22.02.11 Earthquakes - A year on.

By m4hiain. 05/09/10, 04:27 am

I tried to sleep as best I could but it was a dismal attempt. Have now got a headache and am crabby >_> sleep deprivation is not cool. Not only the aftershocks but the wind in the morning kept me awake. And we have no water. But YAY for my nana who does so I can FINALLY have a shower thank god.

By viking_queen. 05/09/10, 04:39 am

I slept ok, slept on the floor at steves and MMs with no stuff above me ...
woke up to a couple of the aftershocks, but not much
phone call from my dad this morning though... still no power and phone at my place (and no water iirc)

By silly-jess. 05/09/10, 05:32 am

I had a terrible nights sleep >.<
Most of the night I was awake. And I felt really sick too, nearly lost my dinner.
We have actually had many more aftershocks than have been listed on geonet- over 100 now. Fortunately my area didn't get hit very hard and we can't feel most of the aftershocks. I was on the phone to Frozon last night and he kept telling me when an aftershock was coming but most of the time I couldn't feel them.

By Crazy. 05/09/10, 05:40 am

Hey guys this is Lilap, 3 Supermarkets are open and maybe more are open. Rail Networks are down so food will run out.

We went to the supermarket today and people talked about getting emergency food drops.

GET FOOD NOW

It maybe be your last chance for a while. Most malls are shut and food is running out. Stock up on cans and powerdered milk just in case.

Ciao

By **Riven_**. 05/09/10, 05:54 am

I slept like a log all night on a lilo at my parents house.

And for people who haven't got much food- get rice, as it's cheap and it'll last a long time.

By Mandie_Chan. 05/09/10, 06:13 am

...and yet another big aftershock has come. Went on for while... even the lights are still swaying >_<;

Are people just attempting to ignore it now? Carrying on as normal? Or duck and covering each time?

By Emo!Axel. 05/09/10, 06:17 am

We kinda never ducked nor covered after the first one x'D We pretty much just sit there, though I completely freeze up every time ;W;

By viking_queen. 05/09/10, 06:20 am

Im just kinda ignoring them, though the bigger ones I am very tempted to duck and cover on

Re: 22.02.11 Earthquakes - A year on.

I'm chilling under my desk with my laptop, some cushions and a mink blanket 8D

Carrying on as normal PLUS covering AT THE SAME TIME.

By **Auroa**. 05/09/10, 06:31 am

The latest big shock was a 5!

I'm carry on as a normal but judging each shock as it comes cause I do have doubts about our the integrity of our house.

I think the main thing to remember is, any of these can be our next big one, so not to get too relaxed - while at the same time not having to freeze your lives either.
Always know where you're going to go and have a clear path to it, in case it is the big one as you'll only have a few seconds to react before things turn chaos.

Edit, and work experience at the zoo will be interesting tomorrow, time to put what we've learned about 'natural disasters and zoos' to practical experience.

Re: 22.02.11 Earthquakes - A year on.

I am simply sitting somewhere that didn't have any problem in the big one in the hope that I am more or less safe here.

However I do pause with each shock to see how strong it will get.

By viking_queen. 05/09/10, 06:35 am

oh yeah clear path.... *moves table that blocks me into couch*

By **Auroa**. 05/09/10, 06:42 am

Yeah, that might be wise XD
I think we might need to move our wall unit... when that big quake hit it fell against the wall and we had to lift it upright before we could escape out our front door, standing on the mountain of books/stuff on the way out. Safe? I think not.

You certainly quickly realize whats stable and whats not, that's forsure. I'm quite surprised what didn't fall, as well as what did.

By viking_queen. 05/09/10, 06:49 am

yeah I need to reorganise my bedroom when I finally get home so that my bookcases arent so unstable ... where to stick my cd player I have no idea

By silly-jess. 05/09/10, 06:50 am

On the floor? Unless your floor falls out, it can't fall any further than that.

By m4hiain. 05/09/10, 06:58 am

I'm just sitting in my room on my bed cos its the safest place for me waiting. My sisters made camp under the table. She's freaked by it. Just had another one while writing this. Just trying to get work down on the PC for course.

By Lumissne. 05/09/10, 07:01 am

@HH: I've made a fort under my desk as well Very Happy

By Mandie_Chan. 05/09/10, 07:02 am

Hey Angie what site are you getting all the info from? I'm quite keen to see how big each one is.

I must say it is a VERY weird feeling eating lunch and having aftershocks every few mins...

By m4hiain. 05/09/10, 07:06 am

http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html
that has the last thirty and I think theres a twitter also.

By **Auroa**. 05/09/10, 07:06 am

http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html
links in the first post as well =3

they only show shocks of 3 or above, and of which have been reported... so not every shock we've felt is actually in here. They have recorded over 60 aftershocks, but we have had far more.

By Mandie_Chan. 05/09/10, 07:08 am

Oh thanks both of you guys~
I shall keep an eye out and add it on twitter ^_^

Re: 22.02.11 Earthquakes - A year on.

@mandie

I am watching this.
http://lists.geonet.org.nz/pipermail/eqnews/2010-September/thread.html
We have had 64 Aftershocks all between 3.5 and 5.4

By **Riven_**. 05/09/10, 07:29 am

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/schools-closed-structural-checks-3760601

In case anyone wasn't sure- schools are closed until Wednesday!

By Pyro. 05/09/10, 07:46 am

So, guys, guess what?

I have to move house. My current one is pretty much certain to be condemned, thanks to the wall falling out and there's damage to some other structural stuff.

I didn't sleep very much at all last night because I was paranoid that walls were going to collapse on me in my sleep, even though I know they won't. You just can't shut up that part of your brain that's still freaking out in situations like this.

nnngh. Oh well. At least I've moved all my cosplay stuff/gaming consoles/etc to my friend's place, so I have all the things I want to fiddle around with. Though-- and this is going to sound so strange-- playing my PS3 makes me feel really jittery, and idk why.

Blargh. I am envious of all of you that just had things fall over. Count yourselves lucky.

By **Auroa**. 05/09/10, 07:48 am

Madam Madhatter wrote:: @mandie

I am watching this.
http://lists.geonet.org.nz/pipermail/eqnews/2010-September/thread.html
We have had 64 Aftershocks all between 3.5 and 5.4

I like the layout better there, but its confusing, it looks like instead of removing or changing the data they just add it. As its reporting both 7.4 and a 7.1. It updates quicker then the other one though.
Lol I wanna make some kind of graph.

I wonder what the status is of my work.

Edit:
Whaaaa Pyro ;-;
I hope you recover quickly, and I can see why you're worried about walls coming down on you. I'm just glad you're okay, and its great that most of your stuff is as well. I'm so sorry about your house.
*massive hug*

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