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02/21/2011 08:50:16 PM · #1 |
Please keep the people of Christchurch in your prayers. The earthquake that hit a couple of hours ago was weaker than last September but more shallow so therefore more damage.
Live coverage is on Bigpond online tv
Message edited by author 2011-02-21 20:50:26. |
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02/21/2011 09:46:02 PM · #2 |
| It's absolutely terrible, we wont be avoiding fatalities this time. It happened around lunchtime alot of people are trapped, its just devastating |
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02/21/2011 09:55:09 PM · #3 |
I have several friends there, so far, most are accounted for. Still waiting to hear further news. It is just awful, some 200 people are stuck in the collapsed PGG building, screaming etc. One friend went and got her kids from school, she has no gas to get around, but at least she has power, phone but not cellphone coverage. She has been living on her nerves these last few months since the last one, with the aftershocks happening, some while I am chatting to her. I can't imagine how shattered these people must feel.
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02/21/2011 09:58:10 PM · #4 |
| Unfortunately I am not able to view that bigpond link here in the US |
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02/21/2011 09:59:52 PM · #5 |
| Are there any DPC members living there? I know we have quite a few members from NZ. Are they accounted for? It looks like a truly horrendous situation. |
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02/21/2011 10:19:41 PM · #6 |
Though it is not as big a magnitude as the sept one it is shallower and more closer to the central city of Christchurch. They are saying the devastation is much worse. I'm in Wellington not sure of any members in Christchurch. Here is our local online news
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02/21/2011 10:20:26 PM · #7 |
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02/21/2011 10:35:52 PM · #8 |
| Has anyone heard from Suemack?? Charlie, glad to hear you are o.k.... hope the rest of our NZ friends can check in soon. Thoughts and prayers are with all of you... |
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02/21/2011 10:37:38 PM · #9 |
| Sue is right at the other end of the country so is unaffected, she has posted on Facebook expressing concern for people in Christchurch |
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02/21/2011 11:00:13 PM · #10 |
| I've been many times to Christchurch. It is just shocking. Many New Zealanders live in Australia, I worked with quite a few. Australia is sending rescue teams, it is just a 3 hour flight. I hope they will get there in time to help rescue people trapped in office buildings in Christchurch CBD. Absolutely horrible. |
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02/21/2011 11:15:04 PM · #11 |
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02/21/2011 11:15:54 PM · #12 |
Telecom NZ have just said they are making all their 280 public telephones across Christchurch free for local, national and mobile calls.
Lyttleton and Brighton apparently are both unlivable.
Message edited by author 2011-02-21 23:17:58. |
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02/22/2011 07:17:49 AM · #13 |
| There are some tragic pictures on MSNBC. 65 confirmed deaths and it will be rising they say. Terrible. |
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02/24/2011 02:16:02 PM · #14 |
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02/24/2011 02:59:43 PM · #15 |
| There are some good images there we haven't seen in the NZ media, for local information look here death toll at the moment is 103 with another 200 still missing |
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02/26/2011 12:36:52 PM · #16 |
Recent NASA photos:
Map/chart of recent New Zealand earthquakes.
Phytoplankton bloom off coast of Christchurch, pre-earthquake. |
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02/28/2011 12:39:54 AM · #17 |
A moving tribute
[thumb]//www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHQwUYrbyko[/thumb] |
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02/28/2011 12:45:07 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by Steveinnz:
A moving tribute
[thumb]//www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHQwUYrbyko[/thumb] |
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHQwUYrbyko |
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03/03/2011 10:10:01 AM · #19 |
Search operation has now changed from rescue to recovery of bodies. Link below for local news
here
On a personal note where I live in Wellington we have had 2 earthquakes in the last couple of days. It is 4 o'clock in the morning here and we had quite a short sharp jolt about 2 hours ago 4.7 quite scary after what happened in Chch look below for link to geonet which shows all seismic activity in NZ
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