Earthquake

They had tankers handing out fresh water didn't they?

I'm not actually 100% sure it was "fresh". I think they were telling people to boil it still but there were fonterra trucks bringing it around.

We're in Woodend, just north of Chch and Kaiapoi and these aftershocks are still going on. We're lucky as we only lost power for a few hours but we're still having to boil the water and it's so hard to keep everything sterile with toddlers and a preemie newborn baby


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I can't imagine what you are all going through down there. As an ex-HB girl I've been through enough earthquakes in my time, but nothing like what you've had. They are terrifying and the amount of aftershocks you're having, it must be so nerve-racking.

I wish there was something we could do from this end of the country!!    
I hope you all get access to clean water soon and your lives back to semi-normal soon too.   

Hi everyone glad to hear everyone's alright. I'm home by myself with the kids (school and daycare closed til Monday at least), DH doesn't get back from deployment til Monday. Have a bit of damage to the house (only occurred in the aftershocks) incl sunken floors, cracks in walls and foundations, piles under the house (yes I went under there last night ) are a bit wobbly so will have to be redone. Will put the renos on hold for a good few months as we won't be able to get builders etc.

I have 2 friends that have lost their houses so I'm considering myself very lucky

My kids have been really good, only one aftershock has upset them. They are just getting concerned with no preschool. We live in Brooklands so still have to boil our water and cant use toilets. Our road is really bad and has already given me a flat tyre. Our house has cracks that keep growing with the aftershocks and our garage is now about 15cm apart from our house and will need to be ripped down and built again. Capreces room was next to the garage so she has a massive crack through her room so is now sharing with Jack. We are just sooo lucky we can still live in our house because we know a few people who have lost their homes.

wow Little-red , im so sorry , that must be a huge shock .

Oh Little_Red, I'm so sorry to hear that. You sound really philosophical about it.

Julz, that's so cute about P grabbing Amelia! Good girl. At least her school appears to be fine so should be open Monday (we live just down the road from her school, I've seen R drop her off a few times). The school I teach at (Halswell) is the worst damaged in Chch, 8 classes can't be used at all, so we've relocated 5 mins down the road. I'm just casual so I don't have to panic too much other than a huge loss in income, but will be helping set up/move stuff over the next few days before we open on Weds I'm thinking. Most of the classes damaged were the Year 1/2 area, poor little ones will be so out of place at a new big school

Sorry to hear about your house little_red, you are being amazing about it.

We are relatively ok, still need to boil water but I have plenty of bottled for drinking, just boiling for washing up etc. House has some cracks but hoping they are superficial, one looks pretty bad but again hoping it is not as bad as it looks. Both Dh and my work mostly unaffected, Dh work was running on Sunday and mine opened wednesday. College still shut and not sure what is happening with kindy, it's subsided but not been assessed properly yet, is on same street where other buildings of similar age have been condemned so not getting my hopes up about it, which is a shame cos it was a great kindy.

Oh yay, a quake as I type :(

Luckily we were in tekapo for the main quake, was still strong enough to wake me but the kids slept through and so far they seem unaffected. Quake drills been going on in this house though! and Mr 3 was helping me find quake damage to photograph, have explained about it, hard not to when all around is destroyed buildings and had to tell him about kindy but he seems ok about it.

if anyone needs anywhere to stay, we are in Avonside (a block away from avonside drive) and have a fully furnished self contained sleepout available. untouched by the earthquake (our in laws were in it during the earthquake and they said it sways well)

PM me if anyone is interested, I have put it on TM and listed it with the welfare centres as well but haven't heard from anyone yet.