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Re: New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 9:17 PM UTC

snovv_crash wrote: post #77

overcast wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

It's surfer slang, elements of which have made their way into a lot of the English spoken in NZ, Oz and SA.

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Re: New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor

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Post by vixen99 » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 9:32 PM UTC

g4k wrote: post #5

Here a link to the list of recent earthquakes: http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/felt/severe

Another link: http://www.emsc-csem.org/. Initially showing a map of Europe, it provides however, a global list with location and intensity in tabular form.

Re: New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor

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Post by digi_owl » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 9:44 PM UTC

dmix wrote: post #67

idlewords wrote: post #24

Description on Twitter: "The shaking went on for ages, longest quake I've felt. It was like waiting for a Verge article to finish loading." https://twitter.com/thefoehesought/status/797814348672421888

Brilliant, too bad he didn't say Forbes. That would be more accurate.

Meh, forbes is more a problem with those pesky pre-load screens. The Verge site is a massive heap of dung even after loading. I swear every image is loaded as RAWs and then converted via JS into something edible by the browser, or some other "hipster artistry".

Re: New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor

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Post by frio » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

rabboRubble wrote: post #43

zoltrain wrote: post #33

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I'm pretty sure Civil Defence announced it's been contaminated. I would get bottled water, and get away from the coast if you're anywhere near there, or get to high ground. If you have no other option, go to a building with reinforced concrete that's high such as a parking lot. The Tsunami warning is issued to as far as wellington, and all of the cook straight.

If you are getting bottled water after an earthquake, you are already f*cked. Have water on hand beforehand! It's not like bottles of water aren't for sale everywhere.

Yes, absolutely agreed. Last night's quake exposed my flat's somewhat chronic lack of preparation. I'll be visiting the supermarket tonight and ensuring our insurance policies are up to date, as I imagine much of Chch will be.

We've got a small collection of life straws/survival supplies for tramping, which is good, but they're in a part of the house that'd be inaccessible in a major event :/.

Re: New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor

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Post by disordinary » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

slyall wrote: post #80

snovv_crash wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's surfer slang, elements of which have made their way into a lot of the English spoken in NZ, Oz and SA.

He is quoting the movie "Back to the Future" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/quotes?item=qt0416301

It doesn't matter, it's not appropriate when people are trapped under collapsed buildings and are dead.

Re: New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor

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Post by frio » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 9:53 PM UTC

tcheard wrote: post #84

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #37

Does anybody know the status of RocketLab's facilities [1]? [1] https://rocketlabusa.com/rocket-lab-launch-complex-1-ready-f...

Oh those are well up the North Island, they probably didn't even feel it there. Or if they did, it would have been very mild.

They do have employees in the South Island too (mainly Christchurch), and were looking at Birdling's Flat as a launch site. However, I imagine anyone involved in the South will also be fine -- Christchurch rolled around but didn't suffer much damage.

Re: New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor

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Post by rmtew » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 9:59 PM UTC

xupybd wrote: post #76

Anyone know what the lights were about? http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/strange-lights-during-earthq... or is it a hoax. I'm in Palmerston North a long way away, but that was the biggest quake I've felt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_light

Re: New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor

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Post by disordinary » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 10:00 PM UTC

idlewords wrote: post #59

EdwardDiego wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It wasn't liquefaction that killed people though. That is what removed a large portion of the housing stock in the east, however.

You're completely right. Earthquake codes save lives, but in liquefaction zones, the structures may be unlivable afterwards even if they're completely intact.

The point of earthquake codes is not that the buildings are livable in afterwards, in fact in Christchurch something like 30% of all buildings had to be demolished. The point is that they stay up long enough for rescuers to get in, and if they do collapse they collapse with survival cells rather than pancake. In Christchurch the buildings performed very well with exception of the CTV building which pancaked. Although I know that a few buildings were only seconds away from collapsing so we were very lucky.

Re: New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor

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Post by disordinary » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 10:02 PM UTC

reddytowns wrote: post #9

So the tsunami was 1 foot Hawaian style. Doesn't seem too big...

The tsunami risk was low because it was an inland quake, however they enacted a tsunami evacuation as a precaution. Would you rather they take a risk?

Re: New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor

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Post by porges » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 10:38 PM UTC

rav wrote: post #12

Unfortunately the "Latest Felt Quakes Map" at http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/geonet doesn't work because the website has exceeded 25,000 map loads in a day.

That page is just an inferior version of the source: https://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/felt