We just got word that the stairwell in the building our offices are in in Christchurch collapsed. Other buildings on the same street were competely destroyed. Scary.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Feb 22, 2011 5:10:57 am PST #24274 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
sarameg - Feb 22, 2011 5:16:53 am PST #24275 of 30001
The images are....bad. So much was probably already marginally compromised by the earlier quake, and this one was a doozy.
lisah - Feb 22, 2011 5:25:39 am PST #24276 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
NZ earthquake is very scary!
I have not left the house yet. I need to shovel. Bob left early this morning for a Chicago trip. He said the roads were craptastic at 6. I can't believe he's been away for every shoveling event this winter! Unfair!
In other news, crazy ol' facebook! My best friend from when I was 5/6 just got in touch. I haven't talked to her since before we moved away from our hometown in 1979! I'd heard that she'd had a baby when she was 16 and that was it. I'd always wondered (and worried about) what happened to her. Evidently she's a nurse now. Go nurses!
Tom Scola - Feb 22, 2011 5:41:51 am PST #24277 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
NZ earthquake pictures. Just what the heck is going on in #22?
Sue - Feb 22, 2011 5:47:46 am PST #24278 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Just what the heck is going on in #22?
I think they are waiting to be rescued and have broken windows to get out. I'm suspecting that the stairs have collapsed or the way to the stairs is blocked?
beekaytee - Feb 22, 2011 5:50:15 am PST #24279 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Sis & BiL checked in - all ok & in Auckland.
So glad to hear this.
Weirdly, I had an email chat with a referral who needed to put off seeing me until after a two month trip to NZ. I hope she is okay!
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2011 5:58:43 am PST #24280 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, I could never be a rescue worker. Those guys are heroes with psyches of steel. I hope the government and the applicable associations rally here.
sarameg - Feb 22, 2011 6:07:17 am PST #24281 of 30001
My dad's had a few with really bad injuries or mortalities. He doesn't go into much detail.I know they are bad when he isn't going into horrific detail about the injuries. A nasty fracture with bones sticking out, he'll tell me aaaalllll about, but that's recoverable. Likely fatal injury or a kid, no detail.
Amy - Feb 22, 2011 6:27:17 am PST #24282 of 30001
Because books.
My grandfather was a firefighter in Wilmington, DE, and it's always amazed me. Especially because the elderly man I remember was very quiet, very reserved, and liked nothing more than to watch golf. I wish I had pictures of young him suited up.
brenda m - Feb 22, 2011 6:32:23 am PST #24283 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That last photo in the set is kind of a shock of beauty after all that destruction. Weird.