Auckland "earthquake"?

[Mom]

Rangitoto must of had the ejact?...keep your eyes peeled people on the North Shore.

I feel at least partly responsible though We should have stayed up a bit longer, and shifted the caravan back from the waters edge

Perfect, nature provided media opportunity, to misquote folk, and make a friggen mountain out of a very tiny molehill

[98tls]

There's lots of reasons why it should. Calling it an earthquake would be hard to take if you live in Chch for sure, but if nothing else it will make people think about their preparedness for the real deal. Not immune.

Can anyone translate that into Yokel for me?Try walking away from the mirror cmon on down and spend a few days on the end of a shovel.A few days reality would knock all the "precious" outta you.

[hellokitty]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5224...red-to-coroner

A magnitude-2.9 earthquake rattled Auckland on Friday night but GNS seismologist Lara Bland said it was "unlikely" the earthquake had any connection to the rockfall given the relatively small shake and time lapse between the two events

Yahoo said otherwise - I was merely repeating what I read on their news.

[Swoop]

Calling it an earthquake would be hard to take if you live in Chch for sure, but if nothing else it will make people think about their preparedness for the real deal.

Can anyone translate that into Yokel for me?

Point #1: The Auckland "earthquake" is a non-event. Especially more so to the cantabrian's who live/have lived through much worse.

Point #2: It is a good wake-up call for other parts of the NZ population who have not considered their own "emergency actions" and kit (probably most of Auckland...)

[Edbear]

Calling it an earthquake would be hard to take if you live in Chch for sure, but if nothing else it will make people think about their preparedness for the real deal.


Point #1: The Auckland "earthquake" is a non-event. Especially more so to the cantabrian's who live/have lived through much worse.

Point #2: It is a good wake-up call for other parts of the NZ population who have not considered their own "emergency actions" and kit (probably most of Auckland...)

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=387606253

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=388805676

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http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=387606253

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=388805676

....the price of that second torch is more frightening than a fucking earthquake...three, 9 LED , AAA batteried things from bunnings for 15 bucks would be as good...

...and for what its worth, i wouldn't wish the angst and trepidation of waiting for the next shake on anyone...even our jafa mates...

[Edbear]

....the price of that second torch is more frightening than a fucking earthquake...three, 9 LED , AAA batteried things from bunnings for 15 bucks would be as good...

...and for what its worth, i wouldn't wish the angst and trepidation of waiting for the next shake on anyone...even our jafa mates...

Torches are a dime a dozen these days and any $2 shop stocks them dirt cheap. Unfortunately we aren't big enough to compete in the bottom end of the market and we have to sell stuff we can stand behind.

So, yeah, you can do a range of stuff really cheap, but it's the old story you get what you pay for. I've sold to customers who went that way only to find that when they needed it to work, it died, and that is for a range of different items.

It's hard for us up here to really appreciate what Chch is going through, and all we can do is sympathise and help where we can. It's not going to be over quickly, either.

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Torches are a dime a dozen these days and any $2 shop stocks them dirt cheap. Unfortunately we aren't big enough to compete in the bottom end of the market and we have to sell stuff we can stand behind.

So, yeah, you can do a range of stuff really cheap, but it's the old story you get what you pay for. I've sold to customers who went that way only to find that when they needed it to work, it died, and that is for a range of different items.

It's hard for us up here to really appreciate what Chch is going through, and all we can do is sympathise and help where we can. It's not going to be over quickly, either.

...i know...our neighbour has a 4 or 5 hundred buck torch...im jealous..its fucking fantastic...but i know it would fall into some irretrievable spot within 12 hours of me owning it...or it would disappear into my sons bedroom/tip and be found by aliens when we are all extinct..

[Edbear]

...i know...our neighbour has a 4 or 5 hundred buck torch...im jealous..its fucking fantastic...but i know it would fall into some irretrievable spot within 12 hours of me owning it...or it would disappear into my sons bedroom/tip and be found by aliens when we are all extinct..

LOL!!! I know, it's hard to justify at times. I do sell one that expensive, too,

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=388696146 My personal favourite is this one, though...

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...225561&ed=true