So sad. A great city in ruins. Paul
> On Feb 22, 2021, at 3:42 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ten years ago today our lives were fractured as much as our city when a > 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:51pm. > > 185 lives were lost in that event along with thousands injured. Countless > buildings have since been demolished, mostly in the city centre. The central > city is still undergoing a radical transformation. There are now lots of new > buildings, several repaired and strengthened heritage buildings, and many > empty lots being used for parking. It's slowly getting easier to navigate as > the surroundings change (we don't go into the central city very often). > There are still a few derelict sites which everyone is getting increasingly > frustrated about. > > Life feels as though it's largely back to normal (even despite Covid-19) but > the scars will always remain. > > I took my daughter to the official memorial service today. My own life has > changed massively since then and it's hard to believe the past decade has > disappeared so quickly. Given where I was at the time I could easily have > not made it home that day. > > These are just a few phone snapshots centred around the memorial. Only the > last one was taken today. > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1092/#peso > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1093/#peso > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1094/#peso > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1095/#peso > > There are some images comparing then-and-now in this article. I went past > several of those scenes as I made my way back to the office then home on the > day. > > https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/436822/then-and-now-how-the-2011-christchurch-earthquakes-changed-the-city > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
