1996 Documentary Warned About Christchurch’s Earthquake Risks

In 1996 a TV documentary warned about the dangers of an earthquake in Christchurch, many of its predictions has since been proved correct. At the time this video would have been dismissed as scaremongering. Please read this blog entry in conjunction with another we wrote in December 2010 headlined “Christchurch earthquakes warned about as far…

“Why Didn’t The American’s Help With The Quake?”

Today’s blog follows on from our previous  blog entry about American USR teams being mocked and insulted as they left Christchurch airport, it may go some way to explaining why the teams were (unjustly) criticised and harangued. This is a discussion Cantabrians held in which some people criticised the American military stationed in Christchurch for…