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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 377351" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We saw this on our news this morning. When we were in Christchurch three years ago we stayed with some lovely people just to the west. We haven't had a chance to check on them yet. Their buildings are very solid, thick-walled stone, our fingers are crossed for them. However, the news this morning said two people had been seriously injured, that was all. A few more injuries - cuts, abrasions, bruises, but nobody was killed, which for a city like Christchurch is miraculous. It's a beautiful city and a lot of the lovely old buildings are now rubble. There was some early looting but the police got onto it fast and are on guard.</p><p></p><p>Interesting that the Sumatra volcano also erupted today, after 500 years of dormancy. It's on the same tectonic plate margin, just a bit to the north. It seems that the north/north-eastern part of the Australasian continental plate is very unstable in the last few years.</p><p></p><p>One thing to note - New Zealand has the best earthquake scientists in the world and also has always at the ready, rapid response strategies. They have had some bad tragedies in past years especially a bad train tragedy after a lahar flow from Mt Ruapehu in North Island took out train tracks and a train was lost, decades ago. They will never let any such tragedy happen again.</p><p></p><p>They really are amazing, as a country and a people. If you ever get the chance to visit, you will love the place as we did.</p><p></p><p>When we were there and difficult child 3 was collecting resources for school, we were given this website:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html" target="_blank">http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html</a></p><p></p><p>husband has been following the accurate information with this site. We also used Google Earth to look at exactly where the epicentre was, compared to the airport, the place we stayed and the train line. Of course the train line was taken out. Thankfully the eruption was at 4 am local time, so everybody was in bed and no train was running.</p><p></p><p>Images of the damage are horrifying. The army has been shipped in to ensure order - it's how Australia would have handled it too. Fast army response, within hours, keeps the peace, keeps people safe, cuts looting and organises rescue and recovery. As I said - they are organised and prepared.</p><p></p><p>Our thoughts are with them. I know our government (what we have of one at the moment) will be doing whatever we're asked to do, to help our neighbours "across the ditch".</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 377351, member: 1991"] We saw this on our news this morning. When we were in Christchurch three years ago we stayed with some lovely people just to the west. We haven't had a chance to check on them yet. Their buildings are very solid, thick-walled stone, our fingers are crossed for them. However, the news this morning said two people had been seriously injured, that was all. A few more injuries - cuts, abrasions, bruises, but nobody was killed, which for a city like Christchurch is miraculous. It's a beautiful city and a lot of the lovely old buildings are now rubble. There was some early looting but the police got onto it fast and are on guard. Interesting that the Sumatra volcano also erupted today, after 500 years of dormancy. It's on the same tectonic plate margin, just a bit to the north. It seems that the north/north-eastern part of the Australasian continental plate is very unstable in the last few years. One thing to note - New Zealand has the best earthquake scientists in the world and also has always at the ready, rapid response strategies. They have had some bad tragedies in past years especially a bad train tragedy after a lahar flow from Mt Ruapehu in North Island took out train tracks and a train was lost, decades ago. They will never let any such tragedy happen again. They really are amazing, as a country and a people. If you ever get the chance to visit, you will love the place as we did. When we were there and difficult child 3 was collecting resources for school, we were given this website: [url]http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html[/url] husband has been following the accurate information with this site. We also used Google Earth to look at exactly where the epicentre was, compared to the airport, the place we stayed and the train line. Of course the train line was taken out. Thankfully the eruption was at 4 am local time, so everybody was in bed and no train was running. Images of the damage are horrifying. The army has been shipped in to ensure order - it's how Australia would have handled it too. Fast army response, within hours, keeps the peace, keeps people safe, cuts looting and organises rescue and recovery. As I said - they are organised and prepared. Our thoughts are with them. I know our government (what we have of one at the moment) will be doing whatever we're asked to do, to help our neighbours "across the ditch". Marg [/QUOTE]
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