Bastard earthquake!

[mrchips]

Ko'ed my SR and my fuggin TV!!!

Flash looking garage you have there !

[HenryDorsetCase]

Getting outside and away from the building (or stairwell) you're in, would be my priority, no work station will protect you from the floor/s above if they were to collapse (aka the CTV effect)

DO NOT run for the stairway in a multistorey building. It is a motherfucking miracle no one took a header down a stairway here, or a bunch of people like lemmings. I have friends who were in the Clarendon tower here (stairway collapse) and the For Barr bulding. major stairway collapse. Plus it happened in the Grand Chancellor too. if you are in a multi storey building, duck cover hold till the shaking stops, get your shit, (I keep mine (to this day) in my pack by my desk: cellphone, keys wallet are good to go RIGHT NOW if I need to.) Spend thirty seconds assessing before committing. If in doubt hang back. Also dont just rush outside. Shit falling off of buildings will kill you. That young dude in that bar (Iconic I think) was killed that way.

You cannot rely on anyone but yourself. Unless you are greivously injured you need to sort yourself out. Because the people who you might think would look after you will have other stuff to do (civl def, firemen, pleece: you know pulling injured and dead people out of burning buildings). If you can walk, walk. Remember those shoes that you have to be able to walk ten k in? You are walking home right now. Your car is trapped in a carpark somewhere and all the roads are blocked, if not with broken shit then with numpties in cars trying to drive. or the roads are broken. Wellington is the worst case scenario for that. Cellphones dont work. A text message might. Eventually. Have a plan. And a back up plan. and be prepared.

Not that the earthquakes have affected me at all. Oh no.

[The Reibz]

More concerning than the damage, is the fact there is a motorcycle in your lounge room.
Where can I find a woman that will allow me to do this?

[F5 Dave]

Made me think of the "Green Parrot bar/resturant" up there in Wellington,used to be one of the all time great feeds when one had had a few.

Yeah me & a couple of mates used to go there after a night of working on project bikes at some silly hours.

Saw the bike on Stuff so thought I'd check here.

[Crasherfromwayback]

You were watching the Voice!!!!!!

Nah.The tv was just on. I left the partment with a friend, was about to get in the left when it started banging around like fuck on its rails. I realized what was happeneing then it kept gaining intensity. Had to hang on tight up here not to fall over. Sent ourselves down the stairs to get out of the place and went to the supermarket. Was a real mess there. Came home to this!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Must've been farken spectacular for you up in the penthouse Pete.

Yeah it wobbles like fuck up here Bro!

[pzkpfw]

So, going to work at mid-day.

Take bike? (Easier to get past "rubble"?)

Take car? (Easier to drive through "wobble"?)

[Crasherfromwayback]

make sure you have some water. fill your pots if you have nothing else. keep your torches handy. Dress warm and wear shoes you can walk ten k in. Have your shit ready to go. No, not joking.

No shoes are gonna allow me to walk ten km's right now mate. But good advice anyway!

[McFatty1000]

So, going to work at mid-day.

Take bike? (Easier to get past "rubble"?)

Take car? (Easier to drive through "wobble"?)

Take the bike - sat for four hours in traffic on 22nd feb - this was before I had a bike and watched the lucky ones ride by on the footpaths, maneuver around pot holes etc for the next three weeks.
Needless to say, I now have a bike

And the shaking sucks no matter what you're using,

Is is a rolling sensation, horizontal or vertical?

[MD]

DO NOT run for the stairway in a multistorey building.

This is the big worry for me being on a 13th floor of 16. You can't jump out a window. Can't take a lift and sure as hell don't trust stairwells anymore after what happened in Chch. Our building had the wrong design stairs (no allowance to flex/slide in a shake) so the last 8 -10 months have been undergoing strengthening and floor by floor creating an expansion gap on each stair landing. The test will be will this work. Or maybe all they have achieved is weaken the overall building structure.

Well we got a day off work. One day not being in that shakey building

[Mental Trousers]

Nah.The tv was just on. I left the partment with a friend, was about to get in the left when it started banging around like fuck on its rails. I realized what was happeneing then it kept gaining intensity. Had to hang on tight up here not to fall over. Sent ourselves down the stairs to get out of the place and went to the supermarket. Was a real mess there. Came home to this!

That's some spectacular timing. Fuck being in that lift when the quake hit.

[Crasherfromwayback]

That's some spectacular timing. Fuck being in that lift when the quake hit.

Fuck yeah it was fair banging around. The skids in me gruts would've been even worse had I got in it.

[Maha]

.Had a chuckle when watching the footage on the news,one chick dives under the table the other runs about like a mad hen then heads out the door,overweight or not she was never going to outrun the quake.

I have got to add Mike, that after the Christchurch earthquakes, rumour was rife that in the event of a sizable shake, vending machines have a tendency to spill their bounty. Maybe ‘running to the door lady’ had got wind of this and was heading out for a free Moro and Coke?

[Brian d marge]

Earthquake prep

I know this sounds funny , and they may be a bit fruit loopy , but pop over to You tube and have a look at those "dooms day preppers "

and their "bug out bags"

once you stop laughing or worrying that these nuts are actually out there , there are some good Ideas if you need to go quickly

Another thing

A helmet , we have bicycle helmets as they are used everyday and are easy to get to

food and water for three days , ( ours , we went for Italian coffee and spam , and some nice food incl dried milk as I need coffee and NEED milk in coffee, disaster or no disaster!)

Water is 3 litres per person per day , for a family of four ( ours) its 36 litres + the 90 litres of homebrew ...

Home brew , use the plastic bottles as the glass while tasting better , breaks ,,,, not good if you need a beer in an emergency

A small pack with the essentials ( see bug out bag) but one, if you were at work and had to walk you have everything , phone , drink , ( as has been said ) walking shoes uzi 9mm with hollow point rounds .... beer ( well u might as well have a beer on the long walk home )

Finally camping gear , tried and tested ... ours is by the front door and if we had to leave the house , we would be very comfortable thank you,,,,,,

oh and by a bicycle as , gasoline prices go through the roof and the que will be very long ........

Stephen

ps , duck, cover , wait and go to the assembley point.... pre arranged , skype will work on a 3g network , phone lines and txt will overload ( happened here in Japan, the internet rerouted it self but the phone system collapsed )
Modern building are fine in earthquakes , I feel very safe in ours , its a great comfort ,

[HenryDorsetCase]

This is the big worry for me being on a 13th floor of 16. You can't jump out a window. Can't take a lift and sure as hell don't trust stairwells anymore after what happened in Chch. Our building had the wrong design stairs (no allowance to flex/slide in a shake) so the last 8 -10 months have been undergoing strengthening and floor by floor creating an expansion gap on each stair landing. The test will be will this work. Or maybe all they have achieved is weaken the overall building structure.

Well we got a day off work. One day not being in that shakey building

Climbing rope, harness, carabiner. You would need a minimum of 200m I guess if you were belaying people out of the building. No fatties! Or throw them down then jump on them.