Last nights earthquake was the biggest one in our region for 45 years, but luckily there were no injuries reported and only a small amount of building damage. New Zealand is in the ring of fire, and there are approximately 15,000 recorded in our country every year. It was a bit of a shake and rattle and mum and her friends had to grab the seats in front of them. Some people raced out of the stadium, but we stayed put. We were thinking of all our friends in Christchurch who are still trying to cope with the aftermath of two huge earthquakes, a 7.1 in Sept 2010, and a more devestating one of 6.3 in Feb 2011, in which 181 people died.
In Wellington where we live, the city has a major fault line through the middle of the city, and everyone expects that a big one will strike sometime. Mum and I though are prepared, she has lots of food and water stored for us to eat up, a radio and candles and all the essentials the civil defense recommend just in case.
Have a good end to your weekend everybuddy.
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Your human sounds like a lot of the more sensible humans here in California when it comes to earthquakes! It's really important to be prepared for these things.
ReplyDeletePoppy, your mum is very smart to be prepared, though we truly hope neither of you ever will need those supplies.
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend to you and your mum Miss Poppy.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you are prepared! We are supposed to prepare in advance for hurricane season, but we usually wait until a hurricane is on the way until we buy supplies. That is a little bit wrong.
ReplyDeleteYay fur the Mum being prepared! That is impawtant! Your blooming bushes and flowers look so pretty. It's fall/winter her in the U.S., so it's nice to see your pics. xoxo
ReplyDeleteSo happy your mom is prepared Poppy. Darn earthquakes - sure can disrupt lives.
ReplyDeleteI was just reading about earthquakes in a local magazine here lately in Tennessee. We have a fault in the west portion of our state called the New Madrid Fault. It's not so active right now but in the past like 1800's and beyond there were some doozies. I read about written encounters that people had described and it was really interesting. Rivers flowed backwards, trees were spewed up into the air, people were swallowed by the earth and therefore other people climbed trees in fear. Sounds terrible.
ReplyDeleteWe sure are glad to hear you and your mum are prepared for earthquakes, Poppy. We do hope you never have need to use those supplies, though.
ReplyDeleteWe purr that you never have to use those supplies!
ReplyDeletePoppy you have a wise Mum. We didn't realize you got SO many earthquakes! We have a lot of fault zones in Nevada, but most of them are inactive. (We hope!)
ReplyDeleteYou and your mum had quite a scare, Poppy! Glad to hear you are prepared, just in case. Please stay safe!!
ReplyDeleteWe're glad Mom is prepared for the big one, but we hope it never happens. Thank goodness you all are OK.
ReplyDeletexoxo Kassey