# ...New earthquake hits Christchurch, NZ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174 "2011-02-22T01:26:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/21 "2011-02-22T02:49:22Z")
Very good live streaming here —\> [http://www.news.com.au/](http://www.news.com.au/) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/22 "2011-02-22T03:01:31Z")
Watching. Thanks, **Duckster**. Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/23 "2011-02-22T03:09:06Z")
If I may, here’s a quote from **Duckster’s** link: “Mate, this is chaos … it’s incredible … I’m in the middle of town now … This time people have been killed … I have just been ordered off the scene of one collapsed building where the police told me there were dead people underneath … Police got very upset when I started taking photos of this building … they ran over and said here was a dead person under there … There is a fire in a building at the corner of Armagh and Hereford Sts and they have helicopters going over with monsoon buckets … the Hotel Grand Chancellor, a 24 level building completed in 1990 – one corner of it appears to have collapsed … It’s one of the tallest buildings in Christchurch. It will have to come down … Going around, any brick building that survived the last one is rooted.” Read more: [http://www.news.com.au/world/quake-aftershock-hits-christchurch/story-e6frfkyi-1226009960218#ixzz1EeZexfjM](http://www.news.com.au/world/quake-aftershock-hits-christchurch/story-e6frfkyi-1226009960218#ixzz1EeZexfjM) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/24 "2011-02-22T03:16:51Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > \*\*Ritter \*\*and \*\*DavidNZ \*\*were resident in Chch during and after the September quake. Anyone know of others? These two have been in my prayers from the first quake. Dear God, please protect them. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/25 "2011-02-22T03:26:34Z")
**Ann** , I know if and when they can they’ll let us know they’re okay. God look after your friends! Q ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/26 "2011-02-22T03:32:02Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > **Ann** , > > I know if and when they can they’ll let us know they’re okay. God look after your friends! > > Q Our friends. This is one big (mostly) happy family. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/27 "2011-02-22T03:54:32Z")
And a worried one as well, **Ann**. I believe our friends will know we are thinking of them and will get through as soon as they can. **Icewolf** is my closest friend in NZ, and I believe she isn’t in any danger, but as long as our other Kiwi friends are at risk, I’m gonna be right here. My heart is with _everyone_ affected by this tragedy, of course, but since you/we have interacted with **Ritter** and **DavidNZ** , it gives us a kind of focus. Q PS: I am still on **Duckster’s** link. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/28 "2011-02-22T04:30:39Z")
**Gleena** , have you heard anything? Some hotels are down, but they can’t tell the numbers of people because guests were probably out either doing business or sightseeing. If your FIL is on a coach tour, he should be ok. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/29 "2011-02-22T04:30:41Z")
News! FIL is still in Aukland. They were meant to fly today, not yesterday like we all thought, the itenerary that my husband’s sisters had was an older one. I feel like I can breathe again. ETA: Not at airport, either - keep getting new e-mails from my husband. Short version, he’s not there. Whew! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/30 "2011-02-22T04:49:05Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > Whew! Whew indeed! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/31 "2011-02-22T04:56:56Z")
**Gleena**! That’s great news! I can already imagine the scene when y’all see each other! You’ll have to be _peeled_ off! 🙂 Seriously, though, that is very good news, indeed.🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/32 "2011-02-22T05:03:29Z")
Oh Gleena, that’s good news. So sorry for all the folks there where the quake hit. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/33 "2011-02-22T05:16:26Z")
Seventeen confirmed dead so far. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/34 "2011-02-22T05:22:54Z")
The confirmed deaths are now at 65. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/35 "2011-02-22T05:24:10Z")
Did that guy just say the death toll has been confirmed as 65 so far? It’s only minutes since they said 17. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/36 "2011-02-22T05:26:11Z")
Oh, **kammie**. Now it is 65 people, and they’re expecting that number to increase! It is hard to know what to say, but if it takes some money to help, then what I have I will send. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/37 "2011-02-22T05:26:32Z")
Skynews says 65. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/38 "2011-02-22T05:35:21Z")
It went to 65 from 17 in just a few minutes for fuck’s sake. What on earth are the next few _hours_ going to bring for these poor people? I’m trying to work here, but I can’t stop choking up on the phone. Stay as safe as you can NZedders. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/39 "2011-02-22T05:43:04Z")
Watching the live feed on the News, and Channel 7 News are talking to someone actually trapped in one of the buildings, in the dark, unable to move. Unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174/40 "2011-02-22T05:44:43Z")
Sorry, but the foreign minister is speaking about **Lybia** when there are people _dying_? Come on! Let’s set some priorities. godammit! Q [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-earthquake-hits-christchurch-nz/572174.md?page=3)