Kim, Kim..are you OK?

TooFastTim · #1 12-21-2007, 01:51 AM

Your house still standing?

Didn't feel a thing here.

barkeater · #2 12-21-2007, 01:23 PM

Tim, I assume this is what you are referencing?

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h...Hst7gD8TLO9TO0

Hope all is OK.

TooFastTim · #3 12-21-2007, 01:46 PM

Yeah. I didn't even know about 'till Fri morning.

Thing about NZ is that tremours are pretty common so energy is dissapated regularly and a big one is unlikely. This one was quite big but no major damage.

I'll give Kim a bell later today.

barkeater · #4 12-21-2007, 02:08 PM

That's what you get for living on a volcano in the middle of the ocean.

Seriously, hope everything is fine over there.

kim · #5 12-21-2007, 02:28 PM

Yeah, all is OK.
Spend the night checking out the hospital lifts as they shut down.

Pretty big earthquake, 6.8 on the Richter Scale.
Thing is, it went on for quite a while, maybe 30 seconds or so. Gives you far too much time to think....

Not much damage in Napier but Wairoa, Mahia and Gisborne got shaken to bits.
Quite a bit of property damage, but nothing real serious.

In 1931 Napier got complete flattened by a big Earthquake (8.2 I think) and the whole town was rebuild to much better standards and since there has only been superficial damage.

Whereas Gisborne has quite a few older buildings, which have not build to good EQ standards, hence the extra damage.

My wife was in Gisborne at the time, staying at the waterfront, and she said it was a hell of shake up there. And they were very worried about a Tsunami coming, so there was a bit of panic to get to higher ground.

Certainly lets you know who is in charge (not me).....

Kim

TooFastTim · #6 12-21-2007, 05:12 PM

Kewl, good to hear mate.

'kin beautiful volcano in the middle of the ocean if you don't mind Barkeater

A happy Gas Gas and and a Hebo new year to you all!

kim · #7 12-21-2007, 06:16 PM

Should be a good GG year, I'm about to press the button for a new 07/08. Just can't make my mind up what size, 250 or 300.

Start training for the RUT100 !

Kim

barkeater · #8 12-21-2007, 06:39 PM

Yep. I've seen your landscape, never been there, but I've seen.
It is beautiful. Usually beautiful things are dangerous.
Land of Hobbits and Burt Munro! Can't get much nicer, or different from the Minnesota - North Dakota border where I live. (which looks a lot like Antarctica right now.)

Oh, and the way I eat over the holidays, it will be a happy "gas gas".

Kim, go for the 300!

kim · #9 12-21-2007, 07:16 PM

The cool thing about here in Hawkes Bay, is that you can be surfing in the morning and skiing in the afternoon (and do a bike hoon on the way).
Very temperate weather, only a few frosts a year and seldom over 30C (86F).

Pretty low rainfall and the hunting/fishing is also pretty awesome within 1 or 2hrs drive.

Actually works get in the way of a good life (a lot).

Bike riding is also pretty good, but you need to know where to go. Actually I must start to post some pic's.

BTW, I was born in Denmark, so I do know a bit about snotty weather.

Merry Xmas and all.

Kim

barkeater · #10 12-21-2007, 08:40 PM

Not the best, but you get the picture.

http://fargo20.fargo.dot.nd.gov/

http://www.kx4.com/weather/webcam/SKYCAM.JPG

It's actually quite warm here for this time of year. -7C (20F) it should be around -18C to -23C. In January and February we can expect 2 to 3 weeks of -28C.

To trade that, I think I'd put up with an earthquake or two, too.