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From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@americafree.tv> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1102221640050.12966@skyhawk.blakjak.net> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:08:02 -0500 To: Mark Foster <blakjak@blakjak.net> Cc: nanog@nanog.org Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:46 PM, Mark Foster wrote: > Folks on Twitter should search for hashtag #eqnz. >=20 > Major news sites in NZ: >=20 > www.stuff.co.nz > www.nzherald.co.nz > www.tvnz.co.nz > www.3news.co.nz >=20 > Plenty of Vids, Stills and some Streaming available. >=20 > Can confirm the reports of multiple casualties. TV News is live = broadcasting reports of many folks trapped within buildings, largely = because of things like stairwells collapsing, etc. A few buildings have = been hit pretty hard, with some notable collapses, damage to vehicles, = etc. >=20 > The 111 network (911 equiv) is experiencing problems in the South = Island, folks are being asked to stay the phones (etc) except for = genuine emergencies. >=20 > Urban Search and Rescue teams in NZ are based in Christchurch, = Palmerston North and Auckland. I gather all three teams are stood-to, = and an offer from Australia for additional USAR resource has been = accepted. CD Emergency has been declared and the Military are already = getting involved. >=20 > Christchurch experienced a major quake (magnitude 7.2) in September = last year, which received a lot of press as its effects were widespread = and severe - but there was little loss of life. This quake, magnitute = 6.3, hit much closer to the CBD and during a business day, so the = casualty count is much higher. Being a more shallow quake, much closer = to town, but also lesser in magnitude, my uneducated view based on media = coverage is that the effects are not as widespread, but where they're = felt, are very significant. The 2010 quake was 10 km deep, which is not that deep. It was 40 km away = from Christchurch, however. This quake's epicenter is at Lyttelton, = which is apparently only 12 km away, and so it isn't too surprising the = damage is heaver. (That depends a lot on the property of the bedrock and = sediments, and whether there is any seismic wave reflection and focusing = going on.) Regards Marshall >=20 > Mark. > (in Auckland, some 1000 km away...) >=20 > On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, Daniel Richards wrote: >=20 >> There aren't any major international cables to the south island. The = big one is the southern Cross cable that lands on either side of = Auckland, which is the north of the North Island, which is operating = normally. >>=20 >> KAREN (The Kiwi Advanced Research Network) core in the south island = is still operating, but most of the member sites in Christchurch are = down: http://karen.net.nz/news-earthquake-network-update/ >>=20 >> News is reporting deaths now, sadly. >>=20 >> On 22/02/11 16:04, Marshall Eubanks wrote: >>> There has been a bad Earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand with = reports of >>> fatalities. >>> = http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3D10150099324847752&set=3Da.1255839= 77751.103665.119452527751&theater >>> Telecom New Zealand reports "Heavy damage" to their Christchurch = building, but no deaths there. >>> Is there any report of issues with the undersea cables to / from the = South Island ? >>> Regards >>> Marshall >>> P.S. On a more personal note, >>> Google has a people finder up @ >>> http://christchurch-2011.person-finder.appspot.com/ >>> There is a DFAT # - 1300 555 135 - for people outside of NZ to call. >>> Telecom New Zealand has asked people to stay off of the wireless = network except for true emergencies. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20 >=20
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