Earthquake Photos

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I thought I would start up a page on the forum of members photos of the recent Canterbury Earthquake.
Here is a scene in my front room.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Michael]

It now reads "twenty five past one",beautuful old clock,can see the pendulum too,will you restore it?

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

will you restore it?

Yes.
I picked it up, replaced the pendulum, and put it back where it was and wound it up and it went for about 5 minutes then stopped. Luckily it was just the glass frontage over the face that broke. Can be replaced.
If it dosen't go, i'll just leave it as such as a momento that was near enough to the time that the initial earthquake struck.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Michael]

Sometimes it can get out of balance,ie the fulcom otherwise out of my depth i think is offside to the escape wheel,presume its like that.Anyhow still a nice clock.

[gllitz]

Insurance might help repair/replace it??

[Michael]

rather repair it than replace it with a mickymouse clock from the warehouse other words put batteries in it the second hand goes around also powers the pendulum and has a tandem difital display and it beeps rather than strikes or chimes i

Insurance might help repair/replace it??

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Insurance might help repair/replace it??

Yes. It is one of the options but I'm not really worried about it.
I just put it back to where it was before the quake.


JohnGaul
NZThS

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Here are some more photos of the devastation damage that occured around here.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Richard]

Gees , how did the hammer get like that??

[Michael]

At least the weatherbooks arnt damaged.
the hammer must have been between somewhere rather solid.

[Dale]

Hmm at the hammer.. so thats how the clock got broken

[Storm Struck]

Haha hmm ill go around and smash things so i can claim them under insurance, ohh bugger the hammer is stuffed too .

I wonder how many people actually did this, alot of people who maybe had little damage in thier homes and had items they hated.
I wouldnt do that we had enough damage in our home as it was, some valuable things like my nana's crystal glasses and crockery varse.

[Michael]

It would serve those people mentioned here they have to have proof of the items.Better still they dont get the full value.

Haha hmm ill go around and smash things so i can claim them under insurance, ohh bugger the hammer is stuffed too .

I wonder how many people actually did this, alot of people who maybe had little damage in thier homes and had items they hated.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Gees , how did the hammer get like that??

I found it under a pile of heavy green firewood that I had stacked in the garage. The pile fell over in the earthquake.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Storm Struck]

Gees , how did the hammer get like that??

I found it under a pile of heavy green firewood that I had stacked in the garage. The pile fell over in the earthquake.

JohnGaul
NZThS

So did the wood get hammered or did the hammer .

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

C'mon. Some more earthquake photos please rather than silly comments.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[GSVNoFixedAbode]

We were staying in the Riccarton / Ilam area for the weekend (timing!!) and the only major damage evident at the time were fallen chimneys, and the 2 Nave peaks from St. Peters at Church Cnr. Oddly, ALL the headstones in the attached cemetery were fine: something to do with E/W layout vs N/S lateral movement perhaps?

[03Stormchaser]

Ive posted my pics here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 7e94e21a88

[Dale]

Is that 2nd photo for real?
It looks like a B-52 just let loose on the place.. O.O

[03Stormchaser]

As real as the earthquake!
Some good photos here aswell:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzdave/gal ... 881142840/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzdave/gal ... 756556225/

[trickytiger]

Some photo's me and my mates took on the quake day when we went up to christchurch: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 1012486755

Mainly of Burwood, didn't want to go everywhere taking photo's when people were still getting over the ride.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Here is a photo of the new Greendale to Rolleston fault as it crosses a road near to where the railway lines twisted about 2 Kms west of Rolleston.
I live about 3kms ENE of there.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Skywatcher]

Here is a photo of the new Greendale to Rolleston fault as it crosses a road near to where the railway lines twisted about 2 Kms west of Rolleston.

I think that's Kerrs Road. Here's a couple of shots of the Wards Rd/Sandy Knolls Rd intersection which is on the same line of damage 2.5 km west.

[spwill]

I visited my friend in Burwood early in the week, he was told a crack (photo) running through his backyard and other local properties was a Fault. They had major Liquefaction in his area and many houses have damage, some are unlivable.

[MTN]

Here is a photo of the new Greendale to Rolleston fault as it crosses a road near to where the railway lines twisted about 2 Kms west of Rolleston.

I think that's Kerrs Road. Here's a couple of shots of the Wards Rd/Sandy Knolls Rd intersection which is on the same line of damage 2.5 km west.

I live 500 meters down the road from that westwards