Boonoo Boonoo River, New South Wales Superthread

[Axver]

By the looks of NZ Herald and Stuff, no serious damage reported yet, though maybe a bit around Cheviot. And power's down on the Kapiti Coast, because of course it is.

 

[coolian2]

Oh my god they're big and going north. It is the alpine fault.

 

[Axver]

This seems like an appropriate time to listen to "Two Minutes of Silence", one of the unreleased Crowded House tracks, recorded in the wake of the big one in Christchurch.

 

[coolian2]

I have never been this scared before.

 

[Axver]

Oh my god they're big and going north. It is the alpine fault.

Sounds like a 5.4 near Levin to add to the 6.6 near Hamner?

But I haven't seen mention of any others yet. You feeling more?

 

[coolian2]

Sounds like a 5.4 near Levin to add to the 6.6 near Hamner?

But I haven't seen mention of any others yet. You feeling more?

Geonet is reporting 5+ at Taupo.

Can you get on messenger?

 

[Axver]

Ah, hadn't seen that.

Yep, on there!

 

[coolian2]

I wish I was overreacting, but I'm legitimately scared.

 

[Axver]

Fucking hell New Zealand, you're better in one piece.

 

[coolian2]

Shit tsunami warning.

This is not a good night.

 

[coolian2]

Shit tsunami warning.

This is not a good night.

 

[Axver]

You're going to keep me up with worry, NZ.

 

[coolian2]

I'm not sleeping until this is over

 

[Axver]

Nor am I. This is crazy. Geonet's Twitter just keeps updating with new shocks.

 

[coolian2]

I'm actually scared.

 

[Axver]

Not sure how I'm meant to get to bed. Worrying there's nothing coming out of Kaikoura as of yet.

 

[coolian2]

Tonight went to hell in a handbasket

 

[Axver]

God I hope this tsunami proves to be not much. Worrying to see the tidal charts though.

I'm getting bloody tired but can't sleep yet.

 

[coolian2]

I hate tonight

 

[Axver]

I can't avoid sleep any longer. I better bloody wake up to find nothing serious has happened, and that places like Kaikoura and Cheviot don't have fatalities from the original big shock.

 

[coolian2]

Helicopters, planes in and out of Whenuapai. This is not going to be a quiet one.

 

[coolian2]

Every single time I refresh Twitter, it's another one.

 

[coolian2]

The hospital still wants me in TODAY.

This is a tad alarming.

 

[Axver]

Hope you're alright man.

By the way, as your policy advisor, here's your second policy: no more bloody earthquakes!

 

[coolian2]

I'm running for local board, not God

 

[Axver]

Time to raise your ambitions, mate.

 

[coolian2]

Actually, now you mention it...

 

[coolian2]

Christ, the house is effectively swaying consistently.

 

[coolian2]

Well fuck I felt that 5.7

 

[coolian2]

Or it may have been the 5.8 that happened seconds later