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Public Address 09/09/10 - file from Christchurch

Public Address 09/09/10 - Emma Hart and David Haywood file from Christchurch


Refugee Status | Sep 08, 2010 22:28
David Haywood from Christchurch
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake, as we discovered on Saturday morning, sounds rather like a thousand empty wheelie bins being trundled over cobble-stones. We'd had difficulty getting our three-year-old son to sleep the night before. Several books (one novel-length) had been read aloud by my wife; soporific ukulele music had been...
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Day Five | Sep 08, 2010 12:55
Emma Hart is all sweary again.
I wasn't actually asleep when it hit. I was probably fretting over some stuff I can't remember now and which certainly doesn't matter any more. I've been in a few minor earthquakes before. They're quite fun. It was a couple of very long seconds before I realised this wasn't one,...
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