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Thanks for all your kind words.
Spent most of today in the city helping Veterinary surgeons and medical radiology clinics to get their X-ray gear going. One vets broke down crying when his x-ray machine did not go after everything was back in place. His practice was like a war zone, his house is condemned even tho he still lives in it and he has a friend that is among the unaccounted ones. During the time I was there I heard how he comforted an old lady who was beside herself because her loved pet rabbit ate one of her pills. I was glad to help him and offer support.
The media only show the glamorous bits of the city damage and the old historic buildings as if we care about them - people are more important to us. The sout-east of the city where ordinary people live looks like a war zone. Silt mixed with sewage from the liquifaction thru homes, roads that you can hardly negotiate with a car, sinkholes, churches just piles of rubble and you see folks just toiling away one wheelbarrow after another of silt from their homes and their properties. Heart-breaking. Corner convenience stores just rubble - someones living gone. But people smile, first questions are how is your family and then how is your home? The human spirit is wonderfully resilient.
I live in the north-west which was not affected that much. We don't take it a day at a time, but an aftershock at a time, sometimes up to 4 per hour.
thanks again.