Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: Christchurch: Square Two, in reply to Rich Lock,
Yes DD did come down, and to atone for my bitchery yesterday, I know it was much appreciated. Especially the just turning up and playing without fuss.
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Now I feel bad, Mr Dobbyn is a well-intentioned man, it's just I've heard Loyal too, too often.
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Hard News: Christchurch: Square Two, in reply to nzlemming,
Oh god anything but that....haven't we had enough to bear. If I hear Loyal one more time I'll buy an Osti frock.
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Hard News: Christchurch: Square Two, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Key often makes quotable remarks on the road because he hasn't been primed for the exact question; a hack's dream when it comes to a story. He's got that bit of trader mongrel about him still that surfaces occasionally. Because he's a quick study he gets the official announcements and speeches bits word-perfect, and they are verrry carefully crafted pieces of work.
As a possibly affected homeowner -- we are liveable and repairable but on the fringes of a heavily liquifucked (again) few blocks and near the Heathcote river, I want the govt to get it right. A one-stop package will ultimately, no matter how long it takes, give us all one bit of near-certainty in our lives when you can't rely on anything physical in the world. And many people here are hanging out for that.
But my day started well: a logburner arrived and is now sitting in the living room waiting to be installed (into another who-knows-how-long queue). Thank you EQC, Gerry, John, Roger and Fletchers EQR who have all made it happen!
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Today, less scared, less confused than yesterday, but these earthquakes are getting to me. I mean, tonight on Campbell Live I thought Gerry Brownlee was being straight up....
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Hard News: Christchurch: Square Two, in reply to recordari,
Liquid faction -- yes yes
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Hard News: Christchurch: Square Two, in reply to Jeremy Andrew,
So yes, it'd be a "slush fund" alright.
Oh, that would be a slosh fund then ;-)
A lush fund in fact.
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I totally get what you are both saying; I have some reservations myself (not in any way speaking for or against the good Baptists here). BUT it's the flu season, I've just got the mega antibiotics for an ear infection (Russell Brown's beating me, I'm only on the second lot) and I know heaps of people who have been or are down with a bug right now.
Ventilation is not an issue for most munted houses; we have plenty of gaps to air out dampness. But better to be warm and damp for a few weeks than cold and damp.
I imagine there will be explicit instructions on use of the heaters.However, some people will want to help this plan so I thought I'd toss it in the pool.
Any damn good ideas welcome.
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@recordari: Actually there is something you can do. One of the churches is collecting gas heaters for those in freezing houses. Here's the piece from the NZ Herald giving details:
The Baptist Church in Auckland is accepting new or serviced old gas heaters to donate to people in quake-damaged Christchurch homes.
The heaters will go to residents - particular the old, the vulnerable and those with very young - who live in homes damaged in the September 4 earthquake and subsequent large and destructive aftershocks.
Aucklanders are being asked to take either new or serviced old gas heaters (heaters only, no gas bottles) to one of four collection points this week. People should contact these collection points for exact times and dates they are collecting the heaters:
- Liberty Christian Church, 96 Lansford Crescent, Avondale - Sue Hodson, (09) 820 0168
- Eastgate Christian Centre, 5 Ben Lomond Crescent, Pakuranga - Allan Taylor, (09) 576 1500
- Manukau City Baptist Church, 9 Lambie Drive, Manukau - Alistair Hall, (09) 278 8998
- Windsor Park Baptist Church, 550 East Coast Road, Mairangi Bay - Grant Harris, (09) 477 0002
The organisers ask that donated heaters are wrapped for protection during shipping and that $10 is included to help pay for the freight.
The Gas Heater Appeal is being backed by Contact Energy, which is providing 1,200 gas bottles plus the first fill free.
Temperatures in recent nights have dropped below freezing in Christchurch.
Declaration of interest: My partner has since Feb 23 been helping a coalition of NZ aid agencies and churches co-ordinate local responses for practical solutions to immediate needs. (He wrote the PR release for the Baptists so he's rapt it got in the paper)
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Hard News: Christchurch: Square Two, in reply to Emma Hart,
John Key: spouting more than a Bexley sand volcano. Surely he didn't MEAN to say that. Or maybe he did. Is it some sort of double bind game to force the party poopers to pay up? Just don't force the populace to think FFS; our jelly brains just get angry when that kind of thing is dangled.