Following on from yesterday’s post Christchurch Quake a Tale of Three Cities – More Help Needed in Eastern Suburbs we’d like to continue to raise awareness of the plight of the people of eastern Christchurch. Orion power company said this morning that New Brighton residents will start getting electricity supplies back from tonight, nine days after the quake. According…
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…
We’ve found a very useful Environment Canterbury document “Solid Facts on Liquefaction in Christchurch” It details areas of Christchurch that have high, moderate and low liquefaction potential, explains what liquefaction is, how it is caused and the effects it has. We think it may have been written before the 4 September Quake because it seems…
The NZ Herald is today reporting that a whole street of damaged properties in the suburb of Bexley will have to be demolished after the land beneath them liquefied in during the magnitude 7.1 quake that hit the Christchurch area on 4 Sept 2010. Seabreeze Close, in the suburb of Bexley, yesterday had four diggers…
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