We have those times again - earthquakes. By kiwiscoot (Read 514 times)

[kiwiscoot]

Well we're in for it again this week, 14 shakes over 4 magnitude, 125 over 2 this week, so far luckily only one fatality. Monday started with a 6.3 and 5.6 magnitude shakes. Yesterday we had 5 shakes over 4 magnitude. Our city just started to get on it's knees and now it's a mess again. People are a mess, relationships, driving, etc. Here you can get a picture of our life here.
www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/photos/

We just take it a day at a time. The greeting here is now "Are you OK?" (meaning you are alive) "Your home OK?" meaning it's still standing and you're living in it. It was a bit like being in a nightmare, but now it's becoming part of life. Unfortunately for some it's getting to much.
It is not the best of feeling to be in buildings during an event and hear the building groaning and creaking. You can't run as the ground moves sometimes up to 10cm/5" up and sideways. Our tolerance levels seems to go up too as we seem to take any quakes below 4 just in our stride. I've been fortunate that my home has only minor damage as I live in the north west which is away from waterways and the estuary.
But we can't complain as others have tornadoes, fires and floods.
take care, enjoy your ride and Smile Your Miles

[LUKE]

glad you are ok and were able to post here.....are you not thinking of moving?,,,i mean, if a certain place gets a lot of earthquakes,some hollow space might be forming underneath and one day the entire area would cave in.. (??) ,if i were you i'd start thinking of moving somewhere else. not easy but doable...you take care kiwi..

[Cruiser]

Our thoughts are with you and your countrymen, Kiwi. Here in New England we rarely have any problems with Mother Nature. A couple of weeks ago there was a tornado about 50 miles from where I live which was a very unusual event. Every once in a great while we may get a hurricane or blizzard along the coast. We count our blessings.

[kiwiscoot]

Jun 15, 2011 17:30:39 GMT -6 LUKE said:

glad you are ok and were able to post here.....are you not thinking of moving?,,,i mean, if a certain place gets a lot of earthquakes,some hollow space might be forming underneath and one day the entire area would cave in.. (??) ,if i were you i'd start thinking of moving somewhere else. not easy but doable...you take care kiwi..

perhaps I may fall thru and land on your doorstep ;D
Would you make me a cup of coffee?? I may be muddy

[LUKE]

hey seriously, arizona is a nice place to live in,, no tornadoes,no twisters(no need for a basement),no hurricanes,no rain(no rust),no thunder, no tsunami, no snow ("i hate snow, unquote), no frostbite, no tidal wave(cuz there's no water),no cecadas,no ground hog(means no false prediction of early spring,lol)..... uhm,yeah few jolts here and there but tolerable., ..people are nice and simple,not complicated.
hey come and visit, i have prepared a hot coffee from the thermos.,,you can be muddy,but pls don't be mushy...LOL....funnying kiwi!!!

[LUKE]

but seriously kiwi,, there are several reasons for me to evacuate or consider moving to another place:
1) if my house is situated on a fault line(earthquake belt)
2) if i have a drug user neighbor/or bad neighborhood in genereal
3) flooding area
4)and if my house has ghost.
5)if water supply from city is a problem.

if i experience any of these,i start scouting a house on another place.