Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?
897 Responses
First ←Older Page 1 … 18 19 20 21 22 … 36 Newer→ Last
-
sewrage
I won't mention the spelling but I suspect it will be in a few days.
-
i look at this photo, and i think, "thank christ it missed the barbie".
</practicalities>
-
In other related news, I would like to nominate Mr Vaughn Davis of the parish of Auckland for some kind of humanitarian award, for his beautiful upbeat tweets. To wit: " life toll stands at around 500,000 and I am very grateful for that" - "Goodnight Christchurch. Sun comes up at exactly 7am tomorrow. Promise." You see? I love the man, and I've never even met him.
-
Che Tibby, in reply to
+1!
-
Cheers to PA, and to you RB, from my family here in Canada for this thread. Very helpful, informative and comforting from this far away.
-
Hilary Stace, in reply to
There was a wonderful interview on Radio NZ just before 6 pm yesterday with that mountaineer describing how, after they found only a hole where the staircase used to be, they found some ropes and all calmly abseiled down the side of the building.
-
Ben Austin, in reply to
Oamaru is friendly to both man and beast and I've alerted the local Tourist Authority about your attitude
-
Lucy Stewart, in reply to
There was a wonderful interview on Radio NZ just before 6 pm yesterday with that mountaineer describing how, after they found only a hole where the staircase used to be, they found some ropes and all calmly abseiled down the side of the building.
I saw a few photos of people abseiling out of windows and wondered where they'd got the courage. Bless them.
-
Che Tibby, in reply to
now, that genuinely scares me.
they aren't those people who run the local shop for locals are they?
-
Sorry for harshing the warm glow, but over at Pundit, Andrew Geddis powns No Right Turn on the national state of emergency.
Shorter Geddis: It’s not the Ermächtigungsgesetz in concern-troll drag so chill the fuck out and get to grips with what the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act actually says.
I/S’s posts regrettably are bullshit. I rather fear that he’s fallen victim to exactly the disease he accuses John Key and National of … being so partisan in outlook that everything must have a motive other than the obvious one.
Sometimes even politicians just want to do the right thing.
Ouch.
-
nzlemming, in reply to
Look at it this way - you'd be the only Che in the village.
-
Another point about Idiot/Shithead's rants that only occurred to me in the shower this morning (amazing what a shower does for one's cognition) is that if Darth Brownlee or Lord Uber-fuhrer Carter tried to play the state of emergency card to trample people outside Canterbury, there'd be any number of people just itching to get the High Court to go all "ultra vires" on the offending arse.
The powers provided in the CDEMA may not be able to be legally examined, but their utilisation sure as hell can. Trying to emplace curfews or compel information from people in Whangarei or Bulls would be well outside the ordinary and reasonable use of a disaster area CD controller.
ETA: I see that Andrew Geddis already handled this one.
-
A video shot moments after the quake, on Lichfield St:
-
Lets just say there are worse things than the local shop or being the only Che. Worse things like rabid Blue Penguins
-
Listen - this sound a bit silly - but there's this guy, Steven Cowan - he writes a blog - I haven't seen the blog updated since he last wrote on Tuesday, presumably before the quake struck. I emailed him - but no reply as of yet.
I've never met him but I enjoy his take on life, and I'm slightly worried. I think he lives in the eastern suburbs, but my knowledge of Christchurch geography would fit in a thimble. I've used that google person finder but there's nothing there. It might just be me, but I am worried. Does anyone know him?
-
Friends of mine set up this facebook 'event', if it hasn't been linked to already. The attending list is people who are okay, the 'awaiting reply' list is friends we haven't heard from. There's a page for KAOS people as well. Most of the "missing" will simply not have power, and the phone system is intermittent. (Still, landlines are a more reliable way to get in touch with people without power than cellphones).
-
I'll tell you what's pressing my partisan buttons at the moment:
Wellington City Council requires any building built before 1976 to be strengthened to a third of the current standard within 20 years if it may contain, or risk damaging, crowds of people. A previously tighter timetable was pushed out to 20 years in 2009 after building owners complained about the costs. Former mayor Kerry Prendergast urged the council to revisit the issue "with a view to tightening the deadlines again" after the September quake.
Auckland Council building policy manager Bob de Leur said all previous councils in the Auckland region had only passive policies requiring strengthening when new building consents were sought. The new combined council is expected to review that policy this year. Home Owners and Buyers Association president John Gray said virtually all "leaky buildings" had been found to have structural defects as well as leaks.
But he said a Building Amendment Bill now before Parliament would weaken controls even further by removing an existing requirement for consent authorities to physically inspect new buildings before issuing code compliance certificates - now to be called "consent completion certificates".
Buried in the last paras of this NZ Herald article on the PGG building collapse.
-
Che Tibby, in reply to
I'll tell you what's pressing my partisan buttons at the moment:
Matthew 7:26?
@Ben angry nuns are scary. very scary.
-
Ray Gilbert, in reply to
My eagle eyed wife found this on another site last night as well
Worrying thought though - if this is what happened to someone's cannabis crop what has happened to the suburban P labs?
-
Craig Ranapia, in reply to
I think a ‘please explain’ note to my Councillors and Member of Parliament is in the offing. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, Stephen, because I’ve been skimming over stories about the PGG building -- reading them is just picking a raw scab.for no good reason.
-
Stephen Judd, in reply to
Matthew 7:26
Being an atheist Yid, as I am, my first thought was "what did Matthew Poole say this morning?"
-
Che Tibby, in reply to
OIC. i keep forgetting 'you people' read the prequel, not the sequel.
-
Therapy.
-
Matthew Poole, in reply to
But he said a Building Amendment Bill now before Parliament would weaken controls even further
Haven't we been here before?
-
Matthew Poole, in reply to
Matthew 7:26
Being an atheist Yid, as I am, my first thought was “what did Matthew Poole say this morning?"
Being a Christian, my first thought was “Did I say anything at 7:26 this morning?”
Post your response…
This topic is closed.