Busytown by Jolisa Gracewood

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Busytown: The shakes

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  • David Hood,

    Steve- Having your mailbox trashed in Christchurch is "Looters", but his is in Dunedin, so it's "Rioting Students"

    Dunedin • Since May 2007 • 1445 posts Report Reply

  • Dave Waugh,

    Not revolting students????

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 98 posts Report Reply

  • George Darroch,

    Not revolting students????

    Quite the opposite. Canterbury students are forming groups to help those in need.

    WLG • Since Nov 2006 • 2264 posts Report Reply

  • Phil Lyth,

    The students FB page has just been updated, saying they will:

    concentrate the effort in one particular area to intensify the workforce, and to prevent people feeling they aren’t getting anywhere.

    Please meet at Avonside tomorrow morning at 10am, we will have a 5 minute debrief with Civil Defence and Council staff. Meet at the corner of Alloway St and Avonside drive.

    I think Emma and David can make them welcome

    Wellington • Since Apr 2009 • 458 posts Report Reply

  • Islander,

    steven crawford - make another one of those for me too, please. I dont have any specially important needs, except room for 20+ thousand books.

    O, and no stairways...

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • David Hood,

    So, if I may speak on behalf of the Herald, there are GANGS of ROAMING students TARGETING the WEAK and HELPLESS.

    Dunedin • Since May 2007 • 1445 posts Report Reply

  • Phil Lyth,

    Precisely. And right behind them are LOOTERS in COUNCIL BRANDED trucks who are STEALING from WHEELIEBINS. In area with Tuesday rubbish collection, natch.

    Wellington • Since Apr 2009 • 458 posts Report Reply

  • Just thinking,

    And let us not forget about those bloody Taggers! - The Council.

    Putaringamotu • Since Apr 2009 • 1158 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    I keep hearing about kids being extremely annoyed with the earthquake, which is certainly better than being scared.

    My opinion of children has dramatically improved. That is all.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    The Liquefactionist Jig is up...
    Well Bob Parker has been pushing for a more vibrant inner city...

    ...we got off very lightly, in our part of Richmond/Shirley, all things considered, an early morning start, a tossed book salad, a slight garnishing of smashed ornaments, a see through chimney and one twisted off its base, finally finished taking the last of them down at 6pm tonight, I'm stuffed...
    Not having any Number 8 wire, I lashed the really bad chimney up with network cable until I could break it down, any port in a storm eh?

    initially I didn't realise the phone system was still working cos we have the Portable phones that need power for the bases, finally I dug out an old-school phone that I could just plug straight into the telecom jack socket...

    we had power back on by 10am Saturday, though I had by then managed to extricate the BBQ from the garage and make cups of tea and crumpets for my partner Sally, my sister and the elderly neighbour next door, and checked up on my mum, her house was unscathed... then it's just been boiling water, digging toilets, and not getting in the way...

    tried to get on the web today but WOOSH was down, they sent a text saying we could get details off how to connect by dial up from their website, or from the email they'd sent us - very helpful (and there was an 0800 number too )

    On Sunday Sally had to be part of a police escorted group into the Press in the cordoned off Square to get a paper out for today, they had to take their own water (are Fairfax tight or what?)

    I know a coupla people who will probably lose everything to do with their businesses, in buildings deemed too unsafe to even go in and get basics out before they are demolished - man that's harsh, I feel like a fraud having a Clayton's disaster...

    I haven't gone very far from home, and seem to be sleeping through the night shocks, and I didn't notice any of the ones when I was up on the roof either (luckily I guess)...

    thanks for your concern though folks, and good to hear everyone else is safe - a thing like this does sharpen your focus and cut through to what is essential and what's just stuff...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie,

    Those old-school phones are a must-have. Surprising how many people thought the phones were out.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    I lashed the really bad chimney up with network cable until I could break it down, any port in a storm eh?

    Well I hope that was cat6 cable and not the old cat5, you could have problems with transfer speed when you pull the chimney down and I don't know about any port in a storm. Using port 80 could seriously affect download speed of web pages and stay off ports 25 and 110 unless you want to bugger up your eMail.
    Glad to see you're all fine.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Deborah,

    Good to see the PASers checking in. Shame about those chimneys, Ian, but I'm glad to hear that you're otherwise fine. I'm hoping that we might hear from HarvestBird soon...

    New Lynn • Since Nov 2006 • 1447 posts Report Reply

  • Lucy Stewart,

    Good to see the PASers checking in. Shame about those chimneys, Ian, but I'm glad to hear that you're otherwise fine. I'm hoping that we might hear from HarvestBird soon...

    She's been quite active on Twitter, all seems to be well.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 2105 posts Report Reply

  • wendyf,

    Hi everybody - it's great to see people here at this hour. Thanks. That was 4 too many unpleasant jolts after 11 last night (Mon night) so I got out of bed, made myself a double strength herbal tea and logged on.

    My house is fine, I'm fine, but to tell the truth, I've had enough. I'm sick of this game and I want to go home.

    Oh, I *am* home.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 88 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

    Oh Wendy. Lots of people are still really scared, and these aftershocks aren't helping, are they?

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Just thinking,

    Stop the ride, I want to get off!

    Putaringamotu • Since Apr 2009 • 1158 posts Report Reply

  • Deborah,

    Thanks for the news of HarvestBird, Lucy.

    New Lynn • Since Nov 2006 • 1447 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart,

    Lots of people are still really scared, and these aftershocks aren't helping, are they?

    I'd just like to know when they're going to stop, that would make enduring them so much easier. Last night's were huge, in that we'd call them 'earthquakes' if we hadn't already had one.

    Harvestbird's partner is off into work today. Me, my family are staying right where I can fricking SEE them all the time, for at least a couple more days.

    But yes, we've well and truly had enough now.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • JLM,

    Emma, I thought your description of "like a nagging toddler" was priceless. Do you still think that, or have they grown up a bit?

    Judy Martin's southern sl… • Since Apr 2007 • 241 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart,

    Emma, I thought your description of "like a nagging toddler" was priceless. Do you still think that, or have they grown up a bit?

    Yeah, nah, last night was more like "the argument after your teenager has 'borrowed' your car".

    There is seriously quite a well-graded scale. My partner called the 11:25 aftershock as a 5.1 just after it finished. There's a certain level where we stop everything and sit up, another higher where we hold hands, then after that a point where we think about running for the door.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • philipmatthews,

    Yes, last night's brought it all back. My wife, who is very staunch, says she's sick of it now. I stopped being staunch about 4.35am on Saturday.

    In other earthquake news, the Christchurch Writers Festival, which was to feature David Haywood, Alan Bollard (the real one), recent Media 7 star Marilyn Waring and many other luminaries, has just been cancelled. It was to run this weekend. It doesn't help that one key venue -- the lovely Repertory Theatre on Kilmore St -- closely resembles a scene from the Blitz.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    Yes, last night's brought it all back. My wife, who is very staunch, says she's sick of it now. I stopped being staunch about 4.35am on Saturday.

    That's about the time when I would expect to stop being staunch too. And 5.4 last night?! That's an earthquake in any language. There's not much to say except that we're thinking about you all and that we hope that it stops soon.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW,

    Magnitude scale cf. felt intensity - The sources of the aftershocks are scattered around quite a lot and this makes a big difference to the felt intensity from any one point.

    To good first approximations for small crustal earthquakes like these, the difference between 40 km and 28 km away represents a doubling in shaking intensity, 40 to 56 km a halving (inverse square law). Same effect as a difference of 0.2 magnitude units, also a doubling or halving of total energy release.

    The 5.4 was closer to town than the main shock and many of the other aftershocks, so feeling that much more intense.

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • Isabel Hitchings,

    Last night's aftershocks were the first since the main event to really rattle me and even then I was rather more pissed off than scared.

    I think this bit between the peak of the crisis and things being properly back to normal is particularly hard - lots of drifting and not a lot concrete to do besides boiling the damn water. Both my partner's work and kid's school are in the CBD and, while both buildings are reportedly OK, access may be a problem for quite a while longer so "real life" seems a long way away.

    The kids don't appear overly frightened by the shaking (probably because we haven't lost much and their grown-ups aren't too freaked) but they are grumpy at the inconvenience of it all and, because I'm tired and stressed, I'm micromanaging their behaviour in what I'm sure is a really irritating fashion. This morning's project is to find a park so they can have a run and a scream.

    Christchurch • Since Jul 2007 • 719 posts Report Reply

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