Earthquake Christchurch 6.3…..No Way….Not Again!!
Yes way!!
The unimaginable has happened to our lovely city of Christchurch.
Homes and people are in ruins! Businesses have taken the full impact this time in the CBD and it will take us quite some time to get back on track….but we will! Water is out in 80% of homes and power is out in 25% of homes also. The implication of this is that people are not permitted to flush toilets or have showers which as you can imagine, is very hard on everyone and this looks to be what we will have to endure for weeks at least. Simple washing of food and hands in safe water, is becoming very important to avoid stomach upsets and diarrhea, as with limited toilet facilities no one needs to be dealing with that at the moment. All schools and many businesses are closed and will remain so until next week at the earliest. Until water and power services are restored to the city it will remain closed. We are getting very good assistance from Police, Civil Defence, Council and Emergency services and volunteers. Everyone is working hard to do what they can to help. There are young university students volunteering their time to dig out streets covered with liquefaction and sewerage to allow the clean up by councils to be hurried up. This is the spirit of Cantabrians and we will rise again.
So please remember us today when you are going off to bed around the world because the one thing most of us would love is just one good nights sleep with no aftershocks to wake us and have us bolting for the door-frame. Keep us in your thoughts and pray for us.
Take care Christchurch…you guys are so brave and strong…bless you all over the next few months!
