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Post by missyaggravation on Sept 3, 2015 23:19:44 GMT
Hard to believe
Woken up to bed shaking
Mr still asleep
Realise it's a big one so give him a shove and run out to kids
Two eldest in bunks, 4 and 6
Big bookcase right across from it
Mr goes there
I go in to MiniMissy's room
She's still in her cot
It's bouncing round like a scene from the exorcist
She's unperturbed
Shaking stops
Settle kids and back to bed, to be woken regularly with aftershocks
Never imagined it was centred here
Thought it was alpine fault
Spent a good week or so at home with the kids
That's a blur of aftershocks and water boiling
Morning of #1's 7th birthday the Port Hills one pops
MiniMissy's in the bath, scooped out of it, water sloshing over the sides
Boys are under the table
We join them
That one was scary.
So long ago
Things changed forever from that point on
What a ride its been, literally.
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Post by Imbannedeverywhere on Sept 4, 2015 1:43:43 GMT
Five years... thats gone fast for those of us with no earthquake issues....
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Post by Imbannedeverywhere on Sept 4, 2015 2:40:24 GMT
Just looking at the governments spending on earthquake response... they have only spent a little over 2 billion on the rebuild... the rest of the money has come from private insurers and EQC payments. Seems to me like they are dragging the chain, to leave labour in the shit like they do every other time they get voted out  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 3:11:54 GMT
Did we ever get told where all the money the rest of the population raised went? What it was used for?  |
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Post by Imbannedeverywhere on Sept 4, 2015 3:14:29 GMT
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Post by missyaggravation on Sept 4, 2015 4:20:57 GMT
Good point!
What still frustrates me to this day is how quickly the houses and roads in "good" suburbs were fixed.
Fendalton Rd has some tiny bumps and cracks, and it was fixed within weeks, while suburbs in the east were inaccessible and without sanitation for months.
The beautiful old houses in Merivale with toppled chimneys got new fireplaces, rooves, carpets and driveways. Ours both came down and we had a tarp on the roof for months. We have two huge holes in the carpet where hearths once were. Dusty rough concrete.
The tiles in the bathroom that cracked and necessitated full replacement in Jan 2011 were downscaled to ten replaced ones. You can't even get them, its an old house. They are on the wall still, cracked, with marker pen crosses on them, courtesy of Fletchers.
The fucked foundations requiring a total replacement and house lift were downscaled within three years to 15 to be replaced. Then 15 Jack n pack. Then "preexisting, we aren't touching them, sorry!"
They are still busted.
Meanwhile, the homeowners who were first in line with minimal damage, depleted the coffers for those who had to wait for their seriously damaged homes to be assessed and repaired.
Those who chose to fight have lost thousands in legal costs.
It's all wrong.
End of rant.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 6:22:51 GMT
It is wrong - very wrong the way it has been handled. And I was led to believe the money raised by the people of NZ was for the people of Ch-ch. I bet none of you saw any of it eh? |
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Post by missyaggravation on Sept 4, 2015 7:54:14 GMT
To be fair, there's been the odd freebie for my kids
A book
Some other bits n pieces
Some free bottled water early on
A chemical loo
People from overseas patrolling red zone
There's free counselling and stuff (not accessed any though).
It's hard to know where the money came from. It would be nice to know eh.
The whoke response from government and council has been quite corrupt though, so who knows
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 8:32:02 GMT
Yeah it would have been good to have been given some info as to where it all went.
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Post by andri on Sept 4, 2015 10:35:43 GMT
Did your insurance not cover you completely? Obviously not, but how come? Sorry if rhat is a dumb question.
To think they give 2 billion dollars in tax breaks per year to the wealthy. Disgusting
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Post by missyaggravation on Sept 5, 2015 1:23:40 GMT
No
We ran short on accommodation
We had a $12000 budget I think, boom, all gone.
10 weeks for repairs became 12 then 16, then 6 months. When accommodation is nearly a grand a week it doesn't last long.
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Post by andri on Sept 5, 2015 1:44:18 GMT
Geez, shocking predicament to be in. *Hugs*
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Post by missyaggravation on Sept 5, 2015 2:55:06 GMT
We still have bills to pay when we get the foundations fixed.
It's probably cost us twenty grand this eq.
I can cope with the debt (just a drop in the ocean!) but occasionally I get fucked off, especially about the carpet!
We are okay
roof over our head
food on the table
Could be worse
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Post by Nats on Sept 6, 2015 5:00:36 GMT
Many say they would love to spit roast Gerry Brownlee.
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