(Sorry for rambling! 😛 )
A year ago today, I thought the earthquakes might be ending soon after the 7.1 we had in September 2010. Little did I know just before lunch I would be standing on the stairs with glass all around me while the city shook like it never has before.
It was a weird sensation, it was very big and we were getting told it was close, most of our parents work in the city and the fact that a lot of dust was floating over our school from the city wasn't helpful, we knew buildings had to have collapsed and we knew for a fact people were dead and we couldn't get in contact with anyone.
I only live 750 metres from school, it took me three hours to get home. I went to go get my sister from school who ended up not being there, there were constant aftershocks and ambulances flying around the streets. As I walked home another massive one shook and the car next to be was bouncing around on it's wheels side to side and everything was crashing, that's how big it was. It managed to lift a couple tonne crane off of its tracks at the port.
A year on, we still get earthquakes and they expect we will for ages to come and we're still waiting for the big 8 magnitude earthquake which will shake for 4 minutes when it goes off. One day that will happen, but hopefully it doesn't cause more lives to get lost too. I flinch everytime something cracks in the house or when a truck goes past it sound alike the roar of the rumble starting. Imagine a massive freight train flying straight past your house, the noise in intense.
With people dying from the Christchurch earthquake it's made me feel lucky and changed me. If all things went wrong and it was stronger and I was standing right next to all of the glass by the stairs, if I had of been in the city I could've got crushed and never came home, it makes you feel lucky, but still sad for the 185 who lost their lives so painfully and sadly.
RIP to all of the 185 people who lost their lives to the earthquake last year at 12:51pm on the dot when the world as we know it came crashing down, I know I will never forget the ones who lost their lives because the earthquake has scared me too.
RIP. You will never be forgotten.
For those who don't know, Christchurch had a massive earthquake and continues too have aftershocks. This earthquake caused buildings to fall, streets and footpaths liquefaction and caused 185 people to fall too. You may wonder why I posted this here, but I feel that remembering will help me deal with it. Wondering everyday if this will be the day that the next big one happens, wondering what will happen to me, friends and family, looking back on all the pictures and videos of everything happening sends shivers down my spine. Just watching people panicking and running for cover and some dying instantly or slowly isn't nice. Many of you will never know what it's like to go through these for over a year, starting in September, but even if you don't, think about the ones who lost their lives, treat your friends and family fairly, because you never know, I or anyone, even you could've been the ones who never came home if something happened like this in your city.
A year ago today, I thought the earthquakes might be ending soon after the 7.1 we had in September 2010. Little did I know just before lunch I would be standing on the stairs with glass all around me while the city shook like it never has before.
It was a weird sensation, it was very big and we were getting told it was close, most of our parents work in the city and the fact that a lot of dust was floating over our school from the city wasn't helpful, we knew buildings had to have collapsed and we knew for a fact people were dead and we couldn't get in contact with anyone.
I only live 750 metres from school, it took me three hours to get home. I went to go get my sister from school who ended up not being there, there were constant aftershocks and ambulances flying around the streets. As I walked home another massive one shook and the car next to be was bouncing around on it's wheels side to side and everything was crashing, that's how big it was. It managed to lift a couple tonne crane off of its tracks at the port.
A year on, we still get earthquakes and they expect we will for ages to come and we're still waiting for the big 8 magnitude earthquake which will shake for 4 minutes when it goes off. One day that will happen, but hopefully it doesn't cause more lives to get lost too. I flinch everytime something cracks in the house or when a truck goes past it sound alike the roar of the rumble starting. Imagine a massive freight train flying straight past your house, the noise in intense.
With people dying from the Christchurch earthquake it's made me feel lucky and changed me. If all things went wrong and it was stronger and I was standing right next to all of the glass by the stairs, if I had of been in the city I could've got crushed and never came home, it makes you feel lucky, but still sad for the 185 who lost their lives so painfully and sadly.
RIP to all of the 185 people who lost their lives to the earthquake last year at 12:51pm on the dot when the world as we know it came crashing down, I know I will never forget the ones who lost their lives because the earthquake has scared me too.
RIP. You will never be forgotten.
For those who don't know, Christchurch had a massive earthquake and continues too have aftershocks. This earthquake caused buildings to fall, streets and footpaths liquefaction and caused 185 people to fall too. You may wonder why I posted this here, but I feel that remembering will help me deal with it. Wondering everyday if this will be the day that the next big one happens, wondering what will happen to me, friends and family, looking back on all the pictures and videos of everything happening sends shivers down my spine. Just watching people panicking and running for cover and some dying instantly or slowly isn't nice. Many of you will never know what it's like to go through these for over a year, starting in September, but even if you don't, think about the ones who lost their lives, treat your friends and family fairly, because you never know, I or anyone, even you could've been the ones who never came home if something happened like this in your city.
