4/9/2010 0 Comments EARTHQUAKE!Will the craziness never end?
Storms, earthquakes, floods, and more storms! I am grateful that the Christchurch earthquake(s) did not affect us here in Wellington, and that all my family in CHCH are safe and unharmed. My mother's fight to CHCH was redirected to Wellington last night due to the damage to the airport don there, which should now be ok, but then there are gale-force winds attacking a region already seriously weakened by the quake and its aftershocks. The news is almost surreal, and it's even harder to imagine that not only is Mum flying down there today, but that we are heading down the CHCH tomorrow as well. I will try to get some photos to give you an idea of the extent of the damage on a personal level, but if you want some broader detail, try www.stuff.co.nz, especially here and here. The storm is also closing in here in Wellington, with a sudden recent temperature drop and the wind is picking up - this morning's warm if wintry sunshine has disappeared. The weather may not seem so important, but when you have family trying to fly out of a tiny airport in high winds to land at an earthquake-shaken airport with more high winds, you find your priorities tend to change quite rapidly. At least we do have our emergency supplies sorted, we could survive here for some little time without assistance before we needed to go and get more food and water, but I'd rather not have to. Updates on CHCH when we get back.
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