Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: Tooled Up for Food, in reply to Lilith __,
And boiled water for ice.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to David Hood,
Or this.. magic pic.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Does the east coast subduct under the west coast
or do they just move past each other?They dance don’t they? Joy Division's Transmission comes to mind
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Chris FWW: I can feel about a 2.5 and up if the epicentre is underneath the house. 3.2 or so is felt if it’s on the port hills fault 3 km from our place; a 4 up there is a strong bash-shunt-sway. Whereas a 4 on the Darfield fault 30 or 40 km away is a good wobble rather than a thump. And those are shallow – 5km deep usually or less.
So Wellington will be getting a lot of wobbling and swaying rather than the hammer blows. Which is disturbing but often not a big deal. Blenheim and Seddon will be getting thumped .
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For all Wellington earthquake obsessives: Chris Crowe has put up a Wellington Quakelive site, just like the Christchurch one, so you can check all the details of each rumble: http://www.wellingtonquakelive.co.nz/
I was glued to our local Quakelive for 18 months or more, and it’s the first place I go when the earth moves. Chris Crowe has done more to help and reassure people in Christchurch than he will ever know.
It is always absurdly comforting to discover that the big rumble felt two minutes ago is actually from another fault line rather than one's own noisy neighbour and that the epicentre is five kms away rather than under the kitchen.
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Capture: Upside Down, Inside Out, in reply to Lilith __,
Nice tea-time light.
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Capture: Upside Down, Inside Out, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
For big city living you need city eyes: selective seeing. If you can’t do that (like me), you have to leave. Evocative shot Sophie.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Summer Time, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
My filthy old man asks if you've never heard of a whore frost eh?
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I don’t have a problem with someone being brought to sort out the bureaucratic shambles at the CCC, and being paid well to do so. The management of the organisation has been disgraceful, so bad that the council is incapable of carrying out core functions.
Much rather that than commissioners being appointed and no elections for years at a crucial time of decision-making for the city. The shambles is so bad that there are no easy solutions. The appalling thing is that it should have got to this state.
It’s worth noting that Cera was installed after the February 2011 quake as a direct result of Marryatt and Parker’s misreading of the geological situation the city faced in the months after the September 2010 quake.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Ross Mason,
Wellington, Blenheim, wherever: I feel for you all. Keep as safe as you can, be as kind to yourself and others as you can, always sleep half-dressed with tramping boots by the bed and know that many of us are shuddering in sympathy. (It is an accepted fact in our house that the earthquake controller punishes those who sleep naked.)
I thoroughly recommend what we called “sleep juice” for distressed kids (and adults) who cannot sleep but desperately need to. An essential oil blend called ” Tranquil Sleep” by the horridly-named Dolphin Clinic. A few drops on the pillow and most times sleep is a certainty.
Arohanui all – and especially to Islander.