On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 6:45 PM, David Mann <d...@multisport.net.nz> wrote: > The central city is still mostly cordoned off as a few buildings have > sustained extra damage due to aftershocks. Because of this I haven't been in > there yet. I found this link through Facebook and it has a lot of photos > that I haven't seen before in the media. > > http://www.crashbang.co.nz/quake040910/index.html?ref=nf > > I had a fairly disturbed night, we had a few of the biggest aftershocks we've > had so far. > > 11:24pm 5.2 > 11:40pm 5.4 > 12:21am 4.7 > 3:24am 5.4 > > Lots more in the 3 to 4 range, it's only the larger ones that wake me up but > the smaller ones are enough to keep me awake. I know I'll be safe but it's > surprising how much frustration and anxiety it causes when you don't know how > much sleep you'll get. I think it's exacerbated by the general lack of > sleep, it's a bit of a vicious circle. I'd be struggling to cope if I was > living alone so I really feel sorry for those who are. Janet was actually > away in the North Island last week at a conference, she arrived home on > Friday night so I'm lucky she was around (yes she was glad to be home, she > would have been pretty worried otherwise). > > The news footage I saw last night makes me realise how lucky we are to live > on this side of the city where we didn't get much liquefaction. Lots of > houses are being condemned due to huge cracks appearing right through them. > Some are almost brand new but they had no chance when the ground opened up > underneath and ruined the foundations. > > My work PC is now set up in my office at home but I'm not terribly motivated > due to the fatigue. > > I'm keeping up to date with the news so as soon as the cordon comes off the > area where my office building is, I'll go in. I need to collect a few things > so I'll probably only have room for one camera & lens (K10D and 24mm I > think). I'd take our P&S as it's smaller but Janet has that with her for > work. > > Sorry for the long-winded post :)
No worries about the length of the post. Glad to hear that you're all right (even though clearly rattled somewhat - as one would expect one to be!). Some astounding photos in there! Take care, please. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
