Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas
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Sydenham loses its last remaining character building - the former Post Office.
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But I absolutely love this. I’d seen the blurb but had no idea how big it actually was! Colombo St in Sydenham just past the overbridge. Photo taken from the bus! Hence the strange reflections.
ETA: I don’t know who’s planted sunflowers in the site of the demolished former factory in Woolston, but whoever you are, you are awesome.
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Tamsin6, in reply to
Just a thought; is anyone else a little unsettled by the way Christmas consumption has now extended beyond December 24, into the post-Christmas week. Boxing Day might be better named Buying Day. All this consumption is portrayed by the media as A Good Thing but there is no more a depressing sight than customers rummaging through half-price Christmas baubles on December 26.
Is it a commentary on significant shifts in NZ society?I am unsettled by the long run-up to Christmas, much less so by the sales - the run-up to Christmas feels like an attempt to drum up hysterical levels of spend, spend, spend - the aftermath in the sales seems more of the traditional post-Christmas bargain hunting. Here in London for sure, some people are depending on post-Christmas bargains to be able to provide any treats. Some people are using sale prices in chain supermarkets to put clothes on their backs - it isn't always about greed, sometimes it's about desperation.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Boxing Day might be better named Buying Day. . . .
Is it a commentary on significant shifts in NZ society?Boxing Day remains a restricted trading day in NSW. They didn't flog off their union protection re. holidays and penal rates in the interests of 'deregulation'. Don't know about other Australian States. The last time I tried to buy milk in Sydney on Boxing Day it was a bit of a job to find somewhere open.
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Islander, in reply to
I have 2 friends who are geologists: their speciality is palaeo-tsunamis, but they have huge field experience of studying earthquakes.
It is *their* opinion that a rupture of the Alpine fault - to the degree it has moved in the past- is likely to be 9+.
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tussock, in reply to
They should publish something to that effect, though I'd imagine it's outside their niche. They could update wikipedia, but it would suggest they find something published with numbers like that too, eh.
Continental transform faults don't make 9s. Can't make 9s, as far as I can find. Might create an extremely powerful tsunami if they slip the side of a mountain into the sea, or Lake Dunstan, as the case may be.
@linger, cool. Redefining "aftershock" could be interesting work.
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Islander, in reply to
Aint outside their 'niche' and they have published a rather large amount on everything, including that...there WAS a major tsunami event on the West Coast in the late 18th century( slump tsunami* generated by a Fjordland earthquake),which they have documented and published, & they estimated, from previous events, that the next movement of the Alpine fault (waaaay overdue) will top that = 9+
*There are massive trenches off the coast of Okarito-
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Quite a good information page on the Dec 23rd quakes on Geonet. And the peak-ground-acceleration charts are fascinating. With the 3.18pm quake, although the epicentre was just off Brighton, the highest PGA was in Heathcote!
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Well, it's that time for reviews of the year. Charlie Brooker is always good
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Lilith __, in reply to
Charlie Brooker is always good
Chch not mentioned but creeps into the “breaking news” ticker in Gadaffi clips.
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TO: all posters (and lurkers) on PAS-
may I wish you all the best of health in every respect, happiness & unexpected joys, and creativity in usual&new ways - arohanui ki a koutou katoa n/n/Islander
who is sitting in front of candles for the dead and a most living fire for us all, here, in the south- & everywhere we are- n/n/Keri -
Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
May 2012 be a box of goodies for you Islander with a sprinkling of good health and fine Whiskey to warm your heart. xxx
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Lilith __, in reply to
Islander, this place is richer for your presence and your stories. I hope you know how much you’re appreciated. And I hope this bright new year has more ease and comfort for you.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
+++!
I'd meant to thank Islander for this jewel - just one of so many:They are indeed beautiful - striking- birds, the paradise shelducks.
Putakitakiatama (female) & putakitakiatoa (male)* are wonderful - they mate for life, and do not seem to readily remate when a partner dies. And, if you've been in a jetboat going on a West Coast stream, you'll realise why NZ Post chose a female pari (quite a while ago) for it's fastpost icon - they can easily outfly it!
While my ancestors here ate pretty well everything with wings on it, they sensibly only ate pari which were not fully fledged (and they checked all the harvest to make sure they also culled damaged birds.)
*putakitakiatama = like a child blowing a war trumpet
*putakitakiatoa =like a warrior blowing a war trumpet
(I use Kai Tahu dialect - elsewhere it'll be putangtangia-etc or some other variant of it.) -
I have always believed the story about Paradise ducks mating for life but when one of a pair on our farm was killed (an accident that was partly my fault) a bunch of the opposite sex turned up quite quickly and a new mate picked.
Fortunatly this one was fertile unlike the dead one
I had thought rats had been stopping the breeding but that was also proved wrong -
Finally got around to seeing Gerard Smyth's excellent documentary about the earthquakes 'When a city falls', and if you haven't already seen it do go, particularly if you are not from Christchurch. Such important documentation of the physical and human scale of it all in a non-judgmental sort of way, and also some positive messages such as from a woman from a formerly-devasted US city who said rebuilding a city for children makes it right for everyone. If you are in Wellington you need to book as it is only on in small theatres at the Lighthouse in Petone and the Penthouse in Brooklyn and showings are booking out early as people finally get around to going to see it in their post-Christmas downtime.
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Nobody wanted #EQNZ for the New Year either. How is everybody this morning?
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Words fail.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority chief executive Roger Sutton said that despite the loss of power there did not seem to be any significant further damage.
Everyone just wanted a good night's sleep, he said.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said he had not received reports of any significant liquefaction from the shakes overnight . . . Residents needed to remind themselves they should expect more aftershocks, following the 5.5 magnitude shake.
"So just prepare yourself for one of those shaky Canterbury days."
That seems to be how it goes when the shakes hit during the silly season.
Thenk goodness for very own homespun philosopher-kings. -
Jackie Clark, in reply to
Keep on keeping on, Joe.
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The one at 5.45 was big enough to have me on my feet and checking on the kids. The six year old wound up in our bed but we all did get a couple more hours sleep. I'm counting that as a major victory though I will be moving slowly and drinking all the coffee this morning.
This new round bugs me because they feel different and my inner seismograph isn't attuned to them yet. I won't complain if they die off before I can accurately guess that magnitude though.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
Take care, lovely one.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
This new round bugs me because they feel different . . .
The direction is different. For example, things that might have fallen sideways along a shelf in previous shakes now fall forward onto the floor.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
nek yeah...
That seems to be how it goes when the shakes hit during the silly season.
Thenk goodness for very own homespun philosopher-kings.God forbid we might want some information fast - CERA's website hasn't been updated since Dec 23, they have a link to Canterbury earthquake site for updates and useful info - which also hasn't been updated since Dec 24 - it's not like we had a quiet week or anything, are these people actually taking the ongoing seismic events seriously?
And I have to say their marketing sucks too - CERA are running a series of 'Pop up community events' picnics and movie screenings in local parks - they have put flyers everywhere - completely anonymously - no indication of who is running them, sponsors, organisers nothing - no website for further information or updates - with a vague graphic feel of the Buskers festival from a few years back - why CERA doesn't 'brand' it as part of their community engagement mystifies me - guess it would be a mixed signal to have bouncy castles and Gerry Brownlee...
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