Interesting News Items

I was just going to post about that. My friends there are all OK. They live on the North Island. ChristChurch is on the South side. But they've each got friends there and I know a few girls from our old group are there too. I have no idea if any of them are okay. I finally just saw some coverage about the quake on the news. What little footage they had was plain awful. Building collapsed and ruined. I've been near tears ever since I heard about the quake but after seeing some of the damage it just breaks my heart. Hits too close to home.

Yes, it does hit close to home, a bit more to you but to me also. A 7.0 quake can be so damaging. I wish I would hear something from her.

I told both my friends if they hear absolutely anything at all to let me know ASAP. I can't take the stress and worrying.

Oh goodness! I knew nothing about this! I was out all day and have not seen any news!

How awful! I so hope there is very little loss of life or serious injury

Please let us know right away when you both hear from your friends!

It's not looking very good there in ChristChurch you guys. Check out these pictures.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/image.cfm?c_id=1&gal_cid=1&gallery_id=113677#7073399



Post from my friend on facebook

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News here is 2 serious injuries, a chimney fell on someone, and the other is glass. A mass of other injuries, the hospital is overloaded, and they are screaming for people to only come where it is a hospital care situation. My guess on inner city apartments, is they are a modern structure, so those buildings would have had strong modern building standards. The core damage is older buildings. Water, Batteries and other necessities have sold out across the city, yikes!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4094986/State-of-emergency-after-7-1-quake-hits-Christchurch

Oh man....

I know..............

I'm so worried............... Those pics are awful. She doesn't live IN the city so maybe they're okay.

Yes, it is good they don't live in the city!

I really hate that the news here isn't saying much about it. Maybe the cable network news is but not the regular TV news. It stinks.

Here's a link to CNN. They seem to have quite a bit of info there.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/new.zealand.quake/index.html?hpt=T1

Thank you so much canear.

I have not watched network news in YEARS!

Well it's all I have so I can't do much about it. I don't have a choice.

My friend is okay! They just got their power back on. Huge mess and loads of her beautiful things were broken. Still huge aftershocks but hopefully it will calm down soon. Very scary she said, very scary!

Well I am sooooo glad they are OK! Lucky they got their power back already too!

It is always sad when our special things get broken - but the important thing is they are OK physically. I'm sure they will be upset for awhile after such an experience.

I understand Teddy - just network news just does not do a good job covering world events. Not like cable news does. They have too much to cram into 30 mins. CNN and FOX can devote all the time they want to big news and world news.

Oh good Sky I'm so glad they're OK despite all the mess and their belongings getting shuffled around or destroyed. At least they themselves are fine like FC said. Now I just hope I hear about my friends there.

This site has some pictures of the aftermath of the NZ quake..............

http://www.crashbang.co.nz/quake040910/


My friend says the strong aftershocks still continue.

GOODNESS!! So hard to believe nobody died when you see all those bricks that fell on the cars and street! Talk about God watching over that town!!

Those shots of the ground that opened up freaks me out! My biggest fear about an earthquake is not falling debris but the thought of the ground opening up and be falling into the ground!

Thanks for the link. Really makes you appreciate the day.

I think they were lucky because most everyone was home in bed when it hit. Had it been any other time there would have been casualties. My friend says they are in a state of emergency, under a curfew and army helicopters flying overhead, it feels like a war zone. Schools are closed until they can assess the damage. Good thing too with the aftershocks they've been having. Those open, gapping cracks freak me out!

OMG This link has a map showing how many earthquakes NZ is having, even now...........

http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/

Hastings/Hawkes Bay in the northern part of NZ had an earthquake of their own yesterday. I believe it was a 5.2 or 5.4. That's exactly where one of my friends lives. Also while the southern part of NZ specifically ChristChurch is dealing with a huge amount of aftershocks the northern part is dealing with heavy amounts of rain.

This article spells more bad news.........

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE6860JX20100907