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End of days
Posted: 27 Nov 2017, 10:06
by Kwacky
Earthquakes, volcanos and tsumanis
It must be tough living the wrong side of the equator
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Re: End of days
Posted: 10 Dec 2017, 11:24
by kiwikrasher
unfortunately NZ had always been plagued by earthquakes, and one day the dice will roll the wrong way. I experienced some big ones in my time on the shaky isle, the worst one I was in the sports field at school and watched a wave rolled up the rugby field and about 80% of us fell over. My dad being a linesman was up a power pole 30 km from the epicentre and watched powerlines snap and the road open up below him, but got through it unscathed ( apart from some soiled undies!)
Re: End of days
Posted: 17 Dec 2017, 07:03
by D6
kiwikrasher wrote:unfortunately NZ had always been plagued by earthquakes, and one day the dice will roll the wrong way. I experienced some big ones in my time on the shaky isle, the worst one I was in the sports field at school and watched a wave rolled up the rugby field and about 80% of us fell over. My dad being a linesman was up a power pole 30 km from the epicentre and watched powerlines snap and the road open up below him, but got through it unscathed ( apart from some soiled undies!)
Wow thst must have been pretty terrifying
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Re: End of days
Posted: 17 Dec 2017, 07:59
by D41
Experienced my fair share of quakes....first time you're like "WTF?"...then they're almost exhilarating...EXCEPT- you know that someone, somewhere fairly close, is in a world of hurt.
Was working in Redlands a while back when we had a really decent one....my mate started running downstairs, and I'm cracking up...."Where're you going??....Are you going to outrun an earthquake??"
Was funny at the time, I suppose.
Maybe.
Re: End of days
Posted: 17 Dec 2017, 12:58
by kiwikrasher
D6 wrote:kiwikrasher wrote:unfortunately NZ had always been plagued by earthquakes, and one day the dice will roll the wrong way. I experienced some big ones in my time on the shaky isle, the worst one I was in the sports field at school and watched a wave rolled up the rugby field and about 80% of us fell over. My dad being a linesman was up a power pole 30 km from the epicentre and watched powerlines snap and the road open up below him, but got through it unscathed ( apart from some soiled undies!)
Wow thst must have been pretty terrifying
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I do remember him being pretty drunk when he got home. At school we all thought it was a bit of a laugh till we got back home to see the news and the devastation further along the coast. (this was '87 so before the web and instant knowledge of such things)