tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7599563605471801269..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: There And Back Again - Dennis HamleyKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-67318922205577495412016-02-16T11:07:17.749+00:002016-02-16T11:07:17.749+00:00I thought of you when I saw there'd been anoth...I thought of you when I saw there'd been another quake in NZ! Glad you and yours are ok. You certainly have some adventures.Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-70958169289201011432016-02-15T00:23:17.613+00:002016-02-15T00:23:17.613+00:00Thank you one and all. There were a few aftershock...Thank you one and all. There were a few aftershocks. The latest was in the small hours. Today is clear, hot and lovely. Everything seems fresh and innocent. But the genie is out of the bottle and it may not be over yet. Mercifully, no news of deaths or serious injury yet.<br /><br />Bill, I agree with your list of Kiwi attributes except for one. The government is a set of Tory clones, who seem to copy the worst UK depredations ten years after we find they don't work. John Key, the PM, seems generally reviled yet he still triumphs over a weak, ill-led opposition. The Labour leader is just about the least impressive person I have ever seen. Also, NZ tv is DREADFUL. If the government gets its way over the BBC and Channel 4, that's what we're in for.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003209263201885118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-22763301519799636442016-02-14T11:30:37.614+00:002016-02-14T11:30:37.614+00:00Dennis, thank you for letting us know you're o...Dennis, thank you for letting us know you're okay. What a thrill for a writer, though - given that, I hope, no serious harm was done to anyone.<br />Great blog - packed full of all kinds of interest.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-70088866490937583372016-02-14T11:27:28.099+00:002016-02-14T11:27:28.099+00:00Sorry to use a cliché, Dennis, but Wow!
I clicked...Sorry to use a cliché, Dennis, but Wow!<br /><br />I clicked the comment button to say how much I enjoyed the blog - having long been an admirer of what I perceived to be New Zealanders' mature attitudes to society, politics, culture, morality (and cricket and rugby) - and to thank you for painting such a fascinating picture of the place. But then came the Wow of an actual tremor. Together, the blog and its postscript gave a fascinating juxtaposition of the strength and the fragility of the initiatives you describe. Thanks.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-38981961352275864052016-02-14T11:15:10.073+00:002016-02-14T11:15:10.073+00:00Keep smiling you two - and fingers crossed! See u ...Keep smiling you two - and fingers crossed! See u soonxxxJan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-83995111922904042262016-02-14T03:21:43.592+00:002016-02-14T03:21:43.592+00:002.45am UK time, 3.45pm here on a clear sunny after...2.45am UK time, 3.45pm here on a clear sunny afternon. Two houre ago, with no warning, there was a sudden roar like an express train, the ground shook and then seemed to rear up underfoot, solid walls swayed and it was as if we had lost control of our lives. As sudddenly it stopped. So the momentary feeling of stark fear died away, but it has left a real 'oh, not again?' feeling. A few aftershocks but nothing serious - yet. 5.9 and just off shore. We hear it's a new fault scientists didn't know about<br /><br />So now I've had the authentic Christchurch experience. Hope it doesn't come again in the next four days.<br /><br />Here's a link to the quake which just happened, rushed out with incredible speed by Stuff. Aweaome, as they say here. Scary as...<br /><br />http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/76868658/live-57-earthquake-hits-christchurchDennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003209263201885118noreply@blogger.com