Christchurch earthquakes

[mashman]

F*ck that is BUTT UGLY That is exactly what I would hate to see put in place on the ChCh Cathedral The Old ChCh Cathedral at less had some "Class".

heh, then you put it into perspective with the right-footer Liverpool home... (Paddy's Wigwam in the back there) the Cathedral to the right, just in case you missed it

[Tink]

I hope they rebuild the Cathedral. ChCh is just not ChCh without in IMHO (and I'm not religious). The worst thing they could do is replace it with a Church built with a "Modern Architecture" design .

Without reading too much... when the old church in what was West Berlin, on the main road was bombed (yes different circumstances totally) they didn't rebuild it... they left it as a memory of what happened and its now a museum of sorts. They did build a new church ... I would like them to do the same. To remind the powers that be, that Chch needs to be made safe for its people. History is irreplaceable 100%.

My heart goes out to you Cantabs... I would be a mess if it was my home town.

[dangerous]

heh, then you put it into perspective with the right-footer Liverpool home... (Paddy's Wigwam in the back there) the Cathedral to the right, just in case you missed it

... na that looks like sone screwed up alain has crash landed in the 20th centry, thats farking horrid.

[RiderInBlack]

... na that looks like sone screwed up alain has crash landed in the 20th centry, thats farking horrid.

Yep the Martians are coming (play World Of The Worlds - The Eve of the War).

[avgas]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpo...itan_Cathedral

I actually like that.

As for keeping deathtraps because they are historic, I have a few old gin traps lying around if people want to collect things that WILL hurt them

[Grumph]

Don't recycle the public utterings of a highly qualified high school woodwork teacher -now promoted out of his comfort zone....

Newer buildings killed people too....if anything more than the old.

And yes, i know it's not a fair comparison - which just shows how fatuous Brownlees comment was..

[dangerous]

some photo's of the CBD...

[dangerous]

car sharks will do ok over the next we while

[Grumph]

Went to see Falsgrave St boys today....no access to the building with bike bits in as the slab it's on has sunk & they can't open the doors...gone down about 6 inches.

Looking like they'll pull part of the roof off and crane the stock out.
Bugger, the're pretty much the only wrecker left in ChCh now.

[AllanB]

Another nice shake this evening!

I saw on the news that the Heathcote water reservoir that normally holds 30,000,000 (yes thirty million) litres of water is dry. The bottom is cracked.

30,000,000 litres of water disapeared down into the hill, apparently through 'natural' fissures.

Now if I was anywhere near that side of the hill I'd be a bit worried ........... land slide.

[Grumph]

That's Huntsbury. We lived there for years - below Dennis White. When a water main burst above our place we were knee deep in Loess clay - when that shit gets wet it just turns to porridge and runs.
Yes, the thought of the bottom layer of the Clay against the bedrock turning liquid would make me get off the hill pronto.

[HenryDorsetCase]

car sharks will do ok over the next we while

amazing. Thought I knew the city pretty well, but I cant even tell what streets they're in. let alone what buildings they were (unless theyve got signs on).

One of my clients is a car dealer, and he has been doing well. I might have to get him to get me a car depending what they do with ours. Note to self: ring them

[MisterD]

oi, you're abusing my architectural heritage... it's a perfect match for its surroundings and they've bolted the place together pretty well

I haven't been to Coventry since Tranmere beat them 5-1 in 1999...

heh, then you put it into perspective with the right-footer Liverpool home... (Paddy's Wigwam in the back there) the Cathedral to the right, just in case you missed it

Oh f'sure the real cathedral's a better building, but I thought outside the bounds of "modern" for the purposes of this discussion.

[shrub]

We had a Kiwibiker down here from Wellington for dinner last night. He'd probably be embarrassed to be identified, but he's down here away from friends and family identifying the dead from the quake. He told ne he has seen things that will be with him for the rest of his life.

Sure, it's his job, but what a legend! There are so many awesome men and women working down here doing incredibly tough jobs.

[far queue]

Here's a 1996 documentary forecasting what the results of a quake near Chch would be - the got it pretty well right too!