Hi Guys
Yes it is not good down there. My sister whom I managed to contact some twelve hours after the quake is okay but she has lost her house and all her possessions.
I just received the latest weather report from NIWA for today and it is good as they are expecting high gale force N'westers which will bring a lot of hot hot weather but will also cause a lot of the silt which has been piled up to be removed to be blown all over the city.
All we are praying for now is that Wellington don't get hit by a major earthquake as that would really stretch resources at the present time.
I reckon that if welly got a big quake like that they would have a lot more deaths as most of the inner cbd is built on reclaimed land and as for the multi story buildings I don't think they would stand up to a big shallow quake like that as they would more than likely sink into the ground with the liquification which would occur.
It is good to hear that Ray and Kurt are both safe and my heart goes out to all cantabrians in the sacrifices they have made.
There are certainly a lot of heroes down there who have put their lives on the line without even thinking to save people in those first few hours before emergency staff were fully mobilised.