tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post1044529987723409853..comments2024-02-08T10:33:22.915+13:00Comments on Available Light: Home AgainKelvin Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-40817273926975390842010-09-05T21:50:20.160+12:002010-09-05T21:50:20.160+12:00Hi Elaine, I have been inland for the weekend. In ...Hi Elaine, I have been inland for the weekend. In Middle Earth. Snow on the mountain peaks. Lakes. All that stuff. And I was woken at 4:30 on Saturday morning by the earthquake which kicked the living daylights out of poor old Christchurch a couple of hundred miles away. It was a big shake, about the same size as the one which devastated Haiti, and it is a Bona Fide miracle that no one died and very very few were seriously injured. All those little people with clipboards enforcing the tedious building regulations regarding earthquake proofing were part of it. And the fact that it struck when no one much was up and about. There is a couple of billion dollars worth of damage, but all things considered, we got off amazingly lightly. New Zealand is a highly connected country. There is no one who doesn't have friends or relatives or some other connection with Christchurch. I lived there for many years and know many people there, so everyone is feeling th shock of it, but I guess this is what to expect when you set up camp on the bit that sticks up where a couple of tectonic plates are colliding.Kelvin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-35600752560876130762010-09-04T11:23:05.464+12:002010-09-04T11:23:05.464+12:00There's a snippet of news on the other side of...There's a snippet of news on the other side of the world that New Zealand had an earthquake around Christ Church. Concern and prayers for you all.Elaine Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277699063620071309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-80211966018969708832010-09-03T04:04:11.668+12:002010-09-03T04:04:11.668+12:00Thank you.Thank you.Elaine Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277699063620071309noreply@blogger.com