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?
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
Sue - Feb 22, 2011 5:47:46 am PST #24278 of 30001
hip deep in pie
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]
beekaytee - Feb 22, 2011 6:35:59 am PST #24285 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Those pictures are, indeed, horrific. How sad for everyone involved.
I have a fantasy that the Christchurch community will snap back in impressive time. At least, that is my hope for them.
Kathy A - Feb 22, 2011 6:37:54 am PST #24286 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was watching the news this morning and they had some footage from NZ--really scary stuff.
I'm hoping that I'll eventually get different images in my mind when I hear the name "Christchurch, NZ" other than Heavenly Creatures and now earthquakes.
Jesse - Feb 22, 2011 6:43:36 am PST #24287 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, amyth. I'm so sorry, although I know you lost your brother two months ago... it's always sudden.