The images are....bad. So much was probably already marginally compromised by the earlier quake, and this one was a doozy.
I'm all up in the law now, but damn it feels good to get my violence on.
Gunn ,'Unleashed'
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.
sarameg - Feb 22, 2011 5:16:53 am PST #24275 of 30001
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
hwæt
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.
Ginger - Feb 22, 2011 6:32:39 am PST #24284 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The pictures from Christchurch are horrific. Somehow it hits home a bit more when the collapsed buildings look just like the ones I see every day.
On a lighter note, have you ever felt your life would be complete if you owned a gold stump? [link]