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Title: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Azazel on February 22, 2011, 02:04:43 AM Just a note here to pass on my (and our) best wishes to our friends in Christchurch, New Zealand that got hit hard by an Earthquake today, as well as any f13 Kiwis.
Hoping you and all of your families and friends are well and safe. No link. Every news site will have info. Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: UnSub on February 22, 2011, 03:54:13 AM Christchurch had seen another earthquake last year that had weakened buildings - this earthquake wasn't as powerful, but it was closer to Christchurch and to the surface.
Aerial view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opsiKirDfdE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opsiKirDfdE) Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Lantyssa on February 22, 2011, 06:19:30 AM Ugh. Was that grey toppled building an apartment? Most of the rest looked like churches, so hopefully not many injuries there.
Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Chimpy on February 22, 2011, 06:42:03 AM When I was checking the news sites before going to bed they said 65 confirmed dead (this was about 8 hours ago so I am sure it is higher now).
Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: RhyssaFireheart on February 22, 2011, 07:22:14 AM Well, this morning on the news they were still saying 65 confirmed dead, unknown number missing and at least 20 trapped. That was at 6am US CT, so it's not changed too much. The pics they were showing were just crazy though, especially the steeple falling on one of the churches.
Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Nerf on February 22, 2011, 02:52:47 PM Selling roofs after Katrina and seeing the utter destruction in Mississippi and Louisiana taught me a very important thing about 'natural disasters' that seems to ring true time after time.
God doesn't like churches. We were down in Gulfport for a bit and tons of large, impressive churches that were just completely destroyed, the only thing left was enough of the shell of the building to be able to identify it. 30 feet away from this ruined shell of a church? A mobile home constructed entirely out of popsicle sticks, used chewing gum, and fast food wrappers, with not a single KFC or Taco Bell wrapper out of place. If there's ever an imminent disaster heading towards you, whatever you do, stay the fuck away from churches. Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Hoax on February 22, 2011, 03:23:19 PM If there's ever an imminent disaster heading towards you, whatever you do, stay the fuck away from churches. Way ahead of the curve. Nice! Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Bzalthek on February 22, 2011, 04:38:53 PM But there will always be one schmuck who manages to live through a natural disaster and praise God for the miracle that saved him.
Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: RhyssaFireheart on February 22, 2011, 05:12:01 PM Selling roofs after Katrina and seeing the utter destruction in Mississippi and Louisiana taught me a very important thing about 'natural disasters' that seems to ring true time after time. God doesn't like churches. We were down in Gulfport for a bit and tons of large, impressive churches that were just completely destroyed, the only thing left was enough of the shell of the building to be able to identify it. 30 feet away from this ruined shell of a church? A mobile home constructed entirely out of popsicle sticks, used chewing gum, and fast food wrappers, with not a single KFC or Taco Bell wrapper out of place. If there's ever an imminent disaster heading towards you, whatever you do, stay the fuck away from churches. Uh huh, that only works until God starts tossing tornadoes around though. Once Ze starts that, it's all over, trailer park. Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Merusk on February 22, 2011, 05:42:45 PM Damn, Rhyssa beat me to it.
Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Paelos on February 22, 2011, 06:15:51 PM If your choices in Texas are a church or a trailer park, you just stand in the middle of a field and tell the tornado to come get some!
Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: UnSub on February 23, 2011, 01:43:49 AM Ugh. Was that grey toppled building an apartment? Most of the rest looked like churches, so hopefully not many injuries there. Office building. The quake hit during lunch hours, so there were more people out of it than might have been during other times. Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Lantyssa on February 23, 2011, 10:50:05 AM Small comfort, but at least the timing probably saved a few people. :sad:
Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Sand on March 01, 2011, 01:34:17 PM They announced they found weird objects under a statue in the cathedral.
:ye_gods: 1. Glass bottle with parchment inside 2. Steel/Iron tube 3. Unknown third item they are keeping secret. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/01/new-zealand-quake-rubble-_n_829710.html Title: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Earthqake 22 Feb, 2011 Post by: Ingmar on March 01, 2011, 07:44:08 PM Glass bottle with parchment inside under a fallen statue? Revenant time.
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