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!
To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It's a ritual sacrifice, with pie.
Anya ,'Sleeper'
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.
beekaytee - Feb 22, 2011 5:50:15 am PST #24279 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
§ 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.
lisah - Feb 22, 2011 6:43:51 am PST #24288 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
My grandfather was a firefighter in Wilmington, DE
We need to figure out sometime if our families knew each other! It seems likely.
A guy Bob works with (who lives in Austin) mentioned that his family is from Wilmington and it turns out that his family owned a liquor store that had previously been my great-grandfather's "cigar store" (aka betting shop). Small town.