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Danielle

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:53:02 +1200

Sometimes when they touch
The honesty's too much

Are those lyrics the creepiest ever penned, or what? 'Sometimes I want to break you, want to bring you to your knees'. Um, OK. That's very tender and romantic.

Joe Wylie

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:18:18 +1200

saved by Soft Rock
Rofflenui

Ha!
Those soppy old tectonic plates eh?

Sometimes when they touch
The honesty's too much

Sacha

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:12:43 +1200

saved by Soft Rock

Rofflenui

Just thinking

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:53:14 +1200

I feel a sense of shame that we were saved by Soft Rock. Maybe I should get over it and feel a little gratitude.

Welcome to the hotel California, do de doot doot doo, such a lovely place,....

http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/2601429/Soft-rocks-prevented-earthquake-damage

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:02:45 +1200

what does a discussion topic called "TSUNAMI!!!!!!!!!" suggest?

OMG they've just told us to evacuate to higher ground but if I do that I'll miss that auction for a 3G iPhone power supply...

Islander

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:59:32 +1200

I live in South Westland but happen to be in my other home area, Otago.

9.23...slight rolling motion. Lightbulb swayed & chiffonere creaked. Said to my Mum, "Earthquake." She was deep in reading trance-"Mmm?"
"Lookit the light."

Went to Geonet – which didnt respond. Just after 10p. it came up with…

johnno

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:50:21 +1200

Tsehai Tiffen had a great story on One News with some of the people who were in the fjords during the earthquake. Beautiful pictures, wonderful characters.

Heather W.

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:31:36 +1200

There also seemed to be an idea that the tsunami report issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii somehow meant that a tsunami was going to hit Hawaii.

Robyn, one of the advisory reports was actually for Hawaii itself. Since earthquake/tsunami effects are mostly guesswork worst case scenario…

Steve Barnes

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:56:20 +1200

LOL. Man's a forecasting genius.

One Ring to fool them all.

Gareth Ward

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:25:22 +1200

Big earthquakes usually happen around new moons and full moons, and a week either side.
Can't argue with that.

LOL. Man's a forecasting genius.

Brent Jackson

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:22:10 +1200

In response to a Ken Ring quote:

Big earthquakes usually happen around new moons and full moons, and a week either side.

Emma wrote:

Can't argue with that.

Ah, but a pendant can.

I think you'll find that the "usually" should actually be "always".

Cheers,
Brent.

David Slack

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:46:00 +1200

People still buy and sell stuff on trademe right? Just checking.

Glenmore Road, Thorndon, 6 bds, ensuites, spa pool, views of harbour, Bot. gardens, faultline. Buy Now: $5,000.

Kyle Matthews

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:12:23 +1200

The Trade Me forums are the first place I go to check if the vague rumbling I felt was indeed an earthquake.

People still buy and sell stuff on trademe right? Just checking.

Steve Barnes

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:11:20 +1200

From Stuff

A predicted tsunami hit Bluff about 10.30pm last night following the earthquake which struck Southland, but its height – 17cm – meant it was tiny.
The confirmation of the Bluff tsunami's size led to the wider warnings being cancelled soon after.

3410

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:10:24 +1200

Big earthquakes usually happen around new moons and full moons, and a week either side.
Can't argue with that.

I see your point. That's really covering your bases, huh?

Emma Hart

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:00:19 +1200

Big earthquakes usually happen around new moons and full moons, and a week either side.

Can't argue with that.

Robyn Gallagher

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:56:20 +1200

And the TradeMe forums as well, Giovanni. That's amber alert, isn't it?

The Trade Me forums are the first place I go to check if the vague rumbling I felt was indeed an earthquake.

Last night there were heaps of discussions underway, many of them verging on hysteria. I mean,…

Steve Barnes

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:29:07 +1200

Ken Ring jumps in:

I always get that guy's name muddled, Ken Moon, he predicts the weather with his ring.
;-)

Steve Barnes

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:27:32 +1200

p.s.
As the water around that part of the coast is exceptionally deep for a coastline then the tsunami would just remain small.

Steve Barnes

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:25:17 +1200

A 17-centimetre tsunami?

Yes, it has to do with the depth of the water. If it was 17cm in 200 mtrs of water then when it reached the shore it would be 200 X 0.17 which would be 34mtrs. About 100 feet.

Russell Brown

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:24:50 +1200

Ken Ring jumps in:

No one has mentioned the moon. No coincidence that last night the moon changed phase and hit the lastQ mark bang on 9.54pm which was about the earthquake time, and within a week on Tuesday it will be not only closest moon, not only the same…

Sam F

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:16:04 +1200

Damn, I posted in the wrong thread a moment ago. A 17-centimetre tsunami?

Steve Barnes

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:13:29 +1200

There was me thinking I didn't have much of an accent...

You should hear it when it echoes around inside my head. Keep it down will you Gio?.

Steve Barnes

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:11:50 +1200

From Stuff

Greater Wellington Regional Council chairwoman Fran Wilde said it was fortunate the quake had occurred in a remote area as the damage would have been more severe if it had struck a major city.

Yeah, and if a spaceship had crashed into London...

giovanni tiso

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:06:52 +1200

There was me thinking I didn't have much of an accent...

Steve Barnes

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:05:41 +1200

Friends on Brainwave were just telepathically conveying the same info...

Yeah, I got that, you must be the Italian guy.

Joe Wylie

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:00:16 +1200

Friends on Brainwave were just telepathically conveying the same info... ops, I've said too much.

I did recommend a very effective brand of tinfoil here a while back. Isn't that what figments are for?

giovanni tiso

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:56:07 +1200

Friends on Brainwave were just telepathically conveying the same info... ops, I've said too much.

Gareth Ward

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:54:27 +1200

According to Facebook friends in Queenstown (I know, I know it's soooooo 07), they just had another jolt?

Steve Barnes

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:02:31 +1200

It was fun to watch from Queen Street ...

Yeah, I bet. Waves crashing over the Sky Tower an' all that.
;-)

Raymond A Francis

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:44:39 +1200

Just a very long gentle roll this far north, lasted more than a minute
Geonet was my first call but was crashing because of load
Knew somewhere they must have had a really big one
Fortunatly NZ got off lightly
Our old house is on a small fault line that…

Just thinking

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:35:32 +1200

I loved the Invers CD confimation of the Tsunami, a 17cm Tsunami.

Loved it.

Sofie Bribiesca

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:24:40 +1200

I hope it doesn't become the basis on which threads are created around here :-)

I don't wanna be a twit either.

Hadyn Green

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:22:14 +1200

The Geonet page for the 7.8 at 9.22pm is fun

John Farrell

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:48:28 +1200

It's a very strange thing, when your house starts to rock and roll. And it just keeps going....as it strengthens, you head for the nearest doorway, and stand there, listening to an odd tapping noise, and thinking about the tile roof above you. Even after the shaking stops, your legs…

Ben Austin

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:09:18 +1200

The earthquake gave me an excuse to extol the wonders of Fiordland as a tourist destination to colleagues in London. Not that those doomed to be in Croydon really need much convincing that it is nice to travel

All publicity/natural disasters is/are good publicity right?

Rich of Observationz

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:49:32 +1200

My parents (I'm away in the UK) were full of "there's been an earthquake and tsunami in NZ".

Russell Brown

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:21:53 +1200

It was fun to watch from Queen Street ...

giovanni tiso

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:22:13 +1200

Not the Trade Me forums... May the Lord have mercy on us all!

David Slack

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:14:48 +1200

And the TradeMe forums as well, Giovanni. That's amber alert, isn't it?

giovanni tiso

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:09:43 +1200

Deserves a thread, I think. Twitter is alight.

I hope it doesn't become the basis on which threads are created around here :-)

David Slack

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:05:11 +1200

Best tweet of the show:

As much as I support you in saying that New Zealand is shit, I still don't want the country to drown!

Runner-up:

Various paraphrased NZers:

Oh noes! A Tsunami. But wow, look at NZ trending!

Hilary Stace

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:44 +1200

The geonet site gives full and latest information. 7.8 and second one 6.1

Steve Barnes

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:59:26 +1200

satishkini: RT @BreakingNews: URGENT — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has lifted all warnings 4 New Zealand following major quake off the coast.
less than 10 seconds ago from TweetDeck
Off to bed now, nothing to see here. ;-)

Steve Barnes

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:58:08 +1200

RT: @BreakingNews: BULLETIN — PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER CANCELS TSUNAMI WARNING FOR NEW ZEALAND.

David Slack

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:55:51 +1200

World media says: 7.8 and look out!

Stuff says:

A tsunami warning was issued tonight after two earthquakes measuring 6.6 and 6.1 on the Richter scale struck Fiordland.

David Slack

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:38:00 +1200

Deserves a thread, I think. Twitter is alight.