Chris;
It was heartbreaking to see the damage in Christchurch and to hear how many
casualties the earthquake caused.
I was in Christchurch a few years ago and found it to be a charming city.
The old stone Cathedral was picturesque; it is sad to see it in ruins today.
All the best to you, although we all know that Kiwis are a tough, resilient
people.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: "Chris R Harris" <yesford@clear.net.nz>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:55 PM
To: "23weldon" <23.weldon@comcast.net>; "Bryan Savage"
<b.a.savage@wildblue.net>; "Wester Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>
Cc: "LAND SPEED LIST" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] N Z link
> To everyone on our list, many thanks for your inquiry and sympathy toward
> those caught up in this recent disaster that occurred in New Zealand's 2nd
> largest city of Christchurch.
> We are totally unaffected due to our distance but are kept up to date with
> ongoing TV reports. Best I can say is, all authorities & organisations
> involved are doing an outstanding job, but nonetheless we are all
> traumatised by the event. These quakes are a way of life for all living on
> the so-called Pacific 'ring of fire' which includes your own California
> coast.
>
> Here is a link to fairly graphic, recent pictures.
>
>http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/02/earthquake-in-new-zealand/100013/Many
>
> thanks once again.Harris Family,Hawke's Bay.New Zealand.> Chris - I really
> feel for you guys. Life just turned into a big mess fora lot of good
> people down there.> From what I read and see Christchurch experienced
> about the same hit thatwe took in 1989 where I live in California in the
> Richter 6.9 1989 LomaPrieta quake. Our hillside house was 5 miles from
> the epicenter and 7 milesfrom the hypocenter underground. The shock waves
> came up an angle, liftedmy 1200 pound milling machine off the floor and
> put everything else in myshop on the floor a meter deep. My welding tanks
> fell against the driver'sdoor of my 32 and made a mess out of it. Other
> than that the cars and shopwere a mess but very little was broken. The
> house was hit hard and tookabout $50K damage. Took 3 years to finish the
> fixing,the first year and ahalf were spent waiting for the local county
> planning department to lift theban on rebui
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