Today’s newspaper The Press is carrying an article that says that the owners of some earthquake damaged houses in the Christchurch area will receive no compensation for the drop in value of their homes. The situation is leaving some people with mortgages that are greater than the value of their homes. To add insult to…
Today’s Stuff.co.nz is carrying a NZPA article highlighting the plight of a group of Avonside residents who say that, three weeks after the Christchurch 7.1 quake, they feel abandoned by their local council who have left them without basic services. Some say they are living in third world conditions. They feel so aggrieved by the…
The Twitter community is starting to pick up on reports of the smell of sulphur in the air after this morning’s quake at Lyttelton. More to come… Update from Voxy.co.nz “A strong smell of sulphur across Christchurch’s eastern suburbs is being noticed following Saturday’s 7.1 earthquake, according to WeatherWatch.co.nz. New Brighton resident David Shone told…
Another large quake hit the Christchurch area at 7.49 this morning, it was believed to have been a 6.1 but that has now been downgraded. Twitter user are posting that major cracks have appeared in the Lyttelton tunnel – it has been closed, and that Plains FM Radio Station is being evacuated. The station broadcasts…
Links to some sites with photographs of the Christchurch quake: Twicsy.com searches for eqnz, Christchurch Flickr – The Christchurch Earthquake Crashbang.co.nz Christchurch Earthquake photos updated Sunday 5 Sept 2010 MrsGooding’s Photostream Canterbury earthquake, day 2 A Facebook group “I survived the Christchurch earthquake” has been set up and it is showing a number of photographs…
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