Monday 6 September 2010

Real Life Intrusion 06th September 2010.

Over the weekend real life intruded into our operations in a way that was luckily nothing more than disturbing – but it could so easily have been catastrophic. Working on the tag end of an eleven hour time difference doesn’t help.

You see, we are based in two countries, half a world apart – here in the United Kingdom and my business partner in Christchurch, New Zealand. No doubt, by now you will have heard, how, at approx 4.35 am on Saturday the city of Christchurch was rocked by a massive 7.x earth quake.

Thankfully she, and her family are all okay, just a couple of minor bits of damage to their house and two very panicked dogs and a cat that disappeared for 24hours and came back smelling of “the bowels of the earth”. There have been over 60 aftershocks, not all of them minor and there is widespread devastation and damage throughout the city, both to buildings and the vital infrastructure.

Still they came through it, they have heat, light, water and comms, there are others much worse off, although the amazing thing is the total lack of fatalities. Only two people seriously injured, other than that a plethora of bruises, and several dozen broken bones.

Thank god, for decent building codes, rigorously enforced.

Compared to other major quakes and tsunami, the damage is not so much of a much, but to the people in the middle of it, it’s more than enough.

It’s the kind of intrusion I, and more particularly, Paulette could do without!

2 comments:

  1. So glad things are okay for Paulette - it's a really frightening situation out there. Love and hugs to all

    Anne
    xxx

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  2. Been through my share of quakes growing up in California. I'm so very glad that Paulette et al are well and unharmed. Houses can be fixed but good friends cannot be.

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