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Thread ID: 112388 2010-09-03 21:04:00 Quake in Christchurch. Cicero (40) PC World Chat
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1134447 2010-09-06 03:50:00 Thats a blardy good question.....Plus having a bit of cash would come in handy by the looks

People equate earthquake with Tsunami and want fuel to be able to flee just in case.
DeSade (984)
1134448 2010-09-06 04:00:00 People equate earthquake with Tsunami and want fuel to be able to flee just in case.

That may be a key reason, sort of like panic buying at supermarkets. However, SWMBO has another theory - the buyers may have come out from ChCh because there was no power to many of the service stations in the city. 50km round trip to get a tank of gas?
John H (8)
1134449 2010-09-06 04:08:00 People equate earthquake with Tsunami and want fuel to be able to flee just in case.


That may be a key reason, sort of like panic buying at supermarkets. However, SWMBO has another theory - the buyers may have come out from ChCh because there was no power to many of the service stations in the city. 50km round trip to get a tank of gas?

I think I can tell you why I thought of a Tsunami right away.

Youse guys live on an island nation and naturally (to me, maybe not youse guys) water and earthquakes are running hand-in-hand as somewhat primary creators of Tsunamis.

Just concerned if I should be making CARE packages with cases of Cherry Kool-Aid for shipping when you get your water back and can make ice cubes again. I can also send paper cups in case all youse guys glassware is destructo'd.

I await your request, as usual, your servant.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1134450 2010-09-06 04:11:00 SJ, it turns out that your government was actually ahead of the ball there - they've already offered aid. For some reason, parliament turned it down. ubergeek85 (131)
1134451 2010-09-06 04:13:00 Fair enough Joe
Generally the tsunami will be going away from the quake.....People should have been filling up in Dunedin or Wellington, or Chatham Islands
Gobe1 (6290)
1134452 2010-09-06 04:22:00 I think I can tell you why I thought of a Tsunami right away.

Youse guys live on an island nation and naturally (to me, maybe not youse guys) water and earthquakes are running hand-in-hand as somewhat primary creators of Tsunamis.(snip)

Um, I think a tsunami is generated when the quake is under the sea, not under the land. This one was quite a few kilometres inland (that is 'quite a few gallons' in US measurement).
John H (8)
1134453 2010-09-06 04:32:00 Um, I think a tsunami is generated when the quake is under the sea, not under the land. This one was quite a few kilometres inland (that is 'quite a few gallons' in US measurement).

Yeah - but then again, in Upsidedown Land, physical laws and the Time/Space Continuum are all backwards and even Steven Hawking said youse guys was exempt of them.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1134454 2010-09-06 04:45:00 Yeah - but then again, in Upsidedown Land, physical laws and the Time/Space Continuum are all backwards and even Steven Hawking said youse guys was exempt of them.

Dont forget here in upside-down land, we are also in the future, so the space time continuum is out of wack.
SolMiester (139)
1134455 2010-09-06 06:06:00 <sigh!> I guess so - that's why you drive on the L-side of the road too. SurferJoe46 (51)
1134456 2010-09-06 08:07:00 This one was quite a few kilometres inland (that is 'quite a few gallons' in US measurement).

Kilometres is a unit of distance. Gallons is a unit of volume.
bob_doe_nz (92)
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