On Mon, Nov 14, 2016, at 10:04 AM, David Mann wrote: > Last I heard is there have been two fatalities but details are pretty > scant. I think Wellington had more damage than we did; the USGS info > seems to indicate the quake propagated northwards. You're right about > Kaikoura. The coastal highway north of there is very scenic. Good > whale-watching just off the coast as well. > > I was wondering if our Anglican Cathedral might have finally collapsed > but there's been nothing in the news so I suppose it must still be > standing. > > I heard there's a bushfire not far from you, hopefully that comes under > control quickly.
Yes - it was controlled fairly quickly and I don't think any property damage occurred. It was a few km east of us and anything east is usually not of concern here because the winds are invariably westerlies. A bit of rain and no winds for a while would be good, though... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > On Nov 14, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > > > I heard about the quake just before we went to bed last night - glad to > > hear that Christchurch seems to have escaped serious damage. I wondered > > about Kaikoura - I remember it as a beautiful coastal town with majestic > > snow-capped mountains to the west. I hope damage there is minimal and > > that no lives have been lost. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016, at 08:07 AM, David Mann wrote: > >> Thanks for the thoughts, everyone. GNS revised their reading to 7.5 so > >> it was a pretty big one. I went back to bed around 3am and haven't > >> noticed anything since. It's nice when it's far enough away that you > >> don't get aftershocks waking you up every few minutes. > >> > >> Looks like there's a bit of destruction around the Kaikoura region. > >> Might be a while before the roads reopen up there as there are a couple > >> of broken bridges and impressive landslides. > >> > >> Tsunami-wise we may have dodged a bullet as the area off the Kaikoura > >> coast is known to be prone to underwater landslides. A small one was > >> generated and looking at a tide gauge it appears that the sea bed may > >> have been lifted by about 700mm (27.5") by the quake. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Dave > >> > >>> On Nov 14, 2016, at 7:11 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Glad to hear your are safe. > >>> Sounds like a real disaster. > >>> > >>> Dan Matyola > >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >>> > >>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 7:45 AM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Just reporting in safe & well after another decent shake. It wasn't too > >>>> intense but seemed to go on for a long time. > >>>> > >>>> GNS have it at 6.6 but USGS say 7.4. It was a little way north from here > >>>> but was enough to wake up half the country. Our baby slept right through, > >>>> daddy will be awake for a while yet :) We're feeling the larger > >>>> aftershocks > >>>> but they're pretty gentle by the time they reach us. I don't expect any > >>>> damage to our place. > >>>> > >>>> I really would prefer it if these damn things would happen during the > >>>> day! > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Dave > >>>> -- > > -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com - The way an email service should be -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
