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Title: 7.4 Earthquake in Christchurch NZ!!
Post by: v8racefan on September 04, 2010, 11:11:38 AM

Awoke this morning with news of a earthquke in Christchurch NZ, measured 7.4 on the ricter scale.

My wifes parent reside in Christchurch and thankfully they are all ok. Its been declared a national disaster, with alot of residents without power and water.

I hope Mike and Brenda (pinmadd) are both ok, mike I hope your pinball collection & v8 holden ute survived the earthquake  ^&^

Title: Re: 7.4 Earthquake in Christchurch NZ!!
Post by: ddstoys on September 04, 2010, 11:42:30 AM

Shut that's pretty big it's out of 10 isn't it?    I hope everyone comes out of it ok

Title: Re: 7.4 Earthquake in Christchurch NZ!!
Post by: ajlaird on September 04, 2010, 11:57:51 AM

 One of my Facebook friends mentioned this, hope everyone is OK - and now I remember why they call them the Shaky Isles.

Title: Re: 7.4 Earthquake in Christchurch NZ!!
Post by: goodolddays on September 04, 2010, 12:28:42 PM

Spoke to a friend of ours who lives in Dunedin (nearly 5 hr drive away from Christchurch) . She said it woke them up at 4.30AM .. whole house shaking .. pictures fell off the walls etc .. original quake 7.4 .. after shock 7.1 .. pretty big quake

Title: Re: 7.4 Earthquake in Christchurch NZ!!
Post by: pinmadd on September 04, 2010, 01:35:39 PM

Thanks Leon,
All is well,just got power back on, What a way yo be woken up bro!!! Smashing glass,thought the worse when that was happining,
All the pin's survived  $#$
The house is ok,ute ok,statey took a hit from a empty beer bottle @.@

There has been non stop after shock's 20 or so, There is alot of damage in the city! old brick buildings,roads,water mains ect...
http://www.crashbang.co.nz/quake040910/index.html
Here's some pic's,...

Title: Re: 7.4 Earthquake in Christchurch NZ!!
Post by: beaky on September 04, 2010, 02:05:07 PM

Thanks for the link Pinmadd

Title: Re: 7.4 Earthquake in Christchurch NZ!!
Post by: Strangeways on September 04, 2010, 02:57:55 PM

Nasty - Hope there was not too much damage !

Title: Re: 7.4 Earthquake in Christchurch NZ!!
Post by: v8racefan on September 05, 2010, 09:24:50 PM

Quote from: pinmadd on September 04, 2010, 01:35:39 PM

Thanks Leon,
All is well,just got power back on, What a way yo be woken up bro!!! Smashing glass,thought the worse when that was happining,
All the pin's survived  $#$
The house is ok,ute ok,statey took a hit from a empty beer bottle @.@

There has been non stop after shock's 20 or so, There is alot of damage in the city! old brick buildings,roads,water mains ect...
http://www.crashbang.co.nz/quake040910/index.html
Here's some pic's,...

Thanks for the update mike,

Well the news has been all over the TV/media here over the weekend, its a bloody shame to see alot of those old buildings in the city badly damaged, how did Ian's pins in Manchester street hold up, he had 6 in that burger bar alone, plus a few others scattered around the cbd? Also how did the Timezone on Moorehouse Ave go?, (the Science Alive building), this was an old brick building from memory?

 

Title: Re: 7.4 Earthquake in Christchurch NZ!!
Post by: pinmadd on September 06, 2010, 06:40:44 AM

It's been a crazy 48hrs or so, still getting aftershock's 70+ now 3.2 to 5.1,

I hav'nt heard from Iain,but Manchester st does'nt look good, The city is still closed till Wednesday,Timezones ???????

Now we have a cold snap on the way with maybe snow!!!   

Fun times!!!  #@#