Christchurch Earthquake

[Speakman]

got some news back about work. doesn't look like i'll be working for a while, but they've found a way to pay us our normal wage now that the first round of the govt assistance has finished. should be enough to keep me off the dole once course finishes

[R3DM@N]

nice wee 4.5 up north too very good!

[Speakman]

post-quake financial stresses may have just been cleared up. sounds like work has got the insurance company paying our wages now that the govt assistance has finished for us.

[Dr Woomanchu]

Bitchimom posted this picture on her blog. Had to share

[Growler]

So I had dinner out on Sat night, and one of the people there is involved HUGELY with the rebuild of Chch, has almost daily meetings with scientists etc.

Anyway, she mentioned that the geo nerds were concerned that Darfield appears to of woken up again since they declared it dead. Areas of greatest concern were New Brighton and Prebbleton. She wasn't prepared to say alot more, but suggested that the fun may not be over yet in Canterbury.

I wish I could find out more, and will see if she can get me anything.

[Ngati_Grim]

They'll be able to discern a lot more once the seismic data is available.
The City lines have been done and now they're working out Rolleston/Prebbleton/ Greendale way.
Initial data shows structures, steeply dipping.
The area's probably riddled with faults, which isn't that surprising when you take into account the southward migration of the plate boundary.

[Dr Woomanchu]

Saw a comment on cr Sue Wells blog, that the engineers rebuilding the St Martins New World have dug down 14 meters and still not found solid ground :eek:

[Zarkov]

Christchurch has more faults?

[TofuEater]

Hilarious - i was there at the weekend. The family were blobbing out so me and the missus shot up to Otira for the day. As we were driving between Darfield and Springfield we both had the same thought - i bet they have an aftershock while we're out of town. And sure enough another 4.0 rained down terror on their lazy butts while we enjoyed the comfort of a leisurely trip in a near new 4WD.

[Pyromanik]

Sounds like you missed out Tofu.
4.0's are nothing but a bit of fun.



Anyway, time for some extremely interesting stuff.
Most people haven't seen any of this since the 22nd of Feb.

https://picasaweb.google.com/RossBeckerNZ/2011April27IntoTheChristchurchRedZone

[Dr Woomanchu]

This website lets you drive through the red zone virtually. It's irritating in that you can;t look up at all, but it does give you a taste of it.

I have to drive in the redzone regularly and I can tell you images don't begin to do it justice. The smell, the relative silence, and the feel of desolation, make it always moving driving down Gloucester street

[zolteg]

Oh, and well done, yer honour....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10724906

[kilabee]

Oh, and well done, yer honour....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10724906

2nded - appropriate sentence .

[bitchimom]

Sometimes u gotta love the people who have nothing better to do than organise everyone else - we've got one of those women on our street and she's planned a garage sale this weekend... for the whole street! Works for me (kinda, timing could be better) 'cos I can just pile some stuff up out the front & wait for people to wander by.

Me n Woohoo are gonna roll out the coffee machine and provide some decent caffiene for all n sundry. No trim, no fucking decaf, just wickedly grunty C4 Stout served with full cream milk. Get it down ya.

If you're in the Somerfield neighbourhood on Saturday (8.30-11am) wander down Leitch St and say gidday

[Growler]

I'll cross town for a cuppa made by you!

[Dr Woomanchu]

Bring your station wagon and you can fill the back of it with that spare wood we have

[Growler]

..... my Subaru be dead

awaiting new engine install, I will try and grab truck otherwise.

[Codex]

we shall miss thee

My cousins wrx engine died also lol, had a buggered headgasket and was left for too long, massive crack in head now so he ordered a completely reconditioned ej20.

[Dr Woomanchu]

There's maybe half a trailer of wood on that back shed for you to take. Thats a no cage std trailer.

[Pyromanik]

..... my Subaru be dead

awaiting new engine install, I will try and grab truck otherwise.

Stink.
I told ya to get it looked at!

[Growler]

I did get it looked at, hence why it is dead. Wasn't worth fixing.

[Pyromanik]

I knew since I made that call, THAT was going to be the exact situation you were in...

... but then I was like "pfffft"






BAH!

[Ngati_Grim]

Awaiting the results of the vibroseis survey. Should be enlightening,by all accounts so far.

[Growler]

engrish please mr duck?

[Ngati_Grim]

The seismic survey ongoing at the moment will yield information pertinent to the geological structures underlying Christchurch and the nearby environs,but it is by no means a complete picture being a 'line' rather than a 'grid' which give s a greater degree of confidence in three-dimensional structures... (or 4D for that matter). There are also 'internal' mumblings about the lack of depth penetration (though that is a complicated matter and not as easy as 'upping the yield'of the seismic source.

Suffice to say it will give us some information,but not a whole lot, and is very much,in my opinion, a public relations exercise to placate public 'moanings' about lack of knowledge.

I'll keep you posted as I hear more...We have a team involved. Sadly, I'm not part of it due to Lab duties,but I will ask about outcomes etc....