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bugsy · 02-21-2011, 08:41 PM

The main hospital in CHCH has now apparently re-opened. There is an ambulance shortage and people are driving into the downtown area to help recover injured. Reports of fatalities unconfirmed so far. Many of the structures, the iconic ones that you associate with CHCH that survived the Sept quake, have been totalled or are badly damaged, such as the Cathedral. Its been a hot summer and there were bound to be many tourists and backpackers in the (relatively) small central business district at the time. And it's the timing that is really worrrying, with it happening just after lunch rather than the middle of the night as the Sept one was.

Some of the outlying areas like Sumner (anyone who has been there can picture the cliff faces) have become "unlivable", obviously due the instability of the terrain in the area.

02-21-2011, 08:41 PM	#7
bugsy Scoring Winger Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: nz Exp:	The main hospital in CHCH has now apparently re-opened. There is an ambulance shortage and people are driving into the downtown area to help recover injured. Reports of fatalities unconfirmed so far. Many of the structures, the iconic ones that you associate with CHCH that survived the Sept quake, have been totalled or are badly damaged, such as the Cathedral. Its been a hot summer and there were bound to be many tourists and backpackers in the (relatively) small central business district at the time. And it's the timing that is really worrrying, with it happening just after lunch rather than the middle of the night as the Sept one was. Some of the outlying areas like Sumner (anyone who has been there can picture the cliff faces) have become "unlivable", obviously due the instability of the terrain in the area. Last edited by bugsy; 02-22-2011 at 12:57 AM.