Earthquake

[ACT Crusader]

[NTA]

That's one of the tunnels south of Kaikoura innit? Fark! Just threw the tracks over the road!

[jegga]

@MajorRage said in Earthquake:

@MN5 Not joking, but there are actually comments on the herald saying it's the governments fault.

I don't find that too hard to believe

[NTA]

That its the government's fault?

[jegga]

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[NTA]

[jegga]

That was a nasty little jolt just then.

[Paekakboyz]

Yeah, would be good if nature could settle the fuck down.

[antipodean]

I'm fairly certain that's at Pinnacle Rock. Looks like it will take some time to clear - that's a sizeable slip. Hopefully everyone else is safe and sound.

[NTA]

Bloody hell.... almost worth blasting back as far as you can and setting up some form of barrier.

Geologically NZ is quite young. Over here we have the odd shake - I have never experienced earthquaker - but its a damn sight flatter, generally speaking.

[No Quarter]

@NTA said in Earthquake:

Bloody hell.... almost worth blasting back as far as you can and setting up some form of barrier.

Geologically NZ is quite young. Over here we have the odd shake - I have never experienced earthquaker - but its a damn sight flatter, generally speaking.

Geologically Australia is boring as batshit. Nothing ever really happens. NZ on the other hand, dynamic as fuck - a Geologist's dream. Right on the boundary between the Australian and Pacific plate. Earthquakes, volcanoes, nowhere is safe. Good times!

[NTA]

I think a few geologists like pulling up some ancient shit Instead of the little whippsnapper rocks they get in the shaky isles

[Mokey]

Not just volcanoes - ACTIVE volcanoes. None of that dormant for 50,000 years shit.

[Bones]

The poor Olds had to evacuate in the middle of the night, thankfully able to head to high ground in jville. I see ferner chowie had to sit in a car in strathmore. Sucks. Sounds like no major damage to anyone I know thankfully!

[jegga]

@Bones said in Earthquake:

The poor Olds had to evacuate in the middle of the night, thankfully able to head to high ground in jville. I see ferner chowie had to sit in a car in strathmore. Sucks. Sounds like no major damage to anyone I know thankfully!

the closest anyone will ever get to seeing these words in a sentence.

[Crucial]

Well maybe some good will come out of this and a decent road from the top of the SI will be built. The Kaikoura Rd can then be cleared for a tourist route only.
Lyttleton Harbour's profits are going to take a jump for a while I guess while all road and rail freight to ChCh has to go by sea instead. Expect high petrol prices in the SI for some time.

[Hooroo]

@ACT-Crusader said in Earthquake:

Thank goodnees Ritchie is there!

That is a massive hunk of pasture wiped out. Pretty much unfixable in terms of cost vs return.

That really is an incredible picture.

[canefan]

@Hooroo The luckiest cows in the world still ok

[No Quarter]

Yeah it sure is, utter destruction. All I can say is thank fuck the epicentre wasn't directly underneath a city - that would level just about any building.

[Chris B.]

Would have been interesting times if Wellington had been flattened with a big storm following on its heels.