[baker7]

This one made me think of Marty - You OK???

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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A major earthquake of 7.0 magnitude hit New Zealand, 30 km (20 miles) west of Christchurch early Saturday morning, causing no immediate reports of casualties but widespread damage, authorities said.

The quake, which had a depth of 33 kms (20.5 miles), was felt throughout much of the South Island and southern parts of the North Island, but did not trigger a tsunami.

Police in Christchurch, New Zealand's second-largest city with a population of about 342,000 people, said there were many reports of broken windows, items thrown off shelves, toppled chimneys, with power and water services disrupted

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Link: Quake of 7.0 Hits New Zealand

Brian

[martymas]

hi baker
yes it was a bit scary
the city i lve in is not known for shakes
but this one was huge by our standardsmillions of dollars worth of damage
thank god no deaths
and the injury list is light for the magnatude of the shake
i haven bin here for some time
but when ime able i come for a chat
you take care
and good luck
marty

[hitest]

Good to hear you are okay, marty! That must have been frightening indeed!

[martymas]

yo hitest
yes lets say i may have peed my pants
where i was born earthquakes are common
but small this bugger wa 5 times as strong
and worse was the after shocks
a friend and i toured over the affected area
all bridges
in the area once an emmergency
was raised
were closed off to the public
strangly enough there were some who tried to flaunt the rules
but the army were on hand
to stopped any one from getting hurt
every year we have earthquake drill
were we have do what is safe ffor us
like when the quake started
i made for the door and stayed on my lawn
until i though ti was safe
those after shakes are the frightening thing
so i stayed close to my door
it was bloody clod
as we are comming off winter
some residence went for tents
and the sadining part there were children
ok other parts of the world have it worse then us
but when it happens to you
you pee your pants
sorry for wandering off but i needed to get it off my chest

now i feel better
marty