Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand...

[SixSidedCube]

Ok, first of all, IS EVERYONE O.K?!?!

I heard there were a few close calls, and some very badly injured people, and I was hoping that noone from here was one of them.

Man, I have been in 3 earthquakes, and ALL of them, I slept through... (dammit)

 

[Joker]

Any deathcount yet? And I'm terribly sorry.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

I had a dream about an earthquake last night. I freaked out when I heard about it on the news this morning O_o

 

[SixSidedCube]

Any deathcount yet? And I'm terribly sorry.

No, there has been no deathcount, and hopefully, there will not BE any...

I used to live in Christchurch too.... eeekk

 

[angelu1125]

will there be school tommorow around that area?

 

[SixSidedCube]

will there be school tommorow around that area?

No, not according to 3 News anyway...

 

[Lorken]

While this is a sad occurrence, I believe that 9 people dying in a plane crash at Fox Glacier is not getting the attention and sympathy as it should because of this volcano, that has not yet taken a live (hopefully won't) as long as nobody does anything stupid.

 

[Carrot]

Dene lives in Christchurch, but he was in Melbourne during the earthquakes and afterquakes..

 

[Faz]

I wonder if Dene's flight was delayed or cancelled.

 

[r_517]

i heard that 2 people injured in the accident. nobody died

the airport was closed. i think Dene's flight was cancelled

 

[Lorken]

Dene lives in Christchurch?
How come he's coming all the way up to Waikato for the comp on the 25th? I thought he would be living nearby to come.

 

[Faz]

Dene lives in Christchurch?
How come he's coming all the way up to Melbourne summer, winter, and Nationals for a comp on the 4/5th? I thought he would be living nearby to come.

 

[RCTACameron]

Dene lives in Christchurch?
How come he's coming all the way up to Waikato for the comp on the 25th? I thought he would be living nearby to come.

Dene comes to Melbourne for competitions, so I think he would be prepared to go the Waikato. But, I hope Dene will be okay, and that the earthquake hasn't affected him badly.

EDIT: What Faz said.

 

[SixSidedCube]

Dene lives in Christchurch?
How come he's coming all the way up to Waikato for the comp on the 25th? I thought he would be living nearby to come.

And he is also a WCA delegate thingy, so he sort of NEEDS to be there.

 

[Sakarie]

While this is a sad occurrence, I believe that 9 people dying in a plane crash at Fox Glacier is not getting the attention and sympathy as it should because of this volcano, that has not yet taken a live (hopefully won't) as long as nobody does anything stupid.

And the 3000 people dying in car crashes every day? Why would a plane crash be more sad?

 

[PhillipEspinoza]

Dene lives in Christchurch?
How come he's coming to competitions in California like Berkeley, San Diego Open, and San Francisco Open? I thought he would live nearby to come.

on-topic: Call me an ass if you will, but am I the only one that finds it ironic that this happened in a place called Christchurch?

 

[shelley]

He's even been to a couple of east coast competitions in the US. Clearly he must live everywhere. Like Takao.

Dene, I hope your family is okay and you can get everything back on track soon.

 

[oprah62]

I wish all the best for anyoen this may have affected.

 

[Dene]

Yes well fortunately New Zealand is not a third world country so we have the actions in place to deal with things like this. No deaths directly caused by the earthquake. Apparently some dude died from a heart attack. Some damage around the place, mainly old crappy buildings anyway. My grannys house got done pretty bad (old and crappy). The only real problem is that water has to be boiled before you can drink it. And even then it still tastes a bit funny.

There are still after shocks going btw. I have already felt two quite reasonable ones.

 

[tx789]

It was all over the news here in New Zealand. One man died of a heart attack. Apparently