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we still have no water or power, we have friends who live just out of the city, they have given us their house while they've gone over to the west coast, we are so fucking lucky, my family are all okay, the wedding candy is safe (although i did open some reeses for comfort eating). thanks for making a thread all about me, I cried, thanks eveyrone for your messages, i've uploaded some photos of my hood and my house.... |
I've been thinking about Sorabji for some time. The earthquake pushed me back. Again - Thank god you arer ok moonit! |
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in your vicinity) need (emergency candy shipments, whatever), please do not hesitate to ask. |
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i think she needs candy. |
its raining her again today, so i feel for those with holes in their houses and the recovery effort will be hampered by it as well. i think i'm still in shock, first time round we were so lucky that no one died, this time its so much worse. thanks for the offers guys... at the moment all mail and couriers are halted - i do have some american candy that i was going to use as favours for the wedding, so far i've held off and only managed to open one packet of the mini reeses :) will keep you all up to date... m dogs are okay, not eating, but okay. |
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and candy. hang in there kitty! |
I've been a little distracted this week, which is why I've been quiet. I am so happy to hear you're safe. We're thinking of you. |
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We have two dinner plates, three small plates and two bowls left. One wine, one martini and one margarita glass. Three coffee mugs, three glasses. We had to chuck out everything in our fridge and freezer - all the frozen meat, we lost all our west coast whitebait (its like this weird tiny fish thingy thats really well known here) which we were going to use for the wedding. most of the food in our pantry ended up on the floor and got chucked out as well. The kitchen vinyl now has a patchy yellow vibe going on. I lost one bottle of vodka and one of malibu. It's all on a list with things like photo frames and andrew's ski helmet, our tv from our bedroom which is in two pieces. Our claim for the earthquake commission is a pretty interesting list. We have power and slow running water. We can't drink it or brush our teeth with it, it has to be boiled first. Our internet is back up and we can flush our toilet - although only sparingly. our cats are fine, the dogs seem happy to be home, and I feel safe here. I think I will be working from home for quite some time, our work building is cordoned off, but I am alive and so is Andrew and my mum and my aunts and uncles and cousins and I am so fucking grateful for that. |
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*hug* |
One of our suppliers rents a house round the corner as his office. He turned up about 10 minutes after the quake with pinky bars (pink marshmellow and caramel coated in chocolate) and baileys (irish cream whiskey stuff in case you don't have it there) which we all had two shots of. While we mucked around figuring out what to do, power came back. I thought the team should go home so rang my boss and cleared it with her. We all cleared out - I was on my way home and just about to turn into my driveway when everything felt wrong - the car was moving up and down and the radio announcer cut in to say 'hang on chch its a big one'. It stopped and I watched all the scaffolding thats on the side of my local mall collapse. That was pretty bizarre. Apparently that was a 6. Zoomed up the driveway and ran through the house again and got the dogs. This time we have power and very slow moving water, but once again the tv was on the floor and one of the doors to the cabinet has smashed. I opened the pantry which was a huge mistake as it rained glass. I have no margarita or wine glasses left. I think I will switch to plastic. This is crazy, I can't believe it keeps happening. At what point does enough become enough? |
This is getting a little ridiculous. |
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jesus h, moonit, i am so sorry. i mean, sucky doesn't even come close to expressing how awful it must be. i'm glad you were not injured. |
I envision the future of New Zealand architecture looking like the blow-up bouncy castles you can rent for kids' parties. |
Everytime I go somewhere I try and park close to the exit (if its the mall) or out in the open air. I back into carparks to enable easy escape. Inside buildings I think about where I will go/hide/hang on to. Blow up bouncy castles sounds good - just doesnt work with freezing frosts... today I have a stress headache. ugh. one of my poor co-workers didnt come in today, she was cleaning up liquafaction in her front and back yard, and cleaning it up from inside her parents house. sucks. |
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maybe all these earthquakes really *are* the beginning of the rapture. |
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not to make light of a serious situation. i'm just sayin'. |