Well, that woke me up...

[jellywrestler]

it may take a bit longer to get fixed this time though..

they won't want to push the dirt into the sea so where the hell are they going to truck it too? even then they will only work on one side of the slip at each end at a time as then they can chip away at it and truck it away, look how long one slip took in the manawatu gorge, this won't be sorted for a year if they can't push the shit in the drink

[Moi]

they won't want to push the dirt into the sea so where the hell are they going to truck it too? even then they will only work on one side of the slip at each end at a time as then they can chip away at it and truck it away, look how long one slip took in the manawatu gorge, this won't be sorted for a year if they can't push the shit in the drink

If the road and rail weren't there, that's exactly where the land slip would have gone...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Good too see the Chinese tourists were safely evacuated by a helicopter chartered by the Chinese Embassy. Fuck everyone else though, as long as their own are safe.
Do these people even have part of a soul?

You'd be the first cunt to start moaning if it was Kiwis stuck in China, and our team rescued the locals first.

[F5 Dave]

Yeah good on them. Actually really helps lighten the rescue load.

[jellywrestler]

If the road and rail weren't there, that's exactly where the land slip would have gone...

yip, but watch this space....

[neels]

they won't want to push the dirt into the sea so where the hell are they going to truck it too?

I thought exactly the same thing, that there will be some stupid rules that they can't just chuck it over the side of the road, and then I had this thought also...

If the road and rail weren't there, that's exactly where the land slip would have gone...

And in the case of the streams further along the coast that regularly flood the road, that's exactly where it still goes.

[jasonu]

Yeah! IKR? Surely they must have had some room in the cargo bay?? Those cows ain't gonna rescue themselves you know!

But it kept those useress cunts off the road...which is summat you lot frequently whine about aye...

[Grumph]

they won't want to push the dirt into the sea so where the hell are they going to truck it too? even then they will only work on one side of the slip at each end at a time as then they can chip away at it and truck it away, look how long one slip took in the manawatu gorge, this won't be sorted for a year if they can't push the shit in the drink

I think they'll have to put it in the sea but at chosen places. There's already several places along that road where they've reclaimed land and made scenic viewing points. Bound to be several bays where the road and rail could be moved out away from the cliffs.

[Grumph]

Yeah good on them. Actually really helps lighten the rescue load.

It's a win - win. We didn't pay to get them out and it's more food and water for Kaikoura - and less chemical toilets too.

[jellywrestler]

It's a win - win. We didn't pay to get them out and it's more food and water for Kaikoura - and less chemical toilets too.

when they asked who wants to go first put their hands up, they one, cause they all put up their selfie sticks...

[Gremlin]

Yeah good on them. Actually really helps lighten the rescue load.

Indeed. Why spend more time transporting in more supplies, when you can get say, half the people out, let them make their own way from chch, they can sort flights, accom, vehicles etc. Less people to deal with in the crisis zone.

[Kickaha]

Im not sure why we have thousands of trucks destroying the roads when rail & sea options are available.

Rail and sea are slower

[awayatc]

Im not sure why we have thousands of trucks destroying the roads when rail & sea options are available.
Maybe its got to do with the massive amount of RUC's the truckers pay.

We must be the only island nation on earth that is actively trying to be ship less....

Nearly there

(Chinese outfit owns Pacifica now....)

Criminally ludicrous

[awayatc]

Imagine all those ferry trucks going through the Lewis.....

Plod will be aiming their radar guns at people passing the chicanes.....

Yeeha

[Blackbird]

I thought exactly the same thing, that there will be some stupid rules that they can't just chuck it over the side of the road, and then I had this thought also...

When there was a big slip on the Thames-Coromandel coast road a few years ago, I'm pretty sure that the council simply gave a waiver and all the rocks and crap were dumped in the tide at a suitable location just down the road.