Christchurch earthquakes

[cynna]

the dogs are so used to the aftershocks they dont even bother to wake up now. they played up before the quake last night and wouldnt settle so it must be true that they can sense a quake coming. i had just got home from work and gettting ready for bed and they just kept whining and scratching at the door - then went psycho as it was happening

the birds were the noisiest thing once the ground has stopped shaking. all the canadian geese must still be at travis swamp. they were drowning out all the alarms that were going off

just tried the tap and i have water again

[SMOKEU]

My fucking LCD that I paid about $400 for a year ago has now got a dead pixel and an area surrounding that dead pixel is all blurry.

[toycollector10]

Our whole family has been incredibly lucky. Absolutely minimal damage. My thoughts go out to all you folks who have damaged property. Thankfully, only a few casualties.

The aftershocks are like someone is slamming a huge sledgehammer onto the wall of our house. BANG!

Or else its a rumble, rattle and shake. I experienced the Inangahua quake (1968, I think) when I lived in Nelson but this has been more intense.

Like someone said, the visible damage you see around you is just like the tip of a huge iceberg of damage.

[The Pink Panther]

Leave Swoop be guys - presuming he is just saying it is a shit day in the South Island. We don't need any agro in this thread - some of us have some questions on the future of our homes.

That was not agro just my account to ride and help out an Elderly lady who lives by herself
in shock wanted to take her pills with a cup of Tea just needed to be reasured all was ok.

[SMOKEU]

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[oldrider]

One day when all this has settled down and is back to "normal?" and you are asking yourselves WTF was that all about?

Try to get hold of a book called "A Continent on the Move" Chief Editor Ian J Graham, it's about New Zealand Geoscience into the 21st Century and all should be revealed!

Without these earth movements New Zealand wouldn't even be here at all.

Well, not above sea level anyway!

We live on a very exciting and relatively recent example of how the continental shelves collide and form land mass above the sea!

Small comfort at the moment I know but it can all be explained and understood, really really interesting too!

[ellipsis]

One day when all this has settled down and is back to "normal?" and you are asking yourselves WTF was that all about?

Try to get hold of a book called "A Continent on the Move" Chief Editor Ian J Graham, it's about New Zealand Geoscience into the 21st Century and all should be revealed!

Without these earth movements New Zealand wouldn't even be here at all.

Well, not above sea level anyway!

We live on a very exciting and relatively recent example of how the continental shelves collide and form land mass above the sea!

Small comfort at the moment I know but it can all be explained and understood, really really interesting too!

...thanks....

[sAsLEX]

I just know that when a volcanoe erupts in Auckland the spirited people of Cantebury will dig deep to help us out like the generous community that they are.

We just gave you 1.6 billion dollars!

[Brian d marge]

heres a little guide I thought of while living here ( Japan) we have quite a few quakes a year , 99 % not so big , but the big ones and theres been 2 while Ive been here are , big

beer , sways in cup , keep reading Kb ( Richter 3 )
beer slops over glass edge , keep reading KB
beer falls over , keep reading kb ( Richter 3)
fridge holding beer moves , worry but keep reading KB
Fridge holding beer falls over , sh#t ya self , worry , but keep reading KB ( Richter 5)
Fridge falls through floor , Sh#t ya self dive under the desk ( or actually go to the toilet , true!!! , leave door open so it doesnt Jam , and there is 5 litres of water , just in case ! ) and stop reading Kb ( 7 +)



Joking aside the above does actually work !, ( last big quake here the cupboard holding the glasses rattled and swayed but didn't move and that was a 4, 5 )

Glad no one was hurt , hoping all properties are covered by insurance , ( as well as TV s ! )

Stephen

[willytheekid]

Still up reading all the post's and keeping an eye on 9 week old Ryder & charlotte as they get some sleep (bloody after shocks!).
What a truly blessed country we live in! -an area of land with nearly 500,000 people gets "rocked" that hard and no casualties!....it IS a bloody miracle!.....and yet those poor, poor people in the plane crash on the west coast makes it such a somber day for loss of life -(Our thoughts go out to there friends, family's and loved one's).
I personally think we should all be SOOO proud of the support services such as the police, fire ambo's and the many many other services and volunteers, they have been stretched to the limits and yet have done such a great job in the last day.....true kiwi spirit there.
Sleep well everyone, look after yourselves and those around you who may need it.

So proud to be a member of such a great online community that has once again come together to ensure everyone is ok

Kia Kaha everyone.....Kia Kaha!

WIlly, Charlotte & wee Ryder

[helenoftroy]

At Burwood working a night shift -I am so tired!

My beautiful old girl of a house is not good,chimneys,tile roof & roof beams damaged,no H2O as cylinder in roof space damaged & leaking,broken piles & significant structural damage,brick fences down,most china etc broken...Im in Geraldine St a few blocks down from onearmedbandit

In the garage the DR & FXR fell to the left,behind them the XR & Ducati fell to the right onto my car,Daves FXR fell onto bonnet.The Duc is a bit of a mess....

My 3 cats are missing...but myself & Meg(my boarder),my dog Kiri & the chickens are OK

I had amazing help & support yesterday( to KBers)and things are as patched up as they can be

[Grumph]

Well from 15k west of the epicenter I can tell you it was like being in a paintshaker...
120year old wooden house - 2 story- and the top floor was moving about 1 meter sideways.
Lost an unused brick chimney but the metal ones for the logburners are still up as is the watertank.
The old girl (house) is so flexible that there appears no structural damage amazingly.
Lost aheap of china though....
In the workshop the big drill press came down & moved the potbelly stove over so all had to be moved back - days of sorting to be done in there but no damage.

If TWR is indeed around Charing Cross I suspect he'll be busy for a while and you might not hear from him until he has time/power etc - that area was hit very hard. Telegraph Road among others has had a major sideways shift - 3 meters I'm told.
Some amazing damage locally - and my test track is now only suitable for Motocrossers as a local bridge has had the approaches slump away from the bridge - 8 inch step there now

Still gettiing bloody aftershocks even as I type...and the dog won't let me out of her sight.

[Fordy]

Best wishes from the UK to the Chch KB'ers.

Glad there's no fatalities, still a shit deal with all the property damage. What I've seen in pictures of Kaiapoi don't look good

Hope normality will return for you soon.

[Maha]

Well from 15k west of the epicenter I can tell you it was like being in a paintshaker...
120year old wooden house - 2 story- and the top floor was moving about 1 meter sideways.
Lost an unused brick chimney but the metal ones for the logburners are still up as is the watertank.
The old girl (house) is so flexible that there appears no structural damage amazingly.
Lost aheap of china though....
In the workshop the big drill press came down & moved the potbelly stove over so all had to be moved back - days of sorting to be done in there but no damage.

If TWR is indeed around Charing Cross I suspect he'll be busy for a while and you might not hear from him until he has time/power etc - that area was hit very hard. Telegraph Road among others has had a major sideways shift - 3 meters I'm told.
Some amazing damage locally - and my test track is now only suitable for Motocrossers as a local bridge has had the approaches slump away from the bridge - 8 inch step there now

Still gettiing bloody aftershocks even as I type...and the dog won't let me out of her sight.

Good story, there seems to more damage in the districts than in the city center?
We saw alot of the older buildings (which is to be expected) that had let go yesterday, and most of that was in the CBD. What little footage we saw of the subrubs, the damage seemed minimal for what you would expect from a quake that big? Clearing away those old bricks shouldn't take that long, and the rebuild can only be veiwed as a good thing in these tough economic times. The fact that nobody was killed due to the quake was amazing. No doubt alot of lives have been affected by the earthquake and the rest of NZ is yet to see the real impact this has had on the Canterbuy region and not just those old buildings in the city center.

[Grumph]

Rural problems now seem to be mainly power related.
It's a big dairying area and without power milking sheds don't work too well.
Lot of hand milking I hear and water pumping is becoming a problem out here on the plains.
Our local water scheme is out of action & the Selwyn council - known as one of the worst in NZ are living up to their reputation - no word at all. ChCh council is on radio every 10min but not these bastards.
Today's job - repair broken pipework and get our well pump going to top up our water - and anyone locally in need as it doesn't look like we'll see any tankers here.
The wife is upset at the damage to a lot of historic homesteads - I tell her ours is all right and the fewer survivors, the more they're worth.....