Christchurch earthquakes

[scumdog]

My understanding of that was the noise restrictions were always in place they just weren't adhered to?

The residents just wanted what was always in place actually enforced

In the early days there weren't bugger all residents and even less restrictions.

But then the NIMBYs moved in and you know the rest...

Same thing happened at Levels, hell, some of the whingers lived about 3km+ away.

[Grumph]

Way off topic for quakes...but Levels is a whole different saga.

Basically the Car club tried to handle the problem on their own - and lacked the wherewithal to complete major planting projects and other noise limiting projects.
if they'd screamed for help early on and got the other (wealthier) SI clubs involved we wouldn't have the restrictions that we work under now.
It was only when the local Business associations started to realise how much income was going to be lost that the local council was pressured and the track stayed open...closure was a real possibility at one point.

At least the main complainer has moved on. Again it really needs a policy of buying up adjacent properties as they come up - but again money's lacking.
Ruapuna and Teretonga are now surrounded either by properties to whom noise is irrelevant or ones the clubs own.

[Grumph]

Well,well....a familiar face on the TV news. Shane Evans, bucket racer, pre 82 racer.general nice guy....and the 100,000th EQC home assessment.
Came across well too. Sadly they must have edited out all reference to bikes....

[ellipsis]

....well we are certainly seeing very visible signs out our way of ground slump or rise...the highway from way down the lake to the other end of the town is 600mm deep in fast flowing water...just watched a wheelie bin and about half a chord of firewood rip past at prob 20 k an hour followed by a set of tyres and rims sucked into the maelstrom from our local garage which will have a foot or more of water through it....no wed night ride out our way for you lot who do that run...onto my last pair of dry socks and just about worn out a spade diverting the rivers away from my shed and house...poor bastards who have been fucked around by cera, fat cunt brownlee and insurance scum will be thinking there are things as bad as eq's about now...

[Grumph]

So much for cleaning up Lake Forsythe then....

When I heard on the news about a group holed up in the Little River Hall I thought "hope Neil's taken the rum with him" but I assume now they'd be tourists ?

Yeah, we've had quakes and now floods....when is the plague of locusts scheduled ?
- and no, I don't mean politicians...

[Oakie]

Yeah, we've had quakes and now floods....when is the plague of locusts scheduled ? - and no, I don't mean politicians...

It comes after the plague of boils and the plague of thunder and hail apparantly but don't worry because that's only for Egypt. I dunno what sort of plagues we would get in NZ. Plague of mothers-in-law perhaps?

[ellipsis]

...a plague of motards, perhaps...

[Oakie]

Plague of Chinese scooters?

[neels]

Finally another land zoning announcement

And we're still orange zoned

They've only had since september last year to make a decision

Wankers.

[Rashika]

friggen typical.... sorry Neil, I do wish they would hurry up and make a decision for you guys in Brooklands

[HenryDorsetCase]

So much for cleaning up Lake Forsythe then....

When I heard on the news about a group holed up in the Little River Hall I thought "hope Neil's taken the rum with him" but I assume now they'd be tourists ?

Yeah, we've had quakes and now floods....when is the plague of locusts scheduled ?
- and no, I don't mean politicians...

oh you don't mean pollies? cos the election (aka "plague of locusts") is Nov 26th

[far queue]

Finally another land zoning announcement

And we're still orange zoned

They've only had since september last year to make a decision

Wankers.

Having been orange you have my sympathies, it's crap not knowing. You guys out there have it bad since day 1 along with Kaiapoi and they've got their answers, I would have thought you'd be a priority before now.

For myself, today was a good day, I went from orange to green and in time will get a new house, garage, and everything else on the section replaced.

[neels]

friggen typical.... sorry Neil, I do wish they would hurry up and make a decision for you guys in Brooklands

I wonder what their excuse is this time, last time round it was because it had snowed

Having been orange you have my sympathies, it's crap not knowing. You guys out there have it bad since day 1 along with Kaiapoi and they've got their answers, I would have thought you'd be a priority before now.

For myself, today was a good day, I went from orange to green and in time will get a new house, garage, and everything else on the section replaced.

Good stuff, parklands must be coming up in the world, you've got your answer along with the people that matter in fendalton and merivale.

What's frustrating is that I don't really need anything done in a hurry, life is ticking along ok at the moment, I'd just like to know where it's headed from here.

Edit: I just recieved by email a lovely newsletter from EQC, I thought this was an appropriate reply (I even left out the profanities I was sorely tempted to include)

Hi,

Thank you for your informative newsletter, however might I suggest you spend your time and money funding people who can make a decision on the future of those in the orange zone who have been waiting for over a year.

Regards,

A dissatisfied customer

[Rashika]

sounds friggen perfect to me Neels!

[Oakie]

Yep. We're in Parklands and have gone from orange to green. Can finally look at fixing stuff and know we won't be wasting time and money. Best wishes to those still in orange (including out daughter in Avonside).