Check in point for New Zealand TESTies?

[SPRNinja]

Hey all, for those in the unaware, at 2 minutes after midnight 14/11/16 (NZDT) New Zealand was hit by a 7.5 earthquake, centered in the upper half of the south island. It's not the worst quake we have had in recent years, but it was big enough to be felt some 400 miles away. The shift in the magnetic field of the earth caused the whole sky to light up like the northern lights, it woke me up and had me under my bed some 180 miles from the epicentre.

There has already been 2 confirmed casualties and the damage to our infastructure is pretty bad, with main highways and roads out all over middle of the country, there have been widespread evacuations due to the tsunami risk (and we were hit by a 2m high tsunami).
Thankfully NZ has very stringent building standards, which are even more stronly enforced since the February 2012 Christchurch earthquake that killed 185. And as such our buildings have mostly remained intact

At the time of this post going out (20hours after the initial quake) there have been over 380 aftershocks of over 4.5 on the richter scale.

https://www.facebook.com/

View: https://www.facebook.com/nzherald.co.nz/videos/10153931622056302/


So.

Im officially checking in as OK. My house and I are completely fine

But I know we have at least one testie who is living in one of the areas hit worse than mine, I will try to contact the ones I know of and Ill keep you updated as I can.

But any other kiwis, feel free to check in here and please dont be afraid to shout out for aid.

Some news sites, videos, and general scary shit.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/national/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503075&gal_cid=1503075&gallery_id=167816
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/image.cfm?c_id=1&gal_cid=1&gallery_id=167815#27396189
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/86416304/live-north-canterbury-quake
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/86416268/severe-66-earthquake-hits-hamner-springs-felt-as-far-away-as-auckland

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hIQaJg3lVM&index=1&list=FLbxGgot7r3kiZzr_CdUssdg

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11747867
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11747844

 

[marcsand2]

Stay safe all Kiwis

 

[SPRNinja]

Well, we were just hit by another 5.8, to the whiskey dispensery!

 

[CosmicTrader]

My thoughts are with you all and your loved ones.

Be safe my fellow TESTies.

 

[SPRNinja]

Update, were now 36 hours after the fact, we've been hit by nearly 900 aftershocks and have now been hit by some pretty savage weather as well, the capital city is currently completely cut off from the rest of the country.

since im military im now on standy to move so may disappear

cheers for the support TEST

 

[SPRNinja]

And the scariest sound in th fucking world goes to!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgPMMmINep8

 

[that_frog_kurtis]

I'll check in.1 frog, situation: sweet as. I'm always ready to kemp bush, so no worries.

 

[SPRNinja]

https://www.facebook.com/

Just came across this video from inside a call centre roughly 150 miles from the epicentre

But anyway. Overall NZ is doing fine, Warships from the US, Canada and Australia helped evacuate and ferry supplies and we're getting into the rebuild phase, which will take months into years.

Good times