quick google for "triangle of life", and see that the first entry is from snopes.com, apparentely that advice is not so sound.

[Coyote]

no waay, it got off way easier: bent clutch lever (fixed), indicator fell off (put back on), apparently a bent-ish screen-holderer...

eek.
Yeah, I let you off a bit too easy :p

Nothin a little panelbeating won't fix