Head-Fi.org › Forums › Misc.-Category Forums › Members' Lounge (General Discussion) › Me and Fraseyboy are OK! Earthquake!
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Me and Fraseyboy are OK! Earthquake! - Page 4

post #46 of 113
9/5/10 at 7:33am

The other thing is to have cash in hand.

Reply
post #47 of 113
9/5/10 at 8:08am
Thread Starter 


Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio-Omega View Post

Natural disasters are getting more frequent.  Now would be a good time to stock up food and water whether you need them or not because you never know.  


Only more reported. Big difference. The frequency of earthquakes has actually slightly decreased in the past 50 years. Aftershocks are still happening, A couple of 5's today. Very normal though. Also the city is a city of two halves: The eastern side of the city is much more affected than the western side. I live in basically the least affected part of the city. It's surreal living on this side of the city, with everyone going about their business like every other day while on the other side, they are still without water AFAIK and some without power still. the difference in damage is very much due the varying soil types Christchurch is built on. the eastern, particularly the northeastern part of the city e.g. Avonside, Darlington, which was most affected, was former swamp area, thus the soil is much more sandy and loose compared to the western side of Christchurch, such as Riccarton / Middleton, where I live, where the soil is much more clay / gravel type. Avoid your local American sources for reporting on this, as I do have access to the overseas reporting of this via the Internet and satellite TV and yes, they've hyped it up to varying extents for ratings. Rely on New Zealand news sources for up to date and accurate info on this e.g.

 

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news

 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/

 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake/

 

All the pictures you're seeing is either of the CBD or the eastern side of the city. Normal boring pictures of a few broken chimneys and a couple of tiles off roof doesn't make for good TV ratings.


Edited by chinesekiwi - 9/5/10 at 8:12am
Reply
post #48 of 113
9/5/10 at 9:09am

Glad to hear that there have been no fatalities in this disaster. I've been fortunate enough to have never experienced an earthquake but from the pictures it looks like it will take time to rebuild.

 

Originally Posted by chinesekiwi View Post

Avoid your local American sources for reporting on this, as I do have access to the overseas reporting of this via the Internet and satellite TV and yes, they've hyped it up to varying extents for ratings. Rely on New Zealand news sources for up to date and accurate info on this e.g.


There are no national American news sources- only overhyped celebrity and sports outlets catered to the lowest common denominator. It's sad that I have to use sources like the BBC and Al Jazeera English just to get the real news.

Reply
post #49 of 113
9/5/10 at 9:28am
Good to hear you are okay. The photos are unbelievable.
Reply
post #50 of 113
9/5/10 at 10:38am

Quote:

Originally Posted by chinesekiwi View Post

the eastern, particularly the northeastern part of the city e.g. Avonside, Darlington, which was most affected, was former swamp area, thus the soil is much more sandy and loose compared to the western side of Christchurch, such as Riccarton / Middleton, where I live, where the soil is much more clay / gravel type.


The same thing happened in the 1989 Loma Prieta quake in San Francisco.  The Marina District was a bunch of reclaimed swamp and it was severely hit.  The water-filled soil is like shaking a bowl full of Jello.

Reply
post #51 of 113
9/5/10 at 5:38pm
Thread Starter 

A very decent aftershock just a few mins ago.

Reply
post #52 of 113
9/5/10 at 6:36pm


Quote:
Originally Posted by chinesekiwi View Post

A very decent aftershock just a few mins ago.


It was 4.5. If you haven't found it already, Geonet.org.nz is very handy. I have the RSS feed on my desktop.

Reply
post #53 of 113
9/5/10 at 6:48pm
Thread Starter 


Quote:
Originally Posted by fraseyboy View Post

It was 4.5. If you haven't found it already, Geonet.org.nz is very handy. I have the RSS feed on my desktop.


I found it at 5am on the day ;)

 

How's your area of town? I'm guessing you're much more affected than me.

Reply
post #54 of 113
9/5/10 at 6:56pm

Nope. Nothing appears to be any different from what I've seen. I guess I'm not far East enough...

Reply
post #55 of 113
9/5/10 at 8:12pm
Thread Starter 

The biggest one today a few mins ago.

Reply
post #56 of 113
9/5/10 at 8:16pm

It sure was beefy wasn't it. 

 

Locking in 5.6.

 

Edit: It was only 4.4! But it was 8km deep and 20km west so that's probably why it felt so big.


Edited by fraseyboy - 9/5/10 at 8:30pm
Reply
post #57 of 113
9/5/10 at 9:23pm
Thread Starter 

A good one there.

Reply
post #58 of 113
9/5/10 at 10:01pm

Getting a bit sick of them tbh! (I'm a Christchurchian too :P. Rockin out to fraseyboy's old SR225s right now with some sennie pads. Noice.

Reply
post #59 of 113
9/6/10 at 4:44am
Thread Starter 

Some decent ones tonight! 3 great ones in the last hour. last one was 5.2.

Reply
post #60 of 113
9/6/10 at 4:45am

Shit. They've been coming thick and fast recently. I went to a play in Lytleton and saw the damage to the buildings there. Looked pretty bad. Parts were just hanging off and I wouldn't be surprised if these aftershocks brought them down.

Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
Head-Fi.org › Forums › Misc.-Category Forums › Members' Lounge (General Discussion) › Me and Fraseyboy are OK! Earthquake!