Back to the Quakes

Saturday 11 September 2010

Alison and I decided to do some major cleaning. Then we got invited (with Anne and Alister) to have coffee with another couple. They wanted to have a kind of break time with all the work we have done with the civil defense areas. It was nice.

We returned home; then Alison and I decided to go for a walk. We saw a guy from the Church who was helping a couple who had to move out, who are from our Church. They have a red notice saying it is not safe and we are not allowed in the house. (green notice: has been checked and safe, yellow notice: limited use, red notice: dangerous and most likely needs to be torn down). The problem is, they have to go in the house to retrieve their stuff and move out. We all decided to go in and help them. It brought back a lot of memories of when Grandpa died. In this house, we had to do a lot of packing books, kitchen ware...everything. I have done a lot of this at Grandpa's house, so I was quite experienced in this area. We felt quite disgusting with all the silt, or liquefaction.

It is kind of interesting. After being in Dunedin for a couple days, our nerves have been settled a bit when it comes to the quakes. Well, they definately haven't stopped. We have had, I think, over 600 aftershocks. Crazy!