Graham,
On behalf of all of us - please tell Dennis that we are
thinking of him, glad that he is OK, glad also both the bikes are ok
and that we'll be eagerly awaiting his future reports on how he's
getting along.
Thank you and best wishes to him!
-Joey Kelley, List Moderator
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here we are, word from Dennis himself, Graham
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "Dennis" <[email protected]>
> Date: February 25, 2011 12:09:20 PM EST
> To: "'Graham Rogers'" <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: Earthquake and such
> Graham,
> Good to hear from you! Yes, I was on my 85'700S when it hit. I thought
> I had a flat tire because it started acting so weird. But I couldn't
> decide if it was the front or the real and that puzzled me. I really
> had trouble keeping it upright as I slowed. But, when I stopped and it
> was still squirming, I worked out what was going on.
> Where I was when it hit had minimal damage so I could tell how bad it
> was until I was riding home and saw large lakes of water and sand
> scattered all over in Hagley Park. Liquification, they call it.
> My apartment block was still standing and looked normal until you got up
> close. Then I could see some real damage. Concrete support walls
> shaken until the concrete had cracked and fallen away and left the
> internal rebar exposed.
> The second bike, an 86 700S. was down in the parking garage beneath the
> complex. It was laying on its side - having been tossed over. Handde
> bar on the side has been bent up about 2 inches. Drivable but it looks
> odd.
> I got the 2nd bike out and then began an epic two day effort to get my
> personal stuff out because, unlike a lot of others at the complex who
> were optimistic, I knew it was probabaly going to be condemed and once
> that was done, we'd never get out stuff out.
> Up and down six flights of stairs carrying stuff until they finally
> flagged it as too damgerous and blocked entry.
> I'm staying at a friend's place now and waiting to see what's next with
> my work which was in the CBD. The entire CBD is ringed with military
> and police. Apparently, there's some severe damage down there
> including two major buildings that just collapsed and a 26 story hotel,
> the Grand Chancellor, that is leaning and shifting.
> Lots of after shocks. It's fours days now and we're still getting
> really big ones that shake the entire house.
> Feel free to share this with the Nighthawk group. Please ask that if
> anyone wants ot write me - no enclosures <smile>, I'm on dialup here.
> Dennis G.
> Christchurch
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Rogers [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Saturday, 26 February 2011 3:19 a.m.
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Earthquake and such
> Hi Dennis, we got the word hear via David, via your wife that you
> were on your bike when the earthquake hit and pulled over because you
> thought you had a flat. We heard you got some stuff out of your
> apt. What's the word on your other Nighthawk? Is it OK? Graham
>
>
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