tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622429172824216543.post2545822312467841035..comments2023-07-08T05:42:03.045-07:00Comments on Glitz Art Glass: Travelling SouthLesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099673748592697178noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622429172824216543.post-85470412574303068652010-09-29T20:46:01.500-07:002010-09-29T20:46:01.500-07:00Hi Kim and Lyndy,
How lovely it is to be home aga...Hi Kim and Lyndy, <br />How lovely it is to be home again - that trip was rather like an obstacle course, or maybe a game of Snakes and Ladders - so good and so bad! More of that later though.<br />Kim, my family are OK, though the aftershocks are still ongoing which is very tiring for everyone there. Every time there is movement they wonder if this is another big one. There was another 4.5 quake this morning, but no reports of damage so far - but how would you tell, I wonder?<br />Lyndy, the shop is the old Convent Fruit & Veg Shop - where I had my very first after school job. The whole building is gone, and I see just yesterday that one of the buildings in that photo (the blue one) is being demolished as it must have been damaged beyond repair. Landy Street and the surrounding area is just an awful mess, with grey silt everywhere and houses on a lean, if not actually broken.<br />Houses that are occupiable must display a green form, houses that can be entered for removing possessions but are still condemned display a yellow form, and those that are condemned and unsafe to enter display a red form. I found myself anxiously looking into windows to see what was displayed.<br />So many houses around our old stomping grounds are destroyed, with the roads a jumble of drains thrown up into the air. Avonside Drive just round the corner from Banks Avenue School is just like a war zone. All along the river, through Evelyn Cousins Ave, and that whole area, St Pauls School/ Locksley Ave/ Landy Street and all around there, and Fleete Street, Birchfield Ave, Mundys Road...it just goes on and on. <br />I just don't see how the area can recover or ever be built on again?<br />I will admit to a wry smile at your comment - we do feel that we may have been a jinx for a while there. The Southland storms were certainly fierce and damaging, and the collapse of Stadium Southland is a real loss for the community. <br />We drove in through the blizzard past poor newborn lambs shivering and helpless. Surely there has to be some way of protecting these animals? Events like this happen somewhere, though not this severely, almost every year.<br />It makes me realise what a luxury it is to be safe and warm in our home!Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099673748592697178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622429172824216543.post-55179971641465084762010-09-25T01:49:23.908-07:002010-09-25T01:49:23.908-07:00Hi Les hope all is going well. Is the shop Aysgart...Hi Les hope all is going well. Is the shop Aysgarths? I can't quite picture where this is as the other buildings are new. So sorry to hear about your old home. Hope things are taking the turn for the better for you, what with the Southland Stadium roof collapsing as well, you must think you have a jinx. Just give us a little warning before you come to Wellington and we will make sure we are prepared for all natural disasters. Lots of love and hugs LStitchbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402566991992456876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622429172824216543.post-1340906356385444912010-09-13T13:08:20.019-07:002010-09-13T13:08:20.019-07:00Oh Lesley, what a horrible experience for you, but...Oh Lesley, what a horrible experience for you, but I hope you found your family coping okay. I did not know about this liquifaction thing. It sounds horrible, truly horrible. And over 500 aftershocks! How are these people doing it? How are they focusing? I suppose you are asking yourself the same question. I can surely imagine they would breakdown when asked. They are probably robotic. Oh, how these people are going to need to talk to get all of this out...it will take years of talk. I truly can't begin to imagine and wonder how the city can be rebuilt if this ground is so completely unstable now? <br /><br />Thank you for updating us. I have been wondering and wondering as we are not getting a lot of news here or from the UK papers I read. I am thinking of you and of all the people of NZ.Andrea and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337904921232330088noreply@blogger.com