Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?
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Any word from David and the behbehs?
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Any word from David and the behbehs?
I've texted. We can only wait.
There are reports on Twitter of the Cathedral being down.
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Checking in - passing cop car told us to store water, serios damage in city.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4688231/Large-quake-strikes-Christchurch
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10707996# Reference Number: 3468575
# NZDT: Tue, Feb 22 2011 12:51 pm
# Magnitude: 6.3
# Depth: 5 km
# Details: 10 km south-east of Christchurchand that was just the first one...
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person with a camera here: http://twitter.com/dyedredlaura
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person with a camera here: http://twitter.com/dyedredlaura
This picture is particularly alarming.
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Jesus. My brother is OK, and mum just texted and said "OK, v scared."
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Cathedral… http://yfrog.com/h79togj :(
Edit: looks too small. TV3 has a pic here which looks (slightly) healthier
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Holy shit, my TweetDeck "throttled" the #eqnz tag then crashed. Twice.
I know this sounds really self-absorbed, but I'm trying really hard to stay off the phone and CTFD. People will check in when they can, and having a melt down at the other end of the country does nothing useful.
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Megan Wegan, in reply to
This picture is particularly alarming.
I can't figure out where that is. Manchester St?
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have texted my geologist friend at the university - still waiting
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Megan Wegan, in reply to
That's not the Cathedral in the square. is it?
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TV3 live coverage now - looks worse than the original quake, rubble in streets and obviously a lot more people there this time. Cathedral steeple gone. Shit.
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TV1 on as well.
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Am watching too. This is awful. Cathedral spire gone, but it’s the looks on people’s faces that are doing my head in.
Hope everything is fine at Haywood-upon-Avon. And hoping to hear similar news from other friends.
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What scares me - after the first quake, there were lots of "We're ok!" tweets from people. This time, the tweets are more "OMG", and there's also a distressing silence from others.
I really hope everyone is ok :-(
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giovanni tiso, in reply to
there's also a distressing silence from others
To say the least.
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Sumner
I particularly love the ambitious sweeping as it goes
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Sky News has pictures. And TV1, now. I'm allowed to sit at my desk and cry, right? (Not to be all self-involved)
The airport is closed, right?
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Sacha, in reply to
This is awful. Cathedral spire gone, but it’s the looks on people’s faces that are doing my head in.
Same - and knowing this time there are people under all that rubble. Have to be. Upsetting
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TV3 has just started recycling footage for first time - been streaming unedited from field reporters in street. TV1 has an ad break with text ticker, had audio-only from a geologist or something when I looked earlier.
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TVNZ running ads with coverage. Classy.
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@Megan yes the airport is closed.
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The Cathedral. http://twitpic.com/42dzk8
And that video in Sumner is terrifying.
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
Same - and knowing this time there are people under all that rubble. Have to be. Upsetting
That's why I've just turned off the radio and television. This time, I just can't see how there won't be, at the very best, serious injuries. Until everyone checks in, I'll just lose my shit at the first picture of a body on a stretcher.
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Looks like TV1 up and running now but phone-in rather than on camera. TV3 showing people being led out of collapsed building
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