BecksT has KnJ seen HG???

I'm not sure sorry, I think she has cos Bekkaz said that KnJ said HG and her DH are ok. Correct me if I'm wrong Bekkaz.

Just texted HG, she said her house was a mess and they filled up half a bucket with broken glass no power yet but almost back to normal. Scary stuff!!

Seismologists are expecting we will be having a large aftershock anytime soon, they said it will be severe in nature where more buildings may be toppled etc. I know where Samantha will be sleeping tonight. We finally have the place all cleaned up... what a job. Hope all the other ladies and their families are safe and well.

The thought of a large aftershock is scary with the structural integrity of buildings already affected.

Stay safe Chch families.

Oh no I didnt know this... oh jeeze, now Im all worried again.

I feel quite unnerved by the whole thing.
apart from EBB friends of course, DH has relations down there (who are all OK), found out that another Uncle and his partner are down there staying at the Novotel for the weekend.
Apparently there were thrown out of their bed, but hotel has no power, water & phone?
I have a cousin & Aunt due to fly down there in 2 weeks ,and my parents are going there on holiday in another 10 weeks time.

Mum & Dad have never been to Chch together, so at there age they are quite about going now.

Apart from all the structural damage, railway lines , and water & sewerage, was amazing that no one was killed, and thank goodness it wasn't during the week, when everyone would have been out and about.

to all the Chch ladies, what a scary time for you all. I am so pleased to hear that you are all ok, albeit shaken.

They already have had some huge after shocks, remember Wellington turned to chaos a bit after a 5.0 a few years back (well as reported in the news)

Hugs all you Chch people, its gonna be hard sleeping tonight.

I bet it will be too Clem.

hope the aftershocks just get smaller from here on.

I am so happy that everyone is okay, earthquakes (or any natural disaster) are very scary.

Re the aftershocks...yep you will continue to have them for a while yet. Last month we had a big earthquake here in Vanuatu 7.5 but the next day we had a 6.3 aftershock and we continue to have them extremely regularly and they are regularly in 4.5-5.5 region. Just yesterday we had another 5.0 aftershock.

It is very scary and I completely understand that you will all be scared everytime an aftershock happens wondering if it is going to get stronger etc etc.

to all you Chch ladies

Just had a decent aftershock a few mins ago, we're pretty much on the epicentre and we've just got the power back on now. I am impressed that it's only been 12 hours even though we're rural. It was fair rock and rolling I thought it was all over for us so am thanking my lucky stars. We're only catching up with the level damage now since we've got the tv on, fark it's pretty full on.

Woah! This is so surreal. Feeling very sad for the folks in christchurch and surrounding areas.

Thinking of you all down there

Goat, im so pleased to hear from you, and pleased you have your power on, i must get your cell phone number.

They are saying that the big aftershock will be about a 6

They now have a curfew on the city from 7pm till 7am, and the army are here to help as well, and stuff said 80 police are on the way down too

Goat - good to see your post. I know you live closer to where the earthquake centre was than I do and it was bad enough where I was.

Yes HG is ok. I saw her after the earthquake when a group meet up outside our houses. Have also been texting her this afternoon to see how things were going as we were fortunately heading away this morning and by the sounds of it they will be without power for a couple of days.

Glad to be away from the aftershocks.
Pretty scary stuff. A big dresser fell over just after DH went past it and just before I went past it (I was on other side of bed to where it was) and the 14" tv that was on it came crashing down so that all made me scream.
But no-one was hurt, the kids are fine. DD2 slept through it til I grabbed her out of bed and went straight back to sleep when I put her back down an hour or so later. DD1 ended up falling asleep on my knee later on while sitting with me on the couch. The dresser is ok. Don't know how the tv is due to no power but I'd be surprised if it still works.
Something that did break was one of our wedding presents so its a shame about that.

I can still feel 'after shakes' even though I'm nowhere near Canterbury now and I'm on 'still' ground.

Haven't seen any tv coverage yet so I think it'll hit me a bit more once I do.

I'm fine if anyone was worried about me! (Probably not, but I'll pretend someone was concerned )

Still very surreal and I think I am a wee bit shocked still! Didn't seem that bad where we are and wasn't until mum text in a panic (she is currently in Samoa for work) saying they had all been woken up and told about a massive quake that I realised it was serious.

Our street is untouched but go down the road and around the corner and it's absolutely munted! My poor grandad's back yard is under water and there is silt everywhere. His garden is his pride and joy (and livelyhood) so he is devestated to loose all his spring flowers

DP works in insurance and was meant to go into work today at 8.30 (his normal rostered hours) but his boss text when he was half way there and said for him to come home. Phew, I was freaking about being alone all day with two kiddies! And anyway, there is very little insurance can do at this stage, all earthquake claims go to the EQC. (Just in case anyone was thinking about calling insurance!)

My sisters and dad live in Darfield (where the quake was centered) so they're all on edge. They seem ok though, no house damage, just broken bits and pieces.

I am counting each and every blessing today though. Soooo thankful for everything I have!

And here's a wee laugh for all your fellow ChCh'ers that are still on edge... While trying to go back to sleep after the quake this morning I said to DP "if you're in an airplane would you feel an earthquake?" It was a serious question, I thought it might do something to air pressure. He nearly wet himself

Glad to hear our ChCh EBBers are all ok. It's scary to think that this earthquake was of the same magnitude as the Haiti earthquake

OMG! We are still experiencing aftershocks, they are as scary as hell! Hopefully this is all we're getting, I'm freaking out!

Quite a wake up call this morning, DD slept through the initial quake and the 1st aftershock, way to go her!

I agree these aftershocks are very unnerving. And with stormy weather and gale force winds arriving overnight I think it may be difficult to tell what's aftershocks and which is the storm. All three of our cats finally came home about 30mins ago, I thought they had maybe gone forever. Has anyones elses cats come home?, I hope those animals that are still missing come home to their families soon