This is why we're called the shakey isles

Sep 06, 2010 20:55

So there was this really big earthquake here. Not literally here, right where I am, but here in lil ol NZ. It's quite surreal to think of it - a 7.1 quake just 30km from our second largest city and no one died. It really says something about first world infrastructure, when you consider that Haiti had a 7.0 quake that devastated large areas and ( Read more... )

news, new zealand, earthquake, patriotism

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drtygal September 18 2010, 23:42:43 UTC
Careful with the celebrations, Miss Ora. I'm thinking this isn't the worst of it. Have heard reports that there's now the smell of sulphur permeating the air in fair Chch. That can only be a bad thing.....

In truth, I hope not :(

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