Aftershocks continuing three days after the ‘main event’. Had two 5.2 events overnight. I just laid in bed and felt the building moving around me. It makes a lot of noise as it shifts and then resettles. I’m not really worried at this point. The building has proven itself sound and six floors up, there’s no place to run anyway.
The army has turned out to help the police control access while the safety of hundreds of buildings are checked. Other buildings are actively being torn down as quickly as possible to protect people.
Green army helicopters can be seen flying over the city. It all seems quite surreal. Everyone I’ve talked to seems to feel that time has been subtly altered somehow and that we’re in a bit of an alternate universe of something.
The news reports always show the heavily damaged areas but there are large areas that escaped without damage. But, it is a sobering figure that of all the homes in Christchurch, a full one-third are damaged.
News story is here.
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