Comments on: Visiting after the Christchurch quake http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/ Giving My Child the World. Inspiring Others. Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 By: Talon Windwalker http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/#comment-55059 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:57:21 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=3890#comment-55059 In reply to Helen.

It was so surreal. I only wish you could all experience faster progression toward recovery. Another 6 years? Yikes!

]]> By: Helen http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/#comment-55043 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:06:28 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=3890#comment-55043 Hi Talon

Your article was great to read for a non-residents perspective. I live in Christchurch and have experienced all the earthquakes. We actually had 4 large events from Sept. 2010 (7.1); February 2011 (6.3); June 2011 (6.4); December 2011 (6.0) and the thousands of aftershocks in between. After the September quake we were all amazed at the damage in the city and were all quite fascinated with what mother nature could do. The shaking was intense and we couldn’t stand up and the noise was deafening listening to the house shake violently. There were no deaths as it happened at 4.35am. However, just when the city and everyone was getting back to normality the February quake struck and even though the magnitude was lower the shaking was more violent. It was only 5kms deep and based in the Port Hills very close to the city, hence why it was so damaged.

It has certainly been a long road and we don’t get many aftershocks now so things are definitely settling down. Seeing the city like a ghost town is so surreal even when you live here. Progress is quite slow when you think of what Japan went through and how fast they cleared lots of areas.

I go in to the city and document a lot of the changes that have happened. It is coming up 3 years since the Feb quake and they say there will be at least another 6 years of uncertainty. The bright side is new buildings are slowly emerging and the pop up mall which has the containers is great.

Thanks again for writing a great article.

Helen 🙂

]]> By: Talon Windwalker http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/#comment-53801 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 21:55:07 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=3890#comment-53801 In reply to Sarah Albom.

It was absolutely eerie in parts.

]]> By: Sarah Albom http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/#comment-53798 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 21:16:33 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=3890#comment-53798 We passed through the airport in mid 2011, and though we didn’t see a lot of the damage in the city there were several large cracks in the walls of the airport. I can imagine that this was only a tiny amount of the destruction, and it’s very saddening.

]]> By: Talon Windwalker http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/#comment-44513 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:47:51 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=3890#comment-44513 In reply to Marlon.

Wow! Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts. I imagine it has to be hard to constantly see the effects in the city, but I love that other things have been strengthened. That’s the small shard of beauty that sometimes comes from tragedy.

I agree it is the best education. I don’t always know how much gets absorbed, but I’ve definitely seen things in him over the last few years that tell me this was the best choice for sure.

]]> By: Talon Windwalker http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/#comment-44512 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:46:20 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=3890#comment-44512 In reply to Paul.

I can’t even imagine being there during the quake. I’ve been in a huge one before, but we were in a very rural area so I only had to deal with the actual shaking.

]]> By: Marlon http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/#comment-44103 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:14:08 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=3890#comment-44103 Very interesting and heartening to read visitors perspectives. I’ve lived in Christchurch all my 53 years and the last 3 have been challenging but fruitful. We lost our home on the east side of the city due to ground movement and liquefaction. We lived in a tent for 1 week, with friends for 2 months then rented a house for 2 years. It has taken two and a half years to settle our insurance claim. Whilst the shaking has pretty much stopped the bureaucratic nightmare goes on for many residents as they try to get their repairs or rebuilds progressed with insurance companies or EQC (Govt agency that covers the first $100k of earthquake damage). We have abandoned our section and purchased a home just outside the city.
I say the experience has been fruitful becuase human relationships have been strengthened through closer camaraderie with neighbours and friends. We in Christchurch have discovered or had it reinforced that people are far more important than things. Home is where your family is-not a structure.
Talon I admire what you have done with your son. Travel is possibly the best education anyone can experience.

]]> By: Paul http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/#comment-36908 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 05:52:44 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=3890#comment-36908 We visited Crch a couple of weeks ago. It’s hard to believe that this could happen to a city in the twenty-first century. Stay strong Christchurch

]]> By: Talon Windwalker http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/#comment-30085 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:44:30 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=3890#comment-30085 In reply to Melissa.

I can only imagine what it must’ve been like for the people who were there for it.

]]> By: Talon Windwalker http://1dad1kid.com/visiting-after-the-christchurch-quake/#comment-30084 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:44:14 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=3890#comment-30084 In reply to Dale.

I was a bit surprised we didn’t see more of the containers being used for shops and things. They were quite impressive renovations.

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