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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 377598" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Good to hear from you, Janie. Glad you're OK.</p><p></p><p>We didn't get to the west of North Island when we were there, we landed in Auckland and pretty much headed east from there, went round Coromandel Peninsula then down to Taupo. After a week there we flew to Queenstown and then to Wanaka - we were just getting ready to leave Wanaka a week later when that huge snowstorm hit three years ago. But we drove from there to Christchurch (when the roads were open) and so we got to spend a few days in that city. We loved New Zealand, but really appreciated the earthquake-readiness and general disaster readiness that you have to live with. Across the ditch we live with the bushfire hazards and have our own emergency kits always ready. In summer we have to carry extra water plus wool blankets to cover ourselves in case we get caught in fire. It's because our family happens to live in a high fire hazard area, out of the city.</p><p></p><p>New Zealand is GREEN compared to even the best-watered paddocks here.</p><p></p><p>We are still waiting to hear form friends in Christchurch. I emailed, but haven't had a reply as yet. We're hoping their place is OK, it's a historic farmhouse with stables. Heavy stone walls, so hopefully it should be OK. </p><p></p><p>Those aftershocks were bad, in quantity as well as magnitude.</p><p></p><p>While we were in Taupo, we visited the Volcano Centre there, they had a very good physical simulation of a strong earthquake, 6.3 on the Richter scale. I watched husband & difficult child 3 bracing themselves on the bench seat in the little simulation room, they said if they had fallen on the floor they would not have been able to get up. And some of the aftershocks alone were nearly that big!</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 was very phobic about volcanic/earthquake activity before we went to NZ. Now he understands it a lot better and has been able to watch the news with interest and better understanding. I'm glad for his sake we weren't there for this one, though!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 377598, member: 1991"] Good to hear from you, Janie. Glad you're OK. We didn't get to the west of North Island when we were there, we landed in Auckland and pretty much headed east from there, went round Coromandel Peninsula then down to Taupo. After a week there we flew to Queenstown and then to Wanaka - we were just getting ready to leave Wanaka a week later when that huge snowstorm hit three years ago. But we drove from there to Christchurch (when the roads were open) and so we got to spend a few days in that city. We loved New Zealand, but really appreciated the earthquake-readiness and general disaster readiness that you have to live with. Across the ditch we live with the bushfire hazards and have our own emergency kits always ready. In summer we have to carry extra water plus wool blankets to cover ourselves in case we get caught in fire. It's because our family happens to live in a high fire hazard area, out of the city. New Zealand is GREEN compared to even the best-watered paddocks here. We are still waiting to hear form friends in Christchurch. I emailed, but haven't had a reply as yet. We're hoping their place is OK, it's a historic farmhouse with stables. Heavy stone walls, so hopefully it should be OK. Those aftershocks were bad, in quantity as well as magnitude. While we were in Taupo, we visited the Volcano Centre there, they had a very good physical simulation of a strong earthquake, 6.3 on the Richter scale. I watched husband & difficult child 3 bracing themselves on the bench seat in the little simulation room, they said if they had fallen on the floor they would not have been able to get up. And some of the aftershocks alone were nearly that big! difficult child 3 was very phobic about volcanic/earthquake activity before we went to NZ. Now he understands it a lot better and has been able to watch the news with interest and better understanding. I'm glad for his sake we weren't there for this one, though! Marg [/QUOTE]
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