ChCh Quake Again! (Full/Completed)

[noseyoap]

Last week lyndahirst_1 contacted me for the first time to say we had decendants in common, I replied but realised she was from Christchurch - just wondering if she is ok.
Very interesting to hear how you are all coping - my thoughts are with you
Pat

[kesannah]

I have just caught up with the news you are posting.

I agree that the looters are the lowest of the low-makes me so mad.

Glad to hear that you are all pulling together, to help each other. Also pleased that many have been able to contact or receive contact from missing rellies.

Personally we are still trying to contact ours. Will have to wait until this evening to try again.

My admiration goes out to all the rescuers and Doctors etc.

[Pels.]

Last week lyndahirst_1 contacted me for the first time to say we had decendants in common, I replied but realised she was from Christchurch - just wondering if she is ok.
Very interesting to hear how you are all coping - my thoughts are with you
Pat

Hi Pat,

I'm sure you'll have checked this yourself, but if not - Linda was last online on Sunday, 20th February at 19:18 UK time.

Pels.

[california dreamin]

Hi All -
Sounds like you are coping admirably. Suzy don’t be too annoyed with the kids really they won’t understand all the distress regarding the quake. (Deep breaths needed! )  I can remember my brother & I sat on the settee at home after a big quake watching telly to see if our school was shut. (In those days with no internet etc. we were always advised in case of emergency to tune into a particular TV station with an emergency broadcast frequency) I remember us both cheering and our hands punching the air when our school’s name finally appeared on an every increasing list.  The overwhelming significance is really lost on the majority of kids and in some ways this is not a bad thing.  I kind of feel you give them information on a need to know basis otherwise some will be unnecessarily disturbed up by it all.  After one of the quakes I remember turning on the water taps and a murky/muddy water coming out (one of the dams supplying the water to the city had fractured) I still did not understand the total significance of the situation.

Aniph – Yes, I remember my parent’s house looking in a similar state! I remember seeing all of my parents wedding china, which has been carefully stored over the years smashed on the pantry floor.  After the clean up my parent’s initially used rubber (elastic) bands to hold any cupboard doors closed in case any of the aftershocks dislodged the contents again!  Even today they use  in the kitchen what looks like the old fashion bungee cording with hooks on either end to hold the cupboard door shut in case of another quake.  This has saved a lot effort continuously picking up and cleaning up!  And of course anything heavy always needs to be put on shelves on the lower level.  There is a lot of stuff like this that has become second nature over the years.

Still finding it distressing to hear the reports coming out of the city….
Kind regards

[Suzy W]

Here is my son's room.  We were lucky as this was the only things that fell.  My hubby had bolted things to the wall and latches attached to cupboards from the first shake.  The blue book case is anchored to the wall or that would of gone as well

Suzy W

[Thamesite2017]

Dear CHCHers
I don't know if any of you are in a position to get out for a few days or weeks/how practical that is with all work to do..but in case you haven't seen the trademe free accomodation..its really growing..I see quite a few down the Thames coast...so if you get to stage of needing a recharge hope some of you can take up the offers
Bye
Althea

[mare]

... Not trying to diminish any trauma of the quake effects ...    but I have to say Suzy, there's more clear floor space in your son's room than my girls had in theirs a lot of the time, don't know how they ever found anything! ... good move re the bolts and latches, with so many aftershocks! hopefully most people had secured heavy items too..

... seeing a lot more from the suburbs now and how people are having to cope and pitch in and help or have to relocate etc and now that they've nearly exhausted the rescue mission in the central city. For those outside NZ where news is probably focusing on CBD there are quite a few pics on the NZ Herald site http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ ... kiwi's are very resourceful! ... sounds like it's a bit cool and expecting rain down there, might be a few campers out in it with a bar of soap  lol

... so many individual stories, so traumatic for some, know close friends collected their university son from the airport last night as he just wanted to come home and wasn't coping too well after being evacuated. ... then there is the survivor guilt, quite normal but difficult to deal with ....

[kesannah]

A relieved Kesannah,
 We have made contact with our Christchurch rellies this evening. They are OK. House now will need to be rebuilt but at least they are safe.

[groom]

You must be very happy - it must have been a worrying time for you.