23Crate.......

[forbigpicture]

Hope you weren't affected by the earthquake......

 

[23crate]

thanks for the thought Forbigpicture..

telling you for sure ,, to be woken just after midnight, to the sound of 4 or 5 locomotives (dam big ones at that !) apparently passing just outside my bedroom window while thundering down the roughest virtually impassable dirt track which is filled with corrugations about 3 feet deep not forgetting the bass drum section from the worlds best orchestras..comes pretty close.. just when I thought oh its slowing up ,, it suddenly got worse..

word was two spate earthquakes almost at the same time --rather extraordinary..-- it lifted the sea floor about 6 feet , and shifted one area around 6 feet north as well.. luckily for us we were some distance away !!!!
( the coupe wasn't damaged !! )

heres a couple of pictures a bit closer to the main event

 

[23crate]

heres a couple more..

this was a beautiful drive ... be some time before its repaired too...

guys not sure how much you've seen over there ,, happy to post more if you are interested..

its almost therapeutic, seriously mindboggling too im a little awestruck... gotta love nature..

 

[smallfoot]

Glad to hear you're ok Crate! Some serious movement going on there. The one that really hits home is that RR track shifted like it is....

 

[dutch]

glad you`re ok!
man what a mess... Looks like you need to redesign the coupe.
Excavator chassis comes to mind [S

 

[forbigpicture]

Glad to hear you got through it ok.... yea, mother nature will not
be controlled......

 

[Old Iron]

Glad you're OK.
That outside corner of the highway will take some time to get the debris removed.

 

[lowbudget50]

Wow! Glad you guys are ok! My step moms family is from new Zealand. They are on the north island, but Ill have to let her know bout this. Thanks for sharing

 

[23crate]

thanks guys...

heres a bit more local info -this link -

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/864...erbury-earthquake?cid=facebook.post.86478774/

this guys log cabin was pretty close to one epicentre...

if you scroll down theres a couple more articles... quite like lobster...[ddd

 

[I-R-POPS]

Glad you're safe Brother. Nothing like mother nature to make you feel small and show you who is in control..

 

[kenny c]

Glad you're safe. Been wondering about members down there.

 

[DozerII]

Glad your okay over there. That some nasty damage

 

[23crate]

thanks for your thoughts guys..!!

generally we just felt the motion , and to be honest (as I heard a while back)

the color of adrenaline is ... brown not literal in my case....

however 2 souls lost lives . while that was incredibly minimal those folk had families and will be missed... still sad

livelihoods lost etc .. today ive had a couple of phone calls from customers down that way , they are quite stoic, one guy right in the thick of it saying..
"well, now its just another earthquake, we just keep going as long as nothing falls of the roof were used to them now"
(talking of aftershocks)

heres a vid of the main event taken our capital.

https://www.facebook.com/titancranesnz/videos/412457295544766/

thanks
Alex

 

[bob w]

When you can't trust the earth to remain under your feet, that's quite unsettling. Sure glad you are okay.