Pity... Hopefully no one was working on the dismantling when nature decided to help.
Soon on eBay - "Slightly used timeball - local pickup only..." -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Brown Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 10:36 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lyttleton Time Ball completly collapsed 'Before' and 'after' yesterdays quake - pix of the timeball station plus an item about it that appeared in a suburban newspaper last week. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tractorb/timeball/ DaveB Christchurch, NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Rooke" <[email protected]> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lyttleton Time Ball completly collapsed >I have seen no pictures of the current site but the quakes have downed > several more buildings and many more are now added to the list of those > that > will need to be demolished. It will become a ghost town if this continues > to > happen. People are sick of the shocks and more are leaving as they are > scared of living here. Many were injured and two are still in hospital > with > serious injuries. Existing delays in repair payments from the Government > are > causing considerable grief and anger with the people here and this is > likely > to add to it. New Zealanders have paid a national insurance scheme for > earthquake coverage for decades and that should be available but it seems > to > not be forthcoming in any reasonable timeframe unfortunately. The mob is > getting their pitchforks sharpened and torches ready; Gerry Brownley, > Minister for EQC, had better beware! > > Steve > > On 14 June 2011 10:49, brent evers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dissapointing - I remember it being pointed out to me as we pulled >> into port there once. Are there others scattered around the globe? >> >> Brent >> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Steve Rooke <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Sadly, the Lyttleton Time Ball completly collapsed in yesterday's, Mon >> 13th, >> > after-shocks. There were two quite major shocks of 5.5 at 1pm followed >> > by >> a >> > 6 at 2:20pm centered around the Sumner suberb which is close to >> Lyttleton. >> > >> > Cheers, Steve >> > -- >> > Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD >> > The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at >> > once. - >> > Einstein >> > _______________________________________________ >> > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> > and follow the instructions there. >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > > -- > Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD > The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - > Einstein > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
