Christchurch earthquakes

[testastretta]

I'm still in a state of shock.Not because of the quake.But because it wasnt until my second visit to the garage in the dark that I even thought to check on the bikes!Whats happened to me?!

Seriously though,Kaiapoi is a bit of a mess.It looks like the areas closer to the river were hardest hit with quite a few roads damaged and shop fronts destroyed.Living on the edge of town has saved my home from any noticable damage I think.I feel for those not so lucky.

[dangerous]

HEY... big ups to the KBer's up norf that txted to see how wees were, ya know whoms ya are cheers for that.

Ok so power etc back on here (most still with out) we rather lucky as friends near by have some farking big holes in their house and grounds, seems those near water ways had it the worse in the outer city limits, cant get over how the liquidation shit works, minituer and not so miniture vocanos of silt n sand erupted every were, would have looked impresive if in the day tyime, sure fucked things up.

and ummmm, shit look at my bike colection http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1129852031 apart from that mess, the TV's rooted shit for miles a remote cut in half by a falling speaker, my single malt colection every were BUT not one broken, tell ya what it was bloody loud and the near by pilions made for a good fire work desplay.

[Adam_B]

cant get over how the liquidation shit works, minituer and not so miniture vocanos of silt n sand erupted every were, would have looked impresive if in the day tyime, sure fucked things up.

They were still going in the daylight here. Walked out to the road and thought that the mains had burst as there were foot high geysers everywhere. About an hour later I worked out they were the sand volcanos. They looked like a hell of a lot like water coming out of the ground.

Will be sleeping under the doorway here tonight.

[Genie]

They were still going in the daylight here. Walked out to the road and thought that the mains had burst as there were foot high geysers everywhere. About an hour later I worked out they were the sand volcanos. They looked like a hell of a lot like water coming out of the ground.

Will be sleeping under the doorway here tonight.

wow...that's sounds kinda cool....nature is beautiful even in her fury.

[cynna]

the only damage we got to our house were some of those volcanoes and a flooded back yard. biggest volcano thing was under the sleepout so may need to get that checked out

most noticabe damage in my area was the petrol tanks lifting at the local petrol station (that ran out of petrol a couple of months ago..) and a few cracks here and there

[Mom]

the only damage we got to our house were some of those volcanoes and a flooded back yard. biggest volcano thing was under the sleepout so may need to get that checked out

most noticabe damage in my area was the petrol tanks lifting at the local petrol station (that ran out of petrol a couple of months ago..) and a few cracks here and there

You should send that one of the petrol station into TVNZ, we are watching up here and Bob Parker was just talking about it. That road is a mess too!

[Crisis management]

Despite being traumatised by motorway stoppages, my thoughts to you lot down south, glad everyone sounds ok-ish.
Hang in there and hug your kids!

[dangerous]

They were still going in the daylight here. Walked out to the road and thought that the mains had burst as there were foot high geysers everywhere. About an hour later I worked out they were the sand volcanos. They looked like a hell of a lot like water coming out of the ground.

Will be sleeping under the doorway here tonight.

well... you chose to live on a reclaimed swamp LOL

[schrodingers cat]

I was out helping a mate tidy up at his place this afternoon. He lives about 5k from where they're saying the epi-centre is. I was phaffing around inside his man-cave (large corrugrated iron structure) when an aftershock hit. Didn't half make a noise shaking the shed!

[MattRSK]

Hey all,

Wow what a morning, the cat woke me up before the quake. Our house has not suffered any damage and neither the school that my wife works at.

Canterbury University has closed until 13th of September. This has given me an extra week off uni. So I would like to make myself available to any electrical contractors out there who are in need of extra skilled labor.

I am a registered electrician with industrial and commercial experience. If any companies out there require extra workers I would love to help out and get our city cleaned up!

So if you guys know of anyone please pass on my details, I will be ringing around companies. Hope everyone is safe and has somewhere to go!

Cheers
Matthew
Ph: 021945846

[sAsLEX]

Ruapuna? How is the track?

[Pussy]

My thoughts are with you ChCh folk.....

[onearmedbandit]

Some pics of the damage one block away from us. And another big aftershake right then.

[dangerous]

Some pics of the damage one block away from us. And another big aftershake right then.

no fish n chips tonight then aye... 5.2 after shock earler

[schrodingers cat]

Ruapuna? How is the track?

The race meeting today was canned because of damage to the control tower and because the flaggies were busy with domestic stuff (we'll let them away with it this time). Apparently there is a very little bit of damage to the track surface. Someone said a bump has appeared on the main straight