timmmay: Reported as 6.9... I feel another one coming. Under the desk again.

kiwitrc:

PaulBags: Not to sound insensitive but was there actually any damage? I mean, other than a couple of glasses and bottles?

Paul has a point, Welly is built for quakes, CHCH wasn't and suffered. Had mates calling me all day to see if we were still alive, first thing we did was screw our new Willianswarn (thanks beervana) to the floor, then shot into town and picked the wife up. Priorities. 

MaxLV: 

I wonder what Te Papa's insurance bill was adjusted to after 26/12/2004 and 11/03/2011. 

Bung:

MaxLV:I would like to know those who decided the best place to build Te Papa was on the water front are now thinking about their decision. It may be built to withstand a 8+ earthquake, but its obvious they didn't even think about any resulting Tsunami. National treasures worth 100's of millions housed in a building on the waterfront.

"Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is on Wellington
Harbour, which has been hit by tsunamis in the past and is
at risk from major earthquakes and tsunamis. The building
was designed so that no art or artefacts are displayed or
stored on the ground floor."

I was outside in Strathmore Wgtn smashing a hole in a concrete path to get at some pipes. It felt quite strange to feel the ground push back but there was only a brief shake and not as bad as the last notable one. The following wobbles were only evident by the CRT monitor shaking.

mattwnz:

MaxLV: 

I wonder what Te Papa's insurance bill was adjusted to after 26/12/2004 and 11/03/2011. 

It probably doesn't matter, because it is government owned, just like parliment. So if it ever needs rebuilding, it will come out of our taxes. It is on base isolators, so it 'should' survive something much bigger.

Geektastic:

kiwitrc:

PaulBags: Not to sound insensitive but was there actually any damage? I mean, other than a couple of glasses and bottles?

Paul has a point, Welly is built for quakes, CHCH wasn't and suffered. Had mates calling me all day to see if we were still alive, first thing we did was screw our new Willianswarn (thanks beervana) to the floor, then shot into town and picked the wife up. Priorities. 

Screw your new what?! Is that some sort of au pair or something?

MaxLV:

mattwnz:

MaxLV: 

I wonder what Te Papa's insurance bill was adjusted to after 26/12/2004 and 11/03/2011. 

It probably doesn't matter, because it is government owned, just like parliment. So if it ever needs rebuilding, it will come out of our taxes. It is on base isolators, so it 'should' survive something much bigger.

Insurance/the government cant rebuild all the art collections, treasures, documents, etc stored in the basement... 

sbiddle:

kiwitrc:

Paul has a point, Welly is built for quakes, CHCH wasn't and suffered. Had mates calling me all day to see if we were still alive, first thing we did was screw our new Willianswarn (thanks beervana) to the floor, then shot into town and picked the wife up. Priorities. 

You got a Williamswarn and haven't invited all of GZ around to try it? I'm gutted!

Geektastic:

kiwitrc:

PaulBags: Not to sound insensitive but was there actually any damage? I mean, other than a couple of glasses and bottles?

Paul has a point, Welly is built for quakes, CHCH wasn't and suffered. Had mates calling me all day to see if we were still alive, first thing we did was screw our new Willianswarn (thanks beervana) to the floor, then shot into town and picked the wife up. Priorities. 

Screw your new what?! Is that some sort of au pair or something?