12-11-2016, 04:46 AM
Gidday All, with all this white stuff I’m reading about I feel guilty that it is still 52 F tonight and even though we had showers I did manage to get the laundry dry.
Brent, I hope that Mrs Batman is practicing suitable restraint and allowing her hand to heal, and in these days of “Instant Gratification” I’m impressed that your young chap has been taught/ learnt to play the Long Game. I hope he continues to do well.
I’m not sure if the Shaky Isles don’t actually stop shaking, there have been 24 quakes in the last 12 hours, all in the weak to light categories. I haven’t felt any as they continue to be mainly concentrated around the Kaikoura Region. Those ffolkes are not having a great time, as they mainly rely on the through traffic tourist trade which isn’t going to be happening for quite some time soon. They’ve reopened one road into the town but it’s a goat track and keeps getting closed because of the fear of further slips. To make matters worse while the area has been in drought conditions for the last two years, they’ve been getting rain since the big quake!!! While the Government has said that both State Highway 1 and the Southern Main Trunk Line will be rebuilt, I’m not sure the railway will be rebuilt, as there isn’t much room along the coast.
However, to put things into perspective, while there were no reported deaths the Solomon Islanders (not a wealthy part of the world) have had a battering: and Northern Sumatra have recently had another hiding with at least 100 dead.
Enough of the doom and gloom, here’s a video of the Coastal Pacific on the now affected part of the South Island Main Trunk, in better days.
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Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them,
Cheers, the Bear.
Brent, I hope that Mrs Batman is practicing suitable restraint and allowing her hand to heal, and in these days of “Instant Gratification” I’m impressed that your young chap has been taught/ learnt to play the Long Game. I hope he continues to do well.
BATMAN Wrote:Bear have you stopped shaking down there yet?
I’m not sure if the Shaky Isles don’t actually stop shaking, there have been 24 quakes in the last 12 hours, all in the weak to light categories. I haven’t felt any as they continue to be mainly concentrated around the Kaikoura Region. Those ffolkes are not having a great time, as they mainly rely on the through traffic tourist trade which isn’t going to be happening for quite some time soon. They’ve reopened one road into the town but it’s a goat track and keeps getting closed because of the fear of further slips. To make matters worse while the area has been in drought conditions for the last two years, they’ve been getting rain since the big quake!!! While the Government has said that both State Highway 1 and the Southern Main Trunk Line will be rebuilt, I’m not sure the railway will be rebuilt, as there isn’t much room along the coast.
However, to put things into perspective, while there were no reported deaths the Solomon Islanders (not a wealthy part of the world) have had a battering: and Northern Sumatra have recently had another hiding with at least 100 dead.
Enough of the doom and gloom, here’s a video of the Coastal Pacific on the now affected part of the South Island Main Trunk, in better days.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVhCrlSd-38">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVhCrlSd-38</a><!-- m -->
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them,
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."