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I was just reading about the earthquake in Christchurch.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/se ... ew-zealand

We need some pictures of RAMPANT DESTRUCTION.

I assume he's a little shaken up, but I think he'll be alright.

I figure he's pretty rattled.

incluye wrote:I figure he's pretty rattled.

If we're doing this again, I hope we at least break some new ground.

scythe wrote:

incluye wrote:I figure he's pretty rattled.

If we're doing this again, I hope we at least break some new ground.

You fuckers need to stop trying to shake up the community all the time. I'm literally trembling with rage.

Aw man, I'm feeling the love.

Yes, I am fine. My house has survived extremely well. The only damage sustained here was from falling objects, so we have a chip out of the wall and another out of the floor.

It was a pretty rude awakening, at 4:35am, though it seems I may have slept through a bit of the quake.
There was a smaller 5.something quake about 20 seconds before the main 7.1. When I woke up, my family were already out of bed and in the hallway, presumably from the pre-shock.
Some of our friends at this point reported seeing a great flash in the sky, which was at the main substation for the South Island. Later, my brother theorised that a transformer may have toppled over.

After it stopped, I just wanted to get downstairs and out of the house. So I was scrambling around on the floor, panicking until I found my torch. With it, I helped my dad find his keys and get into his truck where he had more powerful torches for his job.
It took a bit for my legs to stop shaking, and to calm down. The aftershocks are getting weaker, but I have had no fear of them because they will always be smaller than the main event.

We were some of the lucky ones. We never lost our water, and the power came back on at about midday.

Many streets around the suburb are cracked. Others have little silt volcanoes (google sand boils) sprouting up. Some streets are hit bad, with the road risen up from the liquefaction, others have been flooded by silt.

On the other side of town, the water mains and sewers have cracked and broken, and there is widespread flooding as a consequence.

So, not an entirely pretty sight, but most of the town is holding up fine. But there is still a lot of damage to be fixed up.
My mum's work for example has rows and rows of 15 metre high racking, full of cartons, that have just toppled.

so yeah.

thanks guys <3




Some images from the news websites.
Stuff.co.nz
Reader's photos
Day3 photos
Day2 photos
Day1 photos





















And my favourite:

Come on dude, it's hardly their fault.

EDIT: Dammit. Ninja'd be relevance. :/

Well, it's good to see you're all G dude. :)

squibbles wrote:Come on dude, it's hardly their fault.

Squibbles, don't be mean. It's obvious that they're going through a very splitting event.

Universezero wrote:

squibbles wrote:Come on dude, it's hardly their fault.

Squibbles, don't be mean. It's obvious that they're going through a very splitting event.

Perhaps he got RichterRoll'd in the process.

how come you had those fucking torches so damn handy

i'm pretty sure the only definition of torches i know is wrong here cause the only ones i know are those who bear grills makes or things similar

ＤＯＮＦＵＹ wrote:how come you had those fucking torches so damn handy

i'm pretty sure the only definition of torches i know is wrong here cause the only ones i know are those who bear grills makes or things similar

Torch is Aus/NZ/UK for 'flashlight'.

ＤＯＮＦＵＹ wrote:how come you had those fucking torches so damn handy

For a second I thought you were trying to make a pun. <3

romaniac wrote:And my favourite:

Ahaha! Always look on the bright side, I guess ^__^

Hahaha, the skateboard picture cracks me up.

YEAH HOWABOUT THAT INTERACTION BETWEEN TECTONIC PLATES?

What did one techtonic plate say to the other after an earthquake?

Not my fault.

Holy crap, you okay this time romaniac?

http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/more ... Update.utr

Universezero wrote:Holy crap, you okay this time romaniac?

http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/more ... Update.utr

Shit, The Melvins won't make their gig tonight!

But seriously, 65 dead. I am worried now. Check in as soon as you can, remm!

Don't worry, he's okay, just a little shaken up.

entwilight wrote:

Universezero wrote:Holy crap, you okay this time romaniac?

http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/more ... Update.utr

Shit, The Melvins won't make their gig tonight!

But seriously, 65 dead. I am worried now. Check in as soon as you can, remm!

This is a thread resurrection. romaniac is fine.

Edit: Nevermind. I didn't realize there had been a second earthquake.

Romaniac, I hope you and your family are doing well. :D

xVxCrushloaderusSupremusxVx wrote:Don't worry, he's okay, just a little shaken up.

Too far. D:

oughts wrote:

xVxCrushloaderusSupremusxVx wrote:Don't worry, he's okay, just a little shaken up.

Too far. D:

Lines were made to be crossed.