NZ Earthquake - #2!

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:14 am

Any word about our burners down there? Heard its a hellofamess in Christchurch today.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:15 am

the pun is not lost on us satanists....

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:19 am

Have friends on the north island right now worrying about their families on the south island.

From what they have posted on FB comms are pretty much a mess.

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:22 am

No pun intended on this one (sorry)... the city center is really fucked up right now - building collapses on Colombo St. They're still finding survivors and pulling bodies. and 2 nasty ass aftershocks on top of that one... not fun.

It was a really really cool city in it's own right - lotsa brick buildings (prolly pretty fraqed up now)... Plus there's a hell of a burner contingent there. I just hope we didn't lose any of our own in this one.

Just remember - it could have happened here just as easily. Be prepared.

Post by **Elderberry** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:25 am

Not only could it happen here, it WILL happen here. I live in Los Angeles, and it's just a matter of time.

Pictures coming in from Christchurch looks like lots of damage.

JK

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:33 pm

A lot of unreinforced masonry, I heard...Always bad news.

Jiminy Fuckitt · Post by **Jiminy Fuckitt** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:52 pm

Thanks for your concern. I'm in Wellington. A few people here felt the quake, I didn't.

Christchurch is a mess, it will be a while before we can get a full picture of the damage.

So far, we have no Kiwi burner casualties. A few have lost their homes though.

I'll try and keep you posted on here.

Is it inappropriate to post links to donation sites on here? NZ Red Cross and Salvation Army are leading the charge and in NZ at least, you can be sure the money will get to where it will work the best.

Post by **Sham** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:01 pm

YES, it is appropriate to post donation sites on eplaya. Please post them here and I know the burner community will do all they can.

I hope all settles down for you folks!

Sham....

Jiminy Fuckitt · Post by **Jiminy Fuckitt** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:16 pm

Thanks Sham,

The Salvation Army site says it has security issues so I'll just post the Red Cross info:

http://www.redcross.org.nz/cms_display.php

https://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/fundr ... aspx?c=173

We seeing amazing acts of generosity from all over the country and the world. USA, Singapore, Japan, UK and Australia have all sent professional Search and Rescue teams and military. Local businesses and companies are sending supplies to Christchurch in huge quantities. As expected, we're seeing humanity at its best.

Thanks for all of your support. If anybody wants me to do anything more directly in NZ (contact friends/family etc), PM me.

X
Mike

Jiminy Fuckitt · Post by **Jiminy Fuckitt** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:18 pm

Here's a link for donations to support animals & pets too:

http://www.pawjustice.co.nz/

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:34 pm

According to this web site written up by a pack of Christ-o-holics the earthquake in New Zealand was caused by.... lesbians.

And here all this time I thought that the queer guys caused the earthquakes and the dykes caused the tsunamis.

I'm sure glad I've been set straight.

As if...

Have a look: http://www.christchurchquake.net/index.html

Post by **Elderberry** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:54 pm

Isotopia wrote:According to this web site written up by a pack of Christ-o-holics the earthquake in New Zealand was caused by.... lesbians.

And here all this time I thought that the queer guys caused the earthquakes and the dykes caused the tsunamis.

I'm sure glad I've been set straight.

As if...

Have a look: http://www.christchurchquake.net/index.html

Ya, I saw that. Someone started a whole thread for that on it's own.

JK

Jiminy Fuckitt · Post by **Jiminy Fuckitt** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:01 pm

Yeah, we killed the other thread right away, when it was pointed out to me that we were giving the creeps exposure.

Still makes my skin crawl though. Apparently the site is registered to a Utah address :shock:

Here's the latest NZ news....

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christc ... ng-76-dead

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:13 am

I sneered at a Kiwi last night, saying that our Loma Prieta was twce as strong as theirs, but he pointed out that theirs was pretty much in the centre of town, whilst ours was centered in the Sta Cruz mountains. If we got a 6.2 in the middle of Silicon Valley, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

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