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| Thread ID: 112415 | 2010-09-05 05:40:00 | Quake photos | hueybot3000 (3646) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1134875 | 2010-09-05 23:50:00 | Better pics here www.crashbang.co.nz |
jareemon (5207) | ||
| 1134876 | 2010-09-06 00:27:00 | It appears as if there is a lot of sand below Chch | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1134877 | 2010-09-06 00:32:00 | Since when has this been an adult-only, no-jokes-allowed site? There is a time and a place for humour and this wasn't it so it wasn't funny. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1134878 | 2010-09-06 00:45:00 | It appears as if there is a lot of sand below Chch Most of Christchurch is reclaimed swamp land, usually reclaimed with sand dredged from rivers and harbours. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1134879 | 2010-09-06 00:53:00 | There is a time and a place for humour and this wasn't it so it wasn't funny. :thumbs: very well put - totally agree. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1134880 | 2010-09-06 01:00:00 | Most of Christchurch is reclaimed swamp land, usually reclaimed with sand dredged from rivers and harbours. Unlike the Edgecumbe earthquake which had some good cracks in the ground I can't get over the amount of silt that has risen because of the quake. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1134881 | 2010-09-06 01:05:00 | I apologize if I offended anyone with my pictures, it was not the intention. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1134882 | 2010-09-06 02:13:00 | Better pics here www.crashbang.co.nz Good link, thanks for that. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1134883 | 2010-09-06 02:49:00 | Thanks to those who have posted pics or links to pics . I've seen a lot of the buildings and areas shown and it isn't pretty . If the earthquake had happened during the day or even three hours earlier there would have been many fatalities and untold injuries . It is amazing that we only had two seriously injured people . Our house came through relatively unscathed, apart from a leak in the hot water cylinder pipe that flooded out part of the hall, and just one smashed item . Just three items fell off shelves when I expected at least the entire contents of the pantry to come down . On the other hand my sister-in-law's house was trashed with fallen items and the mother-in-law has to abandon her house due to no electric or water and broken sewers that will take months to repair . The next street from us has big cracks and holes in the road that I swear have grown since Saturday morning, probably with the aftershocks which are still happening . Many of the aftershocks are a lot worse than any earthquake I have experienced in the past which puts one a bit on edge at times . Despite all the damage I think we have come out of this quite lightly considering the size of the earthquake . There are three or four lessons learned from this that people would be wise to heed: 1 . Do not put pictures or shelves on the wall above or around your bed, nor have furniture or drawers nearby that can fall on top of you . 2 . Always keep a torch with fresh batteries right by your bed . Fumbling around in the pitch dark unable to see is not fun . 3 . Keep a radio with fresh batteries handy to keep up to date with events . 4 . Always store containers of fresh water for drinking . We all get complacent about these things because it never happens to us . Well it just did happen to us and we were very thankful that we could tick off the first three items and didn't need the fourth this time . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1134884 | 2010-09-06 03:32:00 | Nice aerial footage here; www.youtube.com Edit; and some more good video here; www.youtube.com |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
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