Christchurch earthquakes

**gav** · 6th September 2010, 23:55

Yep, couple of big ones, a 5.2 and a 5.4 !!

**onearmedbandit** · 7th September 2010, 00:15

Originally Posted by gav

Yep, couple of big ones, a 5.2 and a 5.4 !!

Sheesh. The 2nd one went on for ages, it's quite surreal just being a passenger.

**ellipsis** · 7th September 2010, 00:23

....i was that tired an hour ago , couldnt wait to get to bed...now its not where i wanna be...

**onearmedbandit** · 7th September 2010, 00:42

This site is handy.

http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/drums/mqz-drum.html

And this page.

http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/...nt_quakes.html

**dipshit** · 7th September 2010, 05:16

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Sheesh. The 2nd one went on for ages, it's quite surreal just being a passenger.

I felt that one down here in Palmerston.

**dangerous** · 7th September 2010, 06:03

Originally Posted by gammaguy

PS we just had a bastard of an aftershock here

scary stuff

yeah a 5.4 being the worst last night, one of them went round in round, farking weard.
Oh and the last one was withen 5k of Darfield.

Originally Posted by CAMSec

. ...chippies house anyway, everything was already fucked

geeez thats a bit harsh, very well maintained and organised is you pad N, LOL well ok you try

Good to hear from ya and interesting to know how it was way out and around were you guys are, too easly forgoten all attention seems to be on the bloody CBD.

**Grumph** · 7th September 2010, 07:47

These bloody aftershocks are getting personal - 2 @ 20k SW of Darfield - that's us !!!!

Good to hear from camsec - haven't heard anything about how the Peninsula fared.
Being chased and hammered by your own bed is a bit rich - I stayed in mine expecting to go with it to the ground floor...
Finally got into the front room yesterday - another china cabinet down - and 100 year old lath & plaster doesn't flex like gib - looks like a wall explosion..
But we're better off than a lot of others.

**Grumph** · 7th September 2010, 08:19

If any of you are getting low on adrenaline....try being in the shower when a large aftershock hits.
Instant flashback to my yoof racing dinghys...spray in the face and wild motion.

**ellipsis** · 7th September 2010, 09:15

....its a bit hard to make light of anything at the moment, but sometimes you have to laugh, this one nearly made me cry with laughter...a profoundly deaf mate of my wife, woke to the bed jumping about, thought it was her partner tossing off and whacked him around the head, wanting to know why....

...as far as our part of the peninsula goes, I think we got off fairly lightly,...done a couple of water cyls ..pulled out a couple of chimneys and repaired a couple of roofs....phone aint ringing madly yet...highway from here to Tai Tap fairly good, rooted from there on in...Old Tai Tap Rd wont ever be the same again D...need a dirt bike for the jumps, holes , cracks and whoopdy doos that are there now...feel like i should be heading off to town with the tools and shovels, but im a bit loath to leave this area just yet....

**onearmedbandit** · 7th September 2010, 09:28

Old Tai Tapu Rd? Noooo, that was a great stretch of road.

**mashman** · 7th September 2010, 12:11

Hawkes Bay with a 5.2 this morning... hope ya'll is alright there...

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-sto...led-by-tremor/

... and they're moving the prisoners out of chch because the sprinkler system may not have enough water pressure to work in case of fire

... seems like a waste of resource to me, but hey

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-sto...s-to-be-moved/

**puddytat** · 7th September 2010, 12:27

Kia Kaha all you folks over there.....sounds like te cavalry is racing in from all directions to help you all out.
Speaking of racing, has Ruapuna got another dipper or extra elevation added to it?

**ellipsis** · 7th September 2010, 12:36

....Ruapuna has a bit of a bump on the straight, I believe, no new dippers or jumps or cracking....

**Virago** · 7th September 2010, 12:53

Originally Posted by EJK

Can someone please tell me what volunteer service I can do tomorrow?
I'm sure places like library might need help (Esp Cant. Uni Central Lib).

Any ideas? I'm not trying to be a hero. Just sitting on my ass while people do the work seems wrong. Also I have nothing to do tomorrow.

Can I cook your breakfast? Really. Anything?

Cheers

Dredging this up again - I see on the TV One News last night that with the University being closed, there's organised groups of students racing around with wheel-barrows and shovels, helping with the clean-up.

Farking brilliant...