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Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 22 Feb 2011, 15:10

CNN Reported today:
"One of New Zealand's largest cities lay in ruins Tuesday night after a powerful earthquake killed at least 65 people, toppled buildings and left scores trapped beneath chunks of concrete."
"The 6.3-magnitude quake struck Christchurch during the lunchtime rush."

I hope you and your companion are ok.

stan · Post by **stan** » 22 Feb 2011, 15:44

yes I was thinking the same thing this morning when I caught the cbs news..
Hope you are ok..

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 22 Feb 2011, 15:47

I hope you are ok. I hope everyone there is ok but we know many are not.

Emmanuel · Post by **Emmanuel** » 22 Feb 2011, 16:00

I also hope Wizard and Witchy are safe !

RAYMAN · Post by **RAYMAN** » 22 Feb 2011, 16:14

Yes hope that too ! But why dont you drop them a line ?
Peter

Délé · Post by **Délé** » 22 Feb 2011, 16:15

Yikes, I hadn't heard about the earthquake! I too hope you are alright Wizard!

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 22 Feb 2011, 17:54

I too hope everything is okay with you and your family. I had just recently seen your pictures of the last earth quake on your website.
http://www.wizitch.com"

richlevy · Post by **richlevy** » 22 Feb 2011, 18:02

Hoping thqt everything is fine for you in your world.

Rich

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 22 Feb 2011, 18:16

Some views of the results of the latest shake.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 22 Feb 2011, 18:37

A few more

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0 ... 62,00.html"

What got me was the line:
"New Zealand gets hit by some 14,000 earthquakes a year"

Breech Block · Post by **Breech Block** » 22 Feb 2011, 19:23

Tragic news indeed and I do hope both Wizard and Witchy are safe! Thinking of you, guys and please let us know your okay.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 22 Feb 2011, 20:10

Wizard subscribed to a thread of mine in linkedin a few days ago so fingers crossed he is OK.

richlevy · Post by **richlevy** » 22 Feb 2011, 20:15

I saw some posts by him the other day at SetupTab, but that was sat? or Sunday?

Rich

froo · Post by **froo** » 22 Feb 2011, 20:33

Hopefully they've just lost power, is all

bitkar · Post by **bitkar** » 22 Feb 2011, 21:31

i hope we will see him back here in few days.. i suppose that internet went down too.

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 22 Feb 2011, 22:32

I think mainly he has other things to do at this time.

bitkar · Post by **bitkar** » 23 Feb 2011, 09:45

marcel wrote:I think mainly he has other things to do at this time.

hopefully not... but i think you are right.

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 07 Mar 2011, 11:46

No new from Wizard?

nigec · Post by **nigec** » 07 Mar 2011, 12:11

yes, good news, one of his friends in New Zealand posted this:

Per phone call 02.23.11 to me from Nessie, she and Stephen are safe, unharmed, all pets accounted for. House is still standing, they are camping out in a tent. Plenty of water and food. No electricity or sewerage, phone began working tonight but they ask only emergency calls please

bitkar · Post by **bitkar** » 07 Mar 2011, 13:32

great! i hope the situation will be resolved to normal quickly.

Délé · Post by **Délé** » 07 Mar 2011, 16:03

Great! Glad to hear that they are okay! I hope they don't have to go too much longer without electricity and sewage. I'm sure that's no fun. Thanks for the news nigec!

nigec · Post by **nigec** » 07 Mar 2011, 16:35

Your welcome Dele
I would of posted earlier but I couldn't login

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 07 Mar 2011, 18:36

The most important is they are ok! Good new.
I hope wizard will return, because it means he has solved all its problems.

nigec · Post by **nigec** » 07 Mar 2011, 18:53

I'm sure he'll be back, he'd got Messiah and he was looking forward to doing some animation with it

v3rd3 · Post by **v3rd3** » 07 Mar 2011, 21:14

I would like to join this community sigh of relief.... when you read this Wizard... welcome back.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 07 Mar 2011, 22:38

Glad to hear Wizard and Witchie are well.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 08 Mar 2011, 02:03

Sigh of relief from me too.

froo · Post by **froo** » 08 Mar 2011, 05:38

Copy that!

RAYMAN · Post by **RAYMAN** » 08 Mar 2011, 14:06

Happy tzhat they are Ok too !
Peter

W!ZARD · Post by **W!ZARD** » 09 Mar 2011, 23:49

Aww you guys! Thank you all so much for your concern and kind words - it means a great deal to me and Witchy that so many of you have voiced your fears for our safety.

We are - as has been reported - all well and fine and uninjured. Due to substantial damage to a main arterial power cable our suburb has been one of the last to be reconnected to the power grid. Our power was finally restored yesterday evening. The main reason for our 'silence' is that we had no electricity - and little desire to go and see the terrible damage down to our beautiful city. But we are back now and hopefully we'll stay back for a while. Our home which was significantly damaged in the first quake on September 4th last year has sustained further minor damage. Fortunately it's a sturdy wee building and is still structurally sound even though it will require eventual demolition and rebuilding. Unfortunately though we have lost a lot of possessions this time.

Living in New Zealand one is always aware of the potential for a large quake so we were well prepared with emergency provisions, bottled LPG gas for the barbecue, bottled water and camping gear and so forth so we have been quite comfortable all things considered. The assistance and support we have received from friends, neighbours, and various official organisations has been phenomenal and has allowed us to go through the initial quake recovery just fine. In some ways the most frustrating thing for me has been the lack of power - as I had taken advantage of the messiah Dare to Share offer I was really keen to get to grips with animating!

Anyway, thanks again for all your kind thoughts and good wishes - it's great to be back!

Wizard (Shaken not stirred)

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 10 Mar 2011, 02:40

Woot!

Welcome bacj Wizard, glad you and yours are safe!

Délé · Post by **Délé** » 10 Mar 2011, 23:58

It's great to hear from you Wizard! I'm very glad that you and Witchy are okay! That is certainly the most important thing. Though I am sorry to hear that you lost a lot of possessions and took further damage to your home. I'm sure it's been a trying time. I hope things get cleaned up and restored quickly so you can return to some level of normality. I look forward to seeing some cool Messiah work when you get a chance to get back to it!

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