Earth quake hits Christchurch again

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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    'God defend New Zealand'

    true

    What has god got to do with it?
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    That's their anthem....


    Anyway, if one believes in a God, who's place is it to question? Certainly not your or mine, and I will say... God Defend New Zealand,



    And God look after my grandparents whose 70th wedding anniversary it would have been today R.I.P...
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    are you kidding me??? Ill question whatever the fuck i want to queation... Thats who am.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    I must have been completely out of the loop as I've just seen this and my thoughts are with all the grieving people there. Unfortunately a lot of the spectacular places in the world are on fault lines and this is always likely to happen. After spending a month there not so long ago New Zealand will always be a very special place to me.
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    catefrances wrote:
    are you kidding me??? Ill question whatever the fuck i want to queation... Thats who am.
    you can question all you want but not those who choose to believe...that is our comfort and peace
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Ok, let's not let this thread get nasty, it's all about our thoughts and prayers (if you so believe) for the people of Christchurch.
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • Jo
    Jo Posts: 2,098
    I don't know what to say here.
    I know I will see communities from around the world, rise up to help re-build the devestation.
    That in turn will give us warm feelings in our hearts and stomaches.
    It will not bring back the dead but it can give us strength to carry on legacies.
    Your in my thoughts and prayers.
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    yeaaah.. not really the right time to question what other people take comfort from. but the fact of the matter is, god defend new zealand is our national anthem, which i'm pretty sure is all that was meant by that.
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    What about the surrounding areas around Christchurch, how were they effected? It says on the BBC site
    "The quake caused some 30 million tonnes of ice to shear away from New Zealand's biggest glacier. Witnesses say massive icebergs formed when the Tasman Glacier in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park broke, creating huge waves."
  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    IN the newspaper this morning they're saying the official death toll now is 38 so maybe the 65 figure last night wasn't right.
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    pandora wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    are you kidding me??? Ill question whatever the fuck i want to queation... Thats who am.
    you can question all you want but not those who choose to believe...that is our comfort and peace

    well said
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  • tinkerbell
    tinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    I couldn't sleep well last night. I live on top of a fault line, and all night I was jumpy. My works head office is in Chch, I spoke to one of the guys this morning, they are all ok but the accounts ladies house is totalled and another's house is full of silt from the liquefaction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_liquefaction

    I sorted my emergency kit after the 7.1 quake in September. It is so scary.
    all you need is love, love is all you need
  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Might be a dumb question, but what is an emergency kit? Rations?
    Sydney 11/02/2003
    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • tinkerbell
    tinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Might be a dumb question, but what is an emergency kit? Rations?

    Enough bottled water for everyone for 3 days, food, sleeping bags, clothing etc.
    all you need is love, love is all you need
  • tinkerbell
    tinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    Just heard on the radio the toll is 75, 55 are identified. 1 Australian is confirmed to be one of those. :cry:
    all you need is love, love is all you need
  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Terrible tragedy.

    God this is awful....

    Kia ora
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    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • Austicman
    Austicman Posts: 1,328
    Thinking of you all.

    I had such a great time in Christchurch when I went to see PJ. Auckland was good but it was very similar to Sydney. Christchurch was something else though. So beautiful. Very sad :(

    The planes have been taking off from Richmond RAAF base most of last night heading across the ditch. Good to see the ANZAC spirit alive and kicking.
    I can't go the library anymore, everyone STINKS!!
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,827
    damm that sucks poor people ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • tinkerbell
    tinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    57 identified 20 yet to be, 300 missing.
    all you need is love, love is all you need
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    the confirmed numbers keep jumping up and down depending on who they ask. they're being careful not to give official death numbers except where people have been identified and the families notified. that's why john key's 65 last night was a big jump up from the 17 they'd been giving.

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