Earthquake! 7. something or other on the scale at 4.30 odd in the morning. Awoke to the earthmoving to thoughts of: Whats that? I'm going to die! No. Its just an earthquake. Back to sleep I go. The floor beneath us shaking from side to side for a minute. Not long. Nothing broken, Jenn and Sean snuggled back to sleep - very tired as still feeding Fidget the lamb and the loss of sleep is catching up. Suddenly the rest of the house burst into life as Brian started running around in a semi-naked state of giddy excitment and woke everyone up who wasn't already awake. Not sure if Sean was more disturbed by the earthquake or the sight of Brian in nothing but a pair of old grey jogpants.
Christchurch seems to have born the brunt as its where most of the old buildings are. Earthquakes are nothing new here so modern buildings are built for it. So, aside from some minor inconvenience (power, water, roads and sewage disturbances), nobody died and all is well. A lot of older buildings and some businesses will be affected. But nobody died! After two days of nothing but DISASTER and TALES OF HEROIC SURVIVAL IN NCONVINIENT (NZers don't use spellcheck) SITUATIONS we are left wondering waht happens when people actually do die and loose everything? Hmmmm.
The tremours have continued all day and on. Kind of thrilling.
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