Christchurch earthquakes

**neels** · 6th September 2010, 20:51

Well what an interesting weekend in Brooklands, have power and water back, sewer still a bit iffy and people are out at the moment checking the stop banks now that the waimak is in flood.

Friday night was making plans for a ride on saturday, on saturday morning there was no way I was taking the bike out in case I lost it in one of the cracks in the road, and anyway the roads were all flooded from all of the water coming out of the ground. Roads are all a bit fucked, silt everywhere and gaping holes in the ground.

We had water pouring out of the ground from under our house and burying the yard down one side in about 6 inches of silt, outwardly no damage to the house but inside the walls are all a bit funky so we'll have to wait and see what the insurance guys have to say.

Bikes still sitting happily on their sidestands in the garage, the tv is the only thing in the house thats broken, everything else still sitting where we left it on friday night.

Neighbors houses much worse than ours with cracks in the walls and floor sinking into the ground, so all in all we've got off pretty lightly I think.

Not much else to do but shovel silt, drink beer, and wait and see.

**helenoftroy** · 6th September 2010, 20:53

Originally Posted by dangerous

Oh and HelenOfTroys Duc takes out the worst damaged bike, fairings got holes punched in it from under the pan to the screen being wiped out... and she says SWAN ins DO NOT cover EQ damage, wankers, oh her fancy Iti car has seen beter days.

The Ducati is munted,but will be fixed or written off.....

Rang Kiwibike and Dave was really great and I am sure they will come to the party which is a huge relief
Comprehensive,full replacement cover,but yes! small print in the policy(Swann) say no cover for earthquake/tsunami damage

Budda is going to check over the XR,which we cant get going.New paint job on my FXR didnt last long!

**neels** · 6th September 2010, 20:57

Originally Posted by helenoftroy

The Ducati is munted,but will be fixed or written off.....

Rang Kiwibike and Dave was really great and I am sure they will come to the party which is a huge relief
Comprehensive,full replacement cover,but yes! small print in the policy(Swann) say no cover for earthquake/tsunami damage

Budda is going to check over the XR,which we cant get going.New paint job on my FXR didnt last long!

Bugger

If you need a hand with anything let us know....

Interestingly, it hasn't taken people out here long to get their sense of humour back.

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**Fat Tony** · 6th September 2010, 21:08

Haven't been on the site for ages but just logged-in to say I hope none of you were badly affected and that you get things sorted with minimal fuss. Take care ChCh friends

**geoffc** · 6th September 2010, 22:21

Originally Posted by helenoftroy

The Ducati is munted,but will be fixed or written off.....

Rang Kiwibike and Dave was really great and I am sure they will come to the party which is a huge relief
Comprehensive,full replacement cover,but yes! small print in the policy(Swann) say no cover for earthquake/tsunami...
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I wonder if you are covered under your contents policy as the vehicle was in the garage. Worth checking me thinks. Sorry for all your strife. cheers

**SMOKEU** · 6th September 2010, 22:26

The GTI-R sustained a bit of damage in the garage by things falling onto it. There goes the immaculate body work.

**willytheekid** · 6th September 2010, 23:19

Originally Posted by helenoftroy

The Ducati is munted,but will be fixed or written off.....

Rang Kiwibike and Dave was really great and I am sure they will come to the party which is a huge relief
Comprehensive,full replacement cover,but yes! small print in the policy(Swann) say no cover for earthquake/tsunami damage

Budda is going to check over the XR,which we cant get going.New paint job on my FXR didnt last long!

Ohhh helen, so sorry to hear about the Ducati, glad to hear your alright tho

After I checked on charlotte ryder and the house I was absolutely gutted to find "PhatGirl" lying on her side all banged up & cracked...I feel your pain.
Yell if I can do anything to help

**SMOKEU** · 6th September 2010, 23:23

I've just heard from comms that members of the NZ army who are on cordons have got police radios!

**onearmedbandit** · 6th September 2010, 23:25

Originally Posted by doc

Funny you should mention that . This is the contents of an email I recieved . Was going to post it on KB last thursday. Bit late now.

: FW: Earthquake advice: Sure goes against everything I've been taught!

Maybe for discussion at group - one persons view

EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: "TRIANGLE OF LIFE"

Snopes.com has some interesting things to say about old Doug.

**onearmedbandit** · 6th September 2010, 23:29

And to add, that was a decent aftershock. First time I've seen my book case and TV stand start rocking again.

**ellipsis** · 6th September 2010, 23:31

...after being attacked by our bed which chucked us out and then chased us against the wall and beat fuck out of us , trying to stand up and move and finding yourself back on the deck and getting attacked by the same bed ...dont want to be there ever again...100 meters down the road the front fell out of the church, waded through every bit of shit we had to check out my son...cylinder smashed its way out of its cupboard...sheared the 3/4 brass fittings off flush...lotsa fukn water...I thought the place must have shaken itself to pieces but the old wooden crate just rearranged itself...chippies house anyway, everything was already fucked...was too terrified to go near my shed ....big shed, two storey...full of bikes and treasure, stacked to eight foot...my wife runs her biz from there also...ran around the neighbours and did all the shit you have to do...the only damage to our closest neighbours was not worth mentioning..a broken glass, couple of pictures moved....when it got light enough and i finally decided that i should face the fear and check the shed, i couldnt believe what i saw...of the 10 or so bikes and hundreds of things on shelves...rickety old builders shelves too, no more than three things were on the floor , and the two big sticks of totara that fell about 3 or 4 meters from above , fell length ways between two race bikes...i cant remember if i smiled or not but i still find it hard to believe how much punishment our house and the church took but, very close by was relatively little or no problem...my girl is taking the destruction of a lifetimes worth of collecting her beloved china and porcelain a lot better than i would if my collection had been damaged... that was a fucking big one just then wasnt it...fingers crossed...

**gammaguy** · 6th September 2010, 23:36

im a boring bastard with a generator,water supply and all sorts of things in place cos this shit happens all the time up here.

so im doing fine thanks,think the chimney moved a bit is all......

not so other people,and my heart goes out to them

by the way if anyone needs water,i have 500000 litres to spare..............