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11:41 pm
February 24, 2011
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islandflyer
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Glad to hear you and your family are safe, Harvey. Hope the worst is over. I can imagine how nervous it must be now, waiting and hoping for the best. We haven't heard from our friends there, but hey live a good ways away, in any case.
Our thoughts are with you.
Ed
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"looking for your fingerprints, I find them in coincidence, and make my faith to grow"
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12:31 am
February 25, 2011
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RaMac
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Hang in there Harvey. I know how stressful this is and what a toll the constant stress can take on you. I found singing helped a lot. And I found a flower essence that calmed the nerves – Dr. Bach's – so no drug ickies to worry about.(Queen Elizabeth is a big fan of these flower remedies.) I imagine services of all kind are screwed, so it might be impossible to find right now. Let us know if we could send a care package. If there is mail service I'd be happy to find some for you, or any other item that will help.
Good luck and stay in touch when you are able.
Peace (of mind), Ra
ps I'm glad you took the cat. After the big quake I was in, my cats were wrecked — completely freeked-out. The flower remedy helped them too.
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If sandwaves were soundwaves what song would be in the air now?
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5:04 am
February 25, 2011
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underschtick
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Thank you folks.
Its been really good to get away from the aftershocks. Apparently things have been calmign down, and services like sewerage, water, power etc are up and running to a certain extent. We'll probably have to boil water for a while but thats not too bad. And the supermarkets are opening again, but we're going to take lots of provisions back with us to keep us going for a few weeks, and just in case something big happens while we're back.
And we may be trying to help out a bit more with putting someone up at our place for a while but we'll see about that when we get back. Oh and it looks like we'll be acquiring a stray kitten that was found by the friends of my partner's boss. A ginger tom I think … so we'll be back to two cats again … yaay. Never had a kitten before so its going to be interesting  .
Right I have to bugger off. Hope all is ok with whoever is watching. Take care, and hope all is well with you and yours …
H aka paraschtick
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12:02 am
March 7, 2011
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Jerry
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Sorry I haven't said something sooner – I've been a bit scarce around here, but glad to know you are still doing ok. How are things down there these days? Have they managed to restore all the services to where life is back to normal yet?
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"…Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand…" n— Margery Williams Bianco n (The Velveteen Rabbit)
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10:00 pm
March 10, 2011
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underschtick
| | Christchurch, NZ | |
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Hello there,
Power is back to most of the city as is the sewerage and things. The PM has said that 10,000 houses need to be demolished though he might be being a bit over enthusiastic. Our local MP wants to pull down all the old buildings (well old for NZ anyway). And he is the guy who is sort of controlling the recovery efforts in Christchurch. The death toll is expected to be about 200 or so. In the eastern parts affected by the quake there is a grey silt everywhere and on a nice day it turns to a grey dust (its very fine silt).
Supermarkets are pretty much up and running. We came back to Christchurch a couple of weeks ago with a heck of a lot of provisions just in case … so it anything else happens we should be ok.
Aftershocks are continuing. We had quite a few last night apparently. I think I may have slept through them although I did have a fairly restless night so maybe not. The biggest aftershock has been about 4.8 and that was a doozie I can tell you.
So … all in all the city centre all parts east are in a mess. Our part, west of the city centre was hardly hit (again). I may have said that all we lost was a glass … other people of course lots their homes, and some their lives.
But life has a habit of going on … and thats what is happening. My partner will not be going back to work for another couple of weeks by the look of it, and it may be months before she gets to go back into her old building. Normality will resume further down the line it seems.
Anyway, all ok at my end … I'm just very grateful I didn't live a kilometre or a mile further east … it might have been a different story.
Hope all is well you towies wherever you may be.
H aka underschtick
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8:30 am
March 11, 2011
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Miki
| | Rome, Italy | |
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I'm glad to hear things are slowly getting normal for you H., in Christchurch.
And then again, we have barely the time to feel a bit of relief, when a new bigger quake hits, this time in Japan… I figure it's all connected, and I hope that's about it, anyway. That's more than enough for a century, for my taste.
I wonder if there are any towies in Japan (my memory doesn't help me), and how they are…
Miki
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9:05 pm
March 11, 2011
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RaMac
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If only it were so, Miki. Unfortunately, plate tectonics being what they are, other plates will surely shift and we can only hope that instead of another massive release of energy, we'll get many small tremblers instead. I keep a couple of plastic tubs in my backyard — filled with essentials — just in case. Today's news was the push I needed to get out there and renew/replace supplies. My heart goes out to the people of Japan. Their quake was so huge and lasted so long that I imagine there are thousands upon thousands of people completely freaked out. Let us hope they receive aid ASAP and that they can find some comfort soon.
Another element of this that has me reeling is the power plant issues — they have two nuclear plants that are leaking. So far, the news has been spotty, and who know if we are hearing anything truthful about the release of radiation. What should be clear however is that nukes have got to go. If they do not get these plants under control, the radiation will drift across the ocean, contaminating everything in its path. We saw this type of disaster in Russia, at Chernobyl, here in the US at Three Mile Island, and now . . .
A little common sense would be nice.
Peace, Ra
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If sandwaves were soundwaves what song would be in the air now?
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3:29 am
March 16, 2011
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Jerry
| | Kansas City | |
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Agree with everything you said about the folks in Japan, Rachel. As for nuclear power, the meltdown issues don't worry me as much as the waste disposal issues. 10,000 years is a long time to babysit something.
So far Chernobyl is still the worst nuclear disaster in history and let's all pray it stays that way. The death of the 28 people who died from Chernobyl is nothing to sneeze at, but it kind of pales compared to the 6000 or so dead so far from the tsunami and earthquake.
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"…Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand…" n— Margery Williams Bianco n (The Velveteen Rabbit)
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