Another earthquake.

[rusticdog]

That looked reassuring


Just like this supermarket.....

[rusticdog]

Taking a night off reality tonight, services will resume tomorrow

[Pierre]

GOOD!!!! Enjoy a few and relax the both of you.

[siehorst]

... services will resume tomorrow

But not before an outstanding, long lasting breakfast!
horst

[rusticdog]

It ended up being very quiet, I think the anxiety of the last couple of weeks made it hard to just cut loose

[rusticdog]

Some before and after quake shots here https://picasaweb.google.com/1180792228 ... directlink#


And some interesting reading here about the quake, in particular the Peak ground Acceleration which helps understand some of the devastation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Chris ... earthquake

[Al Darby]

It ended up being very quiet, I think the anxiety of the last couple of weeks made it hard to just cut loose

Some quiet, reflective time can be just what you need after an event like you've just gone through.

Take care !

[QuietOne]

It ended up being very quiet, I think the anxiety of the last couple of weeks made it hard to just cut loose

I agree with Al. Quiet is good after what you all went through.

[vinylsol]

Christchurch is a beautiful city that I know and love well and I have spent many happy days there with friends, on holiday. The locals were always wam and friendly and I hope that when this tragedy is behind them, Cantabrians will retain their friendly and positive outlook despite the long rebuilding road ahead. Let's hope the city re-emerges, as Napier did, bigger and better than before but retaining all the things that made it such a lovely town in the first place.

Great to hear that Firetrust staff are all ok.

[B_big!]

It ended up being very quiet, I think the anxiety of the last couple of weeks made it hard to just cut loose

• Well, that's at least comprehensible, if not even normal. I don't know, how some folks can make jokes in this context. Hopefully you and your family and friends are fine.

[rusticdog]

It ended up being very quiet, I think the anxiety of the last couple of weeks made it hard to just cut loose

• Well, that's at least comprehensible, if not even normal. I don't know, how some folks can make jokes in this context. Hopefully you and your family and friends are fine.

Yeap, family are fine, unfortunately it seems one of the staff had a friend in the CTV building.

Things are heading back into some semblance of normality. It's obviously not the same normal we knew, but more people are back to work, some schools have reopened, power back for something like 96% of the city, cordons around the central business district are being reduced in size....

[rusticdog]

Ah, and we now have a new Emergency Kit, main storage is a 120Litre Wheelie Bin, so it's nice and mobile too

[stan_qaz]

120 liters of beer is about what I'd need after an earthquake, you might want to add a second bin with clothes and food! :-)

[rusticdog]

120 liters of beer is about what I'd need after an earthquake, you might want to add a second bin with clothes and food! :-)

The emergency kit does contain 2 'I'm OK' beers...no cigars yet, but I will add those. As we've learnt now, some small 'treat' items are actually pretty good for the mindset.

Maybe though I will start home-brewing beer though....just in case

[Sidewinder]

I have my doubts that beer would have adequate content of numbing solution. Heavier concentration called for. Maybe 190 proof "grain" would help. Besides beer only gets rented for such a short time that it necessitates too frequent relief needs in an otherwise unsafe environment.