areweindisneyyet
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 11, 2010
To all our disboards friends across the ditch, I hope this finds you all safe along with all of those who you love and care about. Love thoughts and huge hugs being sent.
The West Island is thinking of you...
Thankyou all for your messages. We work in Christchurch. My husband was in the CBD when the quake struck ( I was working out at the Airport). Just a terrifying experience. I don't know how Christchurch will ever recover.
We are at home today ( work and schood closed) but feel so helpless.
We are in Wellington, the N.Z. city that has always been expected to be the one (and still might I guess) to be hit by a big earthquake and suffer the kind of devastation that Christchurch has had. For years we have been drilled to be prepared with our earthquake survival kits and earthquake plans. Our children regularly have earthquake drills at school and we do them at home too, mainly to simulate one in the night time. We all lie on our beds and then DH and I yell "Quake, Quake" at the top of our lungs so the girls jump out of bed and run to brace themselves in their door frames. Therefore it seems so surreal that it is Christchurch that has been hit by this tragedy and we are so terribly sorry for them.
My sister and her family live there and thank God they are all safe but this time their house is badly damaged. So they are currently on route to us and will be departing on the Picton to Wellington ferry in about 10 minutes. They (2 adults, 3 children, their dog and their cat) will arrive here at 1.30 am and get to us about 2 am. My sister is terrified of boats but is desparate to leave Christchurch so is getting on it. I will just be so relieved to see and hug them
We are in Wellington, the N.Z. city that has always been expected to be the one (and still might I guess) to be hit by a big earthquake and suffer the kind of devastation that Christchurch has had. For years we have been drilled to be prepared with our earthquake survival kits and earthquake plans. Our children regularly have earthquake drills at school and we do them at home too, mainly to simulate one in the night time. We all lie on our beds and then DH and I yell "Quake, Quake" at the top of our lungs so the girls jump out of bed and run to brace themselves in their door frames. Therefore it seems so surreal that it is Christchurch that has been hit by this tragedy and we are so terribly sorry for them.