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[split] Would All of our New Zealanders check in, please.
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[split] Would All of our New Zealanders check in, please.
Another serious earthquake in Christchurch today. 6.3 on the scale.

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RE: Would All of our New Zealanders check in, please.
(February 22, 2011 at 1:04 am)Minimalist Wrote: Another serious earthquake in Christchurch today. 6.3 on the scale.

Beat me by 0:01 minutes Min...yeah I'm concerned too looks pretty bad over there. New Zealand Airtraffic closed...

Member count...as New Zealand gets rocked by 6.3 earthquake
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl...d=10708013

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8214609...ristchurch

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8214687
A quick search on the Google gadget 'Earthquake Watch' shows the whole Pacific rim going up...Argentina and Kamchatka and Kermadec got some huge jolts. The rest of the 'Oceana Rim' seem to be suffering the "aftershocks". Aparently it was only 4kilometers below the surface and 10 kilometers from the city centre......

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/...145823.htm

Interactive map of the quake zone....
http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/today
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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RE: Would All of our New Zealanders check in, please.
2 bad earthquakes in 5 months is over the top.

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RE: Would All of our New Zealanders check in, please.
Problem is the volcanos are next. ....That is one volitile part of the planet next to Indonesia. Apparently there were earthquakes (very minor) recorded on the Australian mainland and in Bass strait. Looks like California copped a backlash as well.

Gee... I hope everyone's OK, there have been 17 confirmed deaths.. Sad

Sorry...make that 65
At least 65 die in Christchurch quake
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says the death toll from the Christchurch earthquake has reached 65, and it is too early to say how far it could rise.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/christchurch-earthquake
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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RE: Would All of our New Zealanders check in, please.
I've been watching about it in horror. Apparently many of the deaths are from a building which pancaked.

An idiot reporter took the biscuit for most fuckwitted question in recent memory: he asked some poor bloke who had just been pulled out of that building :"How did you feel when that happened?"

The bloke responded,with eloquent understatement: "Not Good"
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RE: Would All of our New Zealanders check in, please.
Why would God do this to people? Sad ... I hope everyone is okay though ... theVoid too.
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(February 22, 2011 at 2:54 am)Rayaan Wrote: Why would God do this to people? Sad ... I hope everyone is okay though ... theVoid too.

Agreed Rayaan....this is at the heart of our atheism.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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RE: Would All of our New Zealanders check in, please.
I'm fine thanks for all your concern, lots of poor buggers out there weren't so lucky.

(February 22, 2011 at 2:54 am)Rayaan Wrote: Why would God do this to people? Sad ... I hope everyone is okay though ... theVoid too.

If he exists he must LOVE making me homeless... I've been in my flat for 1 week since I relocated from my old flat that was deemed unsafe following the big boxing day aftershock.
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RE: Would All of our New Zealanders check in, please.
(February 22, 2011 at 2:54 am)Rayaan Wrote: Why would God do this to people? Sad ... I hope everyone is okay though ... theVoid too.

Maybe becuase there are greater things than human beings.

Anyway, it isn't a bad thing as such. It is a natural occurance, therefore, good.


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RE: Would All of our New Zealanders check in, please.
Glad to hear you're ok V, where where you when it hit?

@ Ib.me it is neither good or bad, it just is(speaking objectively)

Speaking subjectively, it's a disaster.
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