Christchurch earthquakes

**dangerous** · 13th June 2011, 20:41

Originally Posted by Spearfish

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** · 13th June 2011, 22:23

Originally Posted by 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'

You sure she meant desk shaking from the earthquake?

**imdying** · 14th June 2011, 09:38

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** · 14th June 2011, 10:18

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** · 14th June 2011, 15:49

Originally Posted by dangerous

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** · 14th June 2011, 16:34

...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...

...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** · 14th June 2011, 17:02

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** · 14th June 2011, 18:21

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

**FJRider** · 14th June 2011, 18:27

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

**far queue** · 14th June 2011, 18:36

Originally Posted by FJRider

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** · 14th June 2011, 18:43

Originally Posted by far queue

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** · 14th June 2011, 18:50

Originally Posted by FJRider

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

Can and must?

Good luck with that one

**neels** · 14th June 2011, 18:52

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

**oneofsix** · 14th June 2011, 18:54

Originally Posted by FJRider

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.