Lina
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone, Have mostly been lucking over the last few months but lots has been happening so I thought I would share, For those that don't know I live in New Zealand at the bottom of the world :joy: It's a great place to be but mother nature has been unleased on my country over the last couple of weeks 
10 days ago an 7.1 earthquake hit beautiful Christchurch the largest city in the South Island, (I live 6 hours drive south of Christchurch) It stuck an 4.35am and if it had been during the day people would have been killed, As it was only 2 people were badly injured and many others with minor injuries. My daughter was awake and felt it but hubby and I slept through it. Thousands of people have had their homes damaged, some beyond repair. I have aunts, uncles and cousins living there and one cousin still has no sewage and has a porta loo outside her house but she sleeps elsewhere as she can't send her kids out there in the middle of night to go to the toilet. So far $4billion in damages and 60,000 homes still be checked to make sure they are safe. Thousands still are staying with family and friends till they know about their homes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npqx3WmNkv4
This is footage of some of the damage, its the best I can find but its on face book so I guess you will need to log in to see it.
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/vid ... 573&ref=mf
And this last weekend all over New Zealand a huge storm hit. The North Island has been stuck by floods and gales but us in the South have been covered by snow, the biggest dump in 50 years, Invercargill is the small city I live near too, and we have lost our wonderful indoor stadium by the weight of wet snow on its roof and a few other business as well have had their roofs collapse.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/ ... now-coming
The snow is mostly gone for the moment but more is forecasted over the next couple of days. The farmers have been stuck the hardest as they are in the middle of lambing and thousands of new born lambs have died and the clean up over the next few days will be heart breaking for them.
On a happier note, my son is getting married this coming weekend, ( I sure hope it warms up a bit ) His stag party on Saturday changed from Plan A to plan B to plan C as business closed as well as roads. His friends dressed him up in pink and gave him challenges to do, such as singing at the local supermarket and on the street dressed in his lovely pink. Lol. They ended up at our place and had a snowball fight across the road and then took the sleds and got permission to go on a friends farm to sled down some hills, they may do Plan A after the wedding and honeymoon which was to go paintball shooting.
Back yard
Front yard
Jellybean after a while decided snow was fun
Went for a walk when there was a break in the weather
Stopped at my sisters place and got an action shot of my niece in just her Tshirt moving snow of the gutters
My son the stag lol
At least you could see him in the snow
10 days ago an 7.1 earthquake hit beautiful Christchurch the largest city in the South Island, (I live 6 hours drive south of Christchurch) It stuck an 4.35am and if it had been during the day people would have been killed, As it was only 2 people were badly injured and many others with minor injuries. My daughter was awake and felt it but hubby and I slept through it. Thousands of people have had their homes damaged, some beyond repair. I have aunts, uncles and cousins living there and one cousin still has no sewage and has a porta loo outside her house but she sleeps elsewhere as she can't send her kids out there in the middle of night to go to the toilet. So far $4billion in damages and 60,000 homes still be checked to make sure they are safe. Thousands still are staying with family and friends till they know about their homes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npqx3WmNkv4
This is footage of some of the damage, its the best I can find but its on face book so I guess you will need to log in to see it.
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/vid ... 573&ref=mf
And this last weekend all over New Zealand a huge storm hit. The North Island has been stuck by floods and gales but us in the South have been covered by snow, the biggest dump in 50 years, Invercargill is the small city I live near too, and we have lost our wonderful indoor stadium by the weight of wet snow on its roof and a few other business as well have had their roofs collapse.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/ ... now-coming
The snow is mostly gone for the moment but more is forecasted over the next couple of days. The farmers have been stuck the hardest as they are in the middle of lambing and thousands of new born lambs have died and the clean up over the next few days will be heart breaking for them.
On a happier note, my son is getting married this coming weekend, ( I sure hope it warms up a bit ) His stag party on Saturday changed from Plan A to plan B to plan C as business closed as well as roads. His friends dressed him up in pink and gave him challenges to do, such as singing at the local supermarket and on the street dressed in his lovely pink. Lol. They ended up at our place and had a snowball fight across the road and then took the sleds and got permission to go on a friends farm to sled down some hills, they may do Plan A after the wedding and honeymoon which was to go paintball shooting.
Back yard
Front yard
Jellybean after a while decided snow was fun
Went for a walk when there was a break in the weather
Stopped at my sisters place and got an action shot of my niece in just her Tshirt moving snow of the gutters
My son the stag lol
At least you could see him in the snow
