Good to hear you're OK, Dave. The usual television news/infotainment here was obsessed yesterday with Libya ... little news of the New Zealand quake seemed to get through until this morning. Christchurch looks a real mess. A misery for all those killed and others with family/friends there.
You're in my thoughts. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:58 PM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > I found a pretty good video on the BBC. They actually have a few but I > thought this was the best. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12534662 > > It really hurts to see this, I'm not sure how I'm going to react when I get > to see the damage first-hand. It is likely to be a few weeks before the > cordons are lifted. > > I spent this morning helping the neighbours dig a channel through the > liquefaction silt so rainwater can drain through the gutter. It's about 6-8 > inches thick at its deepest point. It seems to have originated from a big > crack at the top of the street and it just flowed down and pooled at the > corner opposite our house. We also helped to clear a couple of driveways and > remove silt from beside someone's house. It looked overwhelming but with all > those people we made short work of it. > > Now I'm tired but if I have a snooze now I'll have trouble sleeping tonight :) > > I'll download some photos from the camera now. > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
