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Subject: new zealand quake 6.3 Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:36 pm
Global News Blog New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country New Zealand earthquake: Air traffic control operations for New Zealand are located in Christchurch, where the air traffic control building may have been damaged by Tuesday's earthquake. All international flights from New Zealand have been suspended.
An injured woman is carried to safety in Christchurch, New Zealand after at magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Tuesday, Feb. 22.
AP Photo/TV3 via Associated Press Television News .http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2011/0221/New-Zealand-earthquake-shuts-down-flights-out-of-the-country
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Subject: Re: new zealand quake 6.3 Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:51 pm
I have a work colleague stuck in Christchurch right now who was supposed to fly out today but the airport is closed.
skywatcher Senior Member
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Subject: Re: new zealand quake 6.3 Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:58 am
Wow that's some shake up
Biggles Senior Member
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Subject: Re: new zealand quake 6.3 Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:45 am
Been closely watching this unfold on msm, tragic.
Anchor Senior Member
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Subject: Re: new zealand quake 6.3 Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:10 am
Its a shocker.
I think the least we can do is focus as much love and light as we can there and let those that need it use it whichever way they can (for the best good of all that is)
Gerardgeert Member
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Subject: Re: new zealand quake 6.3 Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:59 pm
Oh my:
I got a surreal feeling, after looking at the vids. It was like a real life experience for me, evendo i never been in that kind of situation. I feld as looking at the big-screen, with all the panic envolding.
Impressive
And Sky; about the Whales, hm could be. But i thinck that they would have fled the seen, as all the animals do . And typing this now, i thought offcourse:
So looking at the vid, the dog sensed it a few seconds in advance. But there may be animals, with a stronger sense of warning (whales)?
Biggles Senior Member
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Subject: Re: new zealand quake 6.3 Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:02 pm
The thing is with whales Jerry. Am I right in thinking they navigate by their sonar?
If the truth north or maybe magnetic north is moving their radar could be off, their getting confused?
And if Stan Deyo is right and the axis is shifting well eeeek.
Gerardgeert Member
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Subject: Re: new zealand quake 6.3 Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:59 pm
Ok let's say were in a(extreme) poleshift, then the animals all over the world would go bezerk(or atleast at both of the poles).
And whales have been stranding for a long time allready. Sonar yes; U-boats seem to be a real hazzard for them, as for what ever else they are doing with sound underneath the surface.
HAARP..............Earthquake , i thinck i'am drifting off.
sky otter Senior Member
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Subject: Re: new zealand quake 6.3 Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:42 am
New Zealand Earthquake Reveals Vulnerability of Many U.S. Urban Centers Released: 2/22/2011 3:45 PM EST Source: Cornell University Expert Available
Newswise — “The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand on Feb. 22 demonstrates the vulnerability of urban centers with important lessons for the U.S.
“The earthquake was actually an aftershock associated with the 7.1 magnitude Darfield earthquake that occurred about 15 km west of Christchurch on Sept. 4, 2010. Since then, aftershocks have been occurring on the Greendale Fault, the causative fault, and progressing toward the Christchurch central business district. The relatively shallow depth of the earthquake below the city shows that even 5 to 10 seconds of strong shaking can have devastating effects.
“Some reasons for the serious damage are the many unreinforced masonry buildings in Christchurch and the occurrence of soil liquefaction throughout the city. Soil liquefaction is the transformation of saturated granular soil into a liquid-like substance from high groundwater pressures triggered by strong shaking. The soil liquefaction in Christchurch has damaged many miles of underground water mains, sewers, and electric power cables, and damaged several bridges.
“Many U.S. cities in areas vulnerable to earthquakes have many unreinforced masonry buildings, like those in Christchurch, and are founded on liquefiable soils.”
--Thomas D. O’Rourke, an expert on the impact of earthquakes on infrastructure and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University
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Subject: Re: new zealand quake 6.3 Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:42 pm
It's a bad situation, the grief that relatives are going through. It's the people that are left behind I feel that suffer the most, but having said that those that have passed probably can see them suffering and want to try to stop it and can't.