Posts by Russell Brown
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David Haywood has written an evocative eyewitness account for The Guardian.
One day I’ll tease him that he’s finally been able to knock something out as quickly as a proper blogger.
Happily, they haven't had to spend the night outside:
This morning our family had a house, after the earthquake we were forced to set up a tent. But with huge fissures in the ground, I was nervous that the lawn might open up and swallow us. A friend called and told us they had electricity and water and with a new baby, we thought it was worth the risk to drive to join them. We drove through the city in the dark. There was no electricity, so you couldn't see the devastation, but we had to swerve between huge cracks in the road and patches of water where it was seeping through the cracks. You know if the road is that damaged, all the houses around must be totally broken.
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A cycle-mounted video camera survey of Christchurch today: #eqnz
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TVNZ wild footage on YouTube:
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Folks: My friend Toby Manhire is heading to Christchurch from Auckland in the morning to report for The Guardian.
I've said he can quote from this thread with attribution. Any readers who are willing and able to be interviewed by him can click the little envelope icon on this comment and I'll pass on your contact details.
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Paul, Deborah: yes. Let's see tomorrow what we can do for the Hay-Haywoods.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Rachel Prosser,
I'm in Dunedin - flew out yesterday night - so am afraid I can't do a Whiskey Galore update this time.
No worries. Oddly enough, there's a shitload of good whisky in the town right now -- Dramfest 11 was supposed to start on Friday.
My family OK - house a mess but structurally seems OK.
Good.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Jane Pearson,
It may be totally inappropriate to ask this here
No, it’s totally appropriate.
3News had this:
5.58pm – Prisoners were evacuated from Christchurch’s central court building following the quake. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said all of tomorrow’s court sittings in Christchurch had been cancelled and court fixtures in Timaru, Ashburton and Rangiora were also unlikely to go ahead. Several ministry buildings had been extensively damaged.
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I've added a bunch of links to the original post.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to izogi,
Can anyone confirm what’s happened (if anything) with the Christchurch Airport tower? Stuff reported early on that it’d collapsed, but now I can’t find a reference. I’m guessing someone mixed up the airport-closed stories with the cathedral tower.
Newstalk ZB reported it, I think, but have now conceded it's wrong.
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Unconfirmed commentary on HuffPo that tourist were up in the Cathedral Tower.
3 News spoke to a rescue worker who said much the same thing.