http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4096872/Civil-servants-in-top-level-quake-meetingSo yesterday morning we woke to the news that Christchurch had been struck by a huge earthquake. Some say it was 7.1 some say it was 7.4. But what we do know is that it was huge.
For those that dont know New Zealand very well we are made up of two islands - the North Island and the South Island. (How original!) We live in the North and the earth quake was in the South island.
Now at the bottom of the north island is Wellington which is our Capital. That sits on a major fault line. Christchurch does not so it was so weird to hear of an earth quake there.
The link is to some amazing photos - I couldn't save them individually sorry so if you are interested please take a look.
My sister and her family flew out of Christchurch on Friday night at 5pm. The earthquake was on Saturday morning at 4.30 am. They missed it by hours. We are so very thankful.
2 comments:
i heard about this. :-( SO glad that your sister and family missed it!
my dream is to go to new zealand someday! i can't wait to see the pictures you post.
Oh wow! That's crazy! I'm not sure that one even made news up here! I'm so glad your sister got out safely!
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