Earthquake!! (What next?!)

The Sweeper

Seriously.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/06/2509904.htm

Earthquake. Our whole house shook. WWMan thought I was mental until I pointed out we're on a concrete slab, not in a timber house on posts. Then we got a bit :-o

dSTAR

I was having a little snooze and it actually woke me up. I knew it was an earthquake straight away after having lived in San Francisco.

Sammag

I must have been numbed by the red wine 'cause I felt nothing..
That or I was too absorbed by Ikea's latest cushion additions....

dSTAR

Lolz wasn't the wine earlier this arvo? I thought you were on the JD's by that stage!

Sammag

JD's? What you talking about Willis?




(I'm on the vodka now)

dSTAR

Addendum - just to pull it back on topic if you drink enough you wont feel any earthquakes

Sammag

Who gave you that photo? :eek:

dSTAR

Sammag wrote: »

Who gave you that photo? :eek:

I got it off your FB page

Ozeire

Yeah guys seen that . Was there much damage there ?

Sammag

dSTAR wrote: »

I got it off your FB page

Facebook?! I'm not on Facebook.

dSTAR

Sammag wrote: »

Facebook?! I'm not on Facebook.

Ahh crap. Did your profile get pulled again?

Crumble Froo

Sammag wrote: »

I must have been numbed by the red wine 'cause I felt nothing..
That or I was too absorbed by Ikea's latest cushion additions....

ha, chick i know, moved to nz from mauritius, and her first time getting pissed, in nz, she says she remember sitting on the floor, and the whole room was shaking, at which point she decided she was too drunk and went to bed. found out in work the next monday it'd been an earthquake.

but shi.t man, that's a lot of crap for one state to go through...

i wonder if there's any nutjobs out there who blame it on ye being too friendly to the gays...

Sammag

Crumble Froo wrote: »

ha, chick i know, moved to nz from mauritius, and her first time getting pissed, in nz, she says she remember sitting on the floor, and the whole room was shaking, at which point she decided she was too drunk and went to bed. found out in work the next monday it'd been an earthquake.

but shi.t man, that's a lot of crap for one state to go through...

i wonder if there's any nutjobs out there who blame it on ye being too friendly to the gays...

Huh? Seriously I just meant I had too much wine... ?!?

Crumble Froo

ha, sorry, you just reminded me of that.

The Sweeper

Stuff all damage apparently. I'm sure there's some broken crockery here and there and some building somewhere might have a crack in it, but it was a more minor of the dramas lately, certainly!

robinph

dSTAR wrote: »

Addendum - just to pull it back on topic if you drink enough you wont feel any earthquakes

Good to see that they went and hid under the table though so ready prepared for an earthquake occurring during your unconsciousness.

Crumble Froo

has anyone else had to do earthquake drills while in work?

ill be honest, i hadn't known new zealand had earthquakes until we had to do a drill at work.

watna

Crumble Froo wrote: »

has anyone else had to do earthquake drills while in work?

ill be honest, i hadn't known new zealand had earthquakes until we had to do a drill at work.

Because I'm the office manager I'm in charge of all the emergency procedures etc. On my first week of work I had to get our emergency water barrles changed and update our 3 civil defence cabinets. It totally freaked me out! Apparently the building I work in is earthquake proof safe (is one of the tallest building's in Wellington), the earthquake commission is a few floors below us but still...it's totally freaky. I took my parents to Te Papa when they were here and I don't think my mum realised it was so earthquakey here until then!

daveg

It scared the **** out of us on Friday night. Watching tv and then the whole house started shaking. Really freaky.

the dee

And another one today. I felt it this time. Though it didn't feel like a big one. My first earthquake!