I woke up to a cup of tea and news that had me out of bed pretty quickly this morning and checking the news. At 4.30am this morning an earthquake of 7.4 hit Christchurch township in the South Island. I’m in the North Island so myself and family are fine. I have a few friends and family memebers down that way so have been concerned with making sure they are all safe and sound which they are. People are in shock and still getting to grips with things that have occured within the last 12 hours. There is also a risk of another after shock of a substantial degree but all is good. It’s been a while since NZ has has a good earthquake of any degree and the expectation there was that it would be a case of when not if. What make me feel good inside is that in the time of disaster the amount of people that all pull together and look after one another and it’s special to see how the kink circles have all scrambled to check in on each other and offer beds and places to stay. Most freekin awesome.
A big thank you to those that have sent me emails in worrying, I’m fine I am thankfully up the other end of the country so all is well.
Much appreciated xxxx
Info on the quake here
Nolens Volens
on Sep 4th, 2010
@ 16:23:
Glad to see you are okay. I didn’t find out until recently.
Biddable
on Sep 4th, 2010
@ 17:34:
I’m glad your loved ones are all safe. I’ve been trying to check up on all of my Christchurch friends (and thankfully they’re okay, too – some even have power already).
vanimp
on Sep 4th, 2010
@ 17:38:
Yep they are trying to have power up and running at 90% by 9pm tonight and there are severe weather warnings and a 2 degree low so that is the next issue and cellphone coverage is running on backup supplies until they can get power sorted there. Things are okay just the massive clean up now and hopefully no more big uns
viemoira
on Sep 4th, 2010
@ 22:38:
Wow hell is right! That’s so scary! Glad you’re ok and hope the same is true for your friends in the area!
missptunia
on Sep 5th, 2010
@ 01:52:
When I woke up less than an hour ago, I heard about the earthquake on TV and immediately thought…”IMPY?”. I am so glad to know that you and yours are fine. After living in southern California years ago, I understand the feeling when the ground moves and when the infrastructure is all messed up. Good luck hon.