Rethink?
I have to ask this question. Has recent events in New Zealand made any of you rethink the whole move? :confused:
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Re: Rethink?
Originally Posted by gags
(Post 8834298)
I have to ask this question. Has recent events in New Zealand made any of you rethink the whole move? :confused:
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Its done the opposite for me
I'm more happy to go now I was worried before thinking is NZ ready for a biggish earthquake in an urban area? What would the damage be? would people survive? I had no recent examples to go by. So having seen no one died in Christchurch, despite the awful situation people are in, i wouldnt miss NZ for anything Cant wait to be there - whatever is going to happen will happen |
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Nope, not a cat n hell's chance that'll stop me from going!
:thumbup: The opportunity of my bed rocking for more than 20 seconds once again at my ages makes me even more determined!! :eek: :o :( |
Re: Rethink?
Originally Posted by gags
(Post 8834298)
I have to ask this question. Has recent events in New Zealand made any of you rethink the whole move? :confused:
I know there are far less people to help, but then there are far less people to do the helping and support the services so it's all relative. They intend to name and shame anyone they do catch looting etc. We're in a tsunami warning zone and the alarm went off once last year. We've just got a box of camping gear ready to go in the garage with torches/batteries/gas bottles etc and all of the water/drinking containers are in the same place. If we had to leave in a hurry, copies of all our documents are saved onto a pen drive as well as the lap top and the 4 of us could be packed and on the road in less than 10 minutes with everything we needed to camp for 5 days. |
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Nope not us, probably like others have said it makes us more positive because of the responses from the community. :)
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Not really as I'm planning to go to Auckland anyway. Mind you plenty of old volcanos there!:eek:
My parents think with me living in London I am at risk of terrorist bombs so I guess there is perceived risk anywhere you live. NZ is pretty well set up for earthquakes so it's not as bad as some other countries. |
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It should have no effect on your decision to go.
Apart from the fact that no one was killed (and contrast this to the Haiti quake which was the same magnitude but killed 230,000), which must have something to do with the building standards, natural disasters (which claim lives) in NZ are seldom. Then there is the UK natural disasters, like the Boscastle and Cumbrian floods (which claimed lives). On top of this, we have also had the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud, which shows that even the UK could easily be affected if a serious eruption happened in Iceland. All in all, I would say NZ is still a very safe place. |
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It's in no way affecting our decision to go. However, we were wavering between Christchurch and Auckland, and this may push us more towards Auckland, if only for the fact that I'm a bit concerned about the short term difficulties of living in Christchurch at the moment.
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I think they way that it's being dealt with by everyone is absolutely amazing. Amazing.
It makes me feel very proud actually. There is a large part of the NI not on the earthquake 'zone'. |
Re: Rethink?
Originally Posted by gags
(Post 8834298)
I have to ask this question. Has recent events in New Zealand made any of you rethink the whole move? :confused:
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I also thought that it was fantastic that they turned down all offers of international aid too. How considerate the kiwi folk are.:)
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its been noted that the Kiwis and aus's are generous people and give money and time to charity perhaps the reason for not accepting aid is no one died we are prepapred and there is always someone worse off than you such as Packistan etc!
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Originally Posted by jmh
(Post 8834605)
Not really as I'm planning to go to Auckland anyway. Mind you plenty of old volcanos there!:eek:
My parents think with me living in London I am at risk of terrorist bombs so I guess there is perceived risk anywhere you live. NZ is pretty well set up for earthquakes so it's not as bad as some other countries. |
Re: Rethink?
Originally Posted by Chick-a-dee
(Post 8834898)
I also thought that it was fantastic that they turned down all offers of international aid too. How considerate the kiwi folk are.:)
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