NZ earthquake

All well with my sister and her family in Christchurch, though nobody got much sleep after the quake woke them up. The worst damage is to the infrastructure, specially the roads and the railway along the Coast is, by all accounts,wrecked. Hanmer, a lovely spa resort of which I have many happy memories.

My family in Christchurch were taking no chances and went to sleep in the car. Power was down, but their phones were working. We kept in touch throughout the night, (our day), because they didn't want to go to sleep. Another branch of the family live near the coast and considered going inland with the dog. I'm waiting for an update today.

Really hope all well with NZ families. I have happy memories of Wellington as well as in South island. I was struck by all the notices on staff notice boards about what to do in case of earthquake. Very matter of fact like our own fire procedure notices that we take so much for granted.

DS2, Wellington, seafront abode "it woke me up but not enough to do anything about a tsunami". I'm assuming the sirens did not go off. (little dear!)
Kairoura on S Island cut off by landslide and huge cracks in highway. Lots of places in NZ only have one road in/out. Including the capital... There is one back lane out of Wellington if you know how to find it but it really is a tiny winding country road.

What horrible times for our kiwi cousins