Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Lilith __,
See if TV3 or CCC still has the live feed on its website. (I think I know the graph you liked.)
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Joe Wylie,
I thought the fracking question was unfair and untimely given the context of the briefing and the people Mr McMahon was asking. A cheap shot IMHO. I have deep concerns about fracking but the time to raise it was not Friday. As a publicity stunt the question strangled the fracking subject and sent it into the fringe.
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Faux controversy by way of distraction is all the go in these parts right now
Mmmm. I wondered about the timing of the Friday quake briefing.Conveniently coincidental I think.
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Lilith __,
I found the aftershock decay trend comforting too. Sort of. Have emailed you a shake talk graphics link I found on twitter (can't remember where from) that will not post here.
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Succulent flowers
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Because these are so South Island summer to me.
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
my suggestion for a new city promotion caption
The current "The City that Shines" is a wee bit dated. How about The City that Shakes (with the cathedral logo having a broken spire).
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
'S ok. All the council workers will get a 14.4% pay rise too because they have been working so hard. In fact. give them all a $68,000 pay rise, that would be better than boring old percentages.
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to linger,
(What's more offensive about the comment -- his description of this motive, or his apparent approval of it?)
The offensive bit is that Parker's insistence that the show must go on, even when the stage is shattered. Never mind the people who are living through it; as we are now. Again.
It is exactly the attitude that was highlighted in this report of the handling of the Sept 4 2010, and Boxing Day 2010 shakes aftermath:
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Communicator of the year strikes again:
Cruise-ship tourists from Australia, who (Bob) Parker met in the central city on Monday, were not concerned about the shakes.
"There is a burgeoning new form of tourism here which is, 'Come to Christchurch, experience an aftershock and have a look at the city'," he said.
One of the most offensive comments I have seen re the earthquakes.
