Having a Bad Day?

[Kiwi Rider]

Well . . . . it wouldn't be as bad a day as this family had.
I just found this pic as I was trolling through my folder of the February 2011 Christchurch NZ Earthquake pics on my laptop's hard drive and just had to share it with y'all.
Mind blowing! And someone was home and in the house when this happened!
The massive quake caused a huge boulder to break free from a cliff face above this house and it rolled down the hill and straight through the front door, down the hallway, and out the back door.
You can see where it ripped up the turf and earth just before it went through.
Imagine the noise it made as it passed through the house.

 

[Kiwi Rider]

Here's another few shots in hi-resolution from the Kaikoura quake . . . that railway line got picked up and flicked to the side, amazing the amount of energy generated to move things around with such ease!
I have loads of pics but will just show a few, unless you want more.

 

[08BusaKY]

Wow! I can't imagine being home while that happened! Also dealing with the aftermath of fixing it...

 

[Kiwi Rider]

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Wow! I can't imagine being home while that happened! Also dealing with the aftermath of fixing it...
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There ain't no fixin' that one lol
Demolition fixed it !

 

[Bumblebee]

The power is staggering...makes us humans seems trivial in comparison.

 

[08BusaKY]

That house had a nice view! I would guess they rebuilt in the same spot.

 

[ROADTOAD1340]

What an experience that would be , a quake of that magnitude would be scary to say the least .... Then I guess if you survive with your life , the reality must hit you , to have to deal with all that life upheaval and devastation . Hope all the insurance companies did the right thing , and fully paid out and in quick time ....

 

[Johnnie Phatt]

They did not from reports at the time. Not sure about later.

 

[Mr Brown]

Oh my!
Hey, get the front door willya?
It's down the hill....

 

[Kiwi Rider]

The thing that most people do not realize is the mental anguish and trauma caused by an event such as this . . . the person in the house will probably still be having nightmares and PTSD.
The night in Nov 2014 I was woken from a sleep at 12.02am by a 7.2 magnitude 4 minute long massive shake, I went into a panic attack which I had never experienced before, I was convinced it was the end of the world and death was imminent.
I was staying in a B&B on the side of a hill in Hanmer (Alpine resort town 70 miles north of ChCh) and the epi-centre of the quake was 30 miles away. It was absolutely the most terrifying thing I'd been through . . worse than being chased by the police at speeds of over 150mph for 25 miles back in '96. (thought I'd just throw that in) After the quake it took me about an hour to calm down and heart rate to return to normal.
Scary sh*t I can tell ya!

 

[Mr Brown]

I grew up in southern California, been woken by some pretty good tremors, Whittier and Northridge being the biggest. Scary stuff indeed.

 

[RedBull]

I grew up
in southern
California ,
been woken
by some pretty
good tremors ,
Whittier and
Northridge
being the
biggest .

Scary
stuff indeed .

 

[Bumblebee]

I grew up in southern California, been woken by some pretty good tremors, Whittier and Northridge being the biggest. Scary stuff indeed.

I got shook out of bed by incoming artillery once....that creates a pucker factor of 4-5 on the Richter scale...

 

[Mr Brown]

I got shook out of bed by incoming artillery once....that creates a pucker factor of 4-5 on the Richter scale...

I can only imagine how much fun that isn't!

 

[Mathewrussell52]

My kid knocked my bike over today I feel like it’s worse then a boulder going through my house.

 

[Mr Brown]

My kid knocked my bike over today I feel like it’s worse then a boulder going through my house.

Kid okay? What do you need to fix the bike?

 

[Bumblebee]

Not so fun...but I sure wouldn't want to be waking up to a natural disaster either..

 

[Mathewrussell52]

Kid okay? What do you need to fix the bike?

Yes he is perfectly fine god gave me strength.

 

[Bumblebee]

Yes he is perfectly fine god gave me strength.

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Bikes can be fixed....thankfully..

I always put mine on the rear stand when it's in the garage...just in case the neighbour kids or my grand kids come in...

Be awful if anything happened to one of them

 

[Mathewrussell52]

Bikes can be fixed....thankfully..

I always put mine on the rear stand when it's in the garage...just in case the neighbour kids or my grand kids come in...

Be awful if anything happened to one of them

Ya I usually have mine on the lift but my daughter put her bike on it.