Feb 22 Christchurch quake. Implications for bikers. Are sportsbikes now irrelevant?

[miloking]

Dork.......

Sorry i only say it as it is....not trying to be cruel or anything, but reality sucks i know.

But tell you what, iam happy to pay for all this "rebuilding" the from my taxes for next 30 years like rest of the nation (not that we will get much choice)... so you should stop calling people dorks for not suger coating the truth.

[Smifffy]

Sorry i only say it as it is....not trying to be cruel or anything, but reality sucks i know.

But tell you what, iam happy to pay for all this "rebuilding" the from my taxes for next 30 years like rest of the nation (not that we will get much choice)... so you should stop calling people dorks for not suger coating the truth.

It has nothing to do with sugar coating the truth, and everything to do with you posting like a dork.

As you say, not trying to be cruel or anything, but reality sucks, just saying it as it is.

[kiwi cowboy]

so it would be awesome if out of towners could keep their opinions of what we should think and feel to themselves ta.


IMDYING I dont see much of anyone telling you what to think or feel.
While i cant say i know how you feel as i havent been through these quakes i have felt some pretty scary ones from my time in te anau so have an inkling of what its like.
I like most people feel for you guys up there and thoughts go out to the people that have lost loved ones.
While its not like living with the stress you do it does affect other people else were who like me has family and good friends out there working there arses off trying to get the services going again and i can only hope there safe.
I shit myself every time the phone rings or a text comes through that somethings happened to one of them.
But my opinion doesnt count so i will keep it to myself.

[superman]

If riding sportsbike is important and you still want your 1098 move somehwere else...like auckland or even further north. I mean what are still people doing in Chch is beyond me...yes, the roads will be repaired eventualy but will only last until next semi-decent earthquake (i would say 6-12 months at the current rate)

Sorry i only say it as it is....not trying to be cruel or anything, but reality sucks i know.

But tell you what, iam happy to pay for all this "rebuilding" the from my taxes for next 30 years like rest of the nation (not that we will get much choice)... so you should stop calling people dorks for not suger coating the truth.

We live on the ring of fire, if you're so worried about paying taxes for fixing the events that will always occur living on the ring of fire maybe you should move to a less geologically active part of the world. Everywhere in NZ will be subject to events like these, there are active faults everywhere in NZ so moving to somewhere else within the country is obviously of no use.

Think a little more before posting such kaka.

Dork.........

[miloking]

We live on the ring of fire, if you're so worried about paying taxes for fixing the events that will always occur living on the ring of fire maybe you should move to a less geologically active part of the world. Everywhere in NZ will be subject to events like these, there are active faults everywhere in NZ so moving to somewhere else within the country is obviously of no use.

Think a little more before posting such kaka.

Dork.........

What part of "iam happy to pay" did make you think iam worried about paying for fixing this? I've been to Chch and it was a nice city so if they want to have their cathedral rebuit stone by stone so be it.. (even tho i think church funds should pay for this not public taxes)

But i dont agree with "we live on ring of fire" therefore moving anywhere else in NZ is pointless....how many devastating earthquakes and aftershocks did auckland have so far????

[rwh]

What part of "iam happy to pay" did make you think iam worried about paying for fixing this? I've been to Chch and it was a nice city so if they want to have their cathedral rebuit stone by stone so be it.. (even tho i think church funds should pay for this not public taxes)

But i dont agree with "we live on ring of fire" therefore moving anywhere else in NZ is pointless....how many devastating earthquakes and aftershocks did auckland have so far????

And how many had Christchurch had before last year?

Don't worry; Auckland's made of volcanoes. You'll get your turn eventually, even if it's a different kind of disaster.

Richard

[ellipsis]

...we bin proppin up dorkland fer fkn years...it dont need major catastrophes,it iz 1...

[miloking]

And how many had Christchurch had before last year?

Don't worry; Auckland's made of volcanoes. You'll get your turn eventually, even if it's a different kind of disaster.

Richard

Ok so if 6 months and 4000 aftershocks isnt enough warning that something is wrong...then nothing else is.

So far there is nothing indicating that there will be any major eruptions in auckland...but the moment there was and i didnt move out of the auckland afterwards then yes "I will get my turn"....

[superman]

What part of "iam happy to pay" did make you think iam worried about paying for fixing this?

But i dont agree with "we live on ring of fire" therefore moving anywhere else in NZ is pointless....how many devastating earthquakes and aftershocks did auckland have so far????

You are talking about processes which occur over hundreds/thousands/millions of years.

Auckland had a 4.7 in the 70s? Napier had that huge 7.8 less than a hundred years ago.

Who knows what else might happen in the next few decades.

GNS seismologist John Ristau says New Zealand has had a "dream run" for the past five decades, with "a remarkably low number of large damaging quakes for a country that has similar earthquake activity to California".

Scientists estimate that an average of one magnitude-7 quake will strike New Zealand every 10 years and a magnitude 8 once a century.

And that can be anywhere in NZ because it's all on active ground. Including Auckland.

[Brian d marge]

In a bizarre twist, I lost my house at Spencerville in EQ1.

retrace your steps , Im sure you will find it

The Enfield is perfect , drop a house on it and it will still go , as for 140 km/h no chance

Gasoline , it will run on anything , even the crap I post,

Stephen

[Brian d marge]

You ride whats in front of you

My missus

Stephen

[onearmedbandit]

Yes. And No. Sometimes, yes, other times, no. Not always certainly, but always fun. So yes. And no.

[miloking]

You are talking about processes which occur over hundreds/thousands/millions of years.

Auckland had a 4.7 in the 70s? Napier had that huge 7.8 less than a hundred years ago.

Who knows what else might happen in the next few decades.

GNS seismologist John Ristau says New Zealand has had a "dream run" for the past five decades, with "a remarkably low number of large damaging quakes for a country that has similar earthquake activity to California".

Scientists estimate that an average of one magnitude-7 quake will strike New Zealand every 10 years and a magnitude 8 once a century.

And that can be anywhere in NZ because it's all on active ground. Including Auckland.

Yes, i dont argue with that and its quite possible that Auckland is next, fuck who knows it can happen tomorrow for all we know....but so far we have been lucky and had NO warnings at all that we should move also Auckland is not build on wet sand.

[superman]

Yes, i dont argue with that and its quite possible that Auckland is next, fuck who knows it can happen tomorrow for all we know....but so far we have been lucky and had NO warnings at all that we should move also Auckland is not build on wet sand.

Yeah that's true, our folly is that there is just got over 50 extinct volcanoes meaning new ones could rise up at any time since there is already fucking 50 within Auckland!

[dangerous]

I mean what are still people doing in Chch is beyond me...

DUH... dorklander I asume? BECAUSE its were we live, you know its our home.

...yip..dork is more a suited term for the geo-boffins who pop up every time we have had a major event and tell us about it...

haha yeah ya not wrong aye... how is yours this time round N?

We live on the ring of fire, if you're so worried about paying taxes for fixing the events that will always occur living on the ring of fire maybe you should move to a less geologically active part of the world.

true, cos in his own words "I mean what are still people doing in NZ is beyond me"