Sh** Week

Some shit went down this week that nobody could have predicted, expected, or prepared for, and it S-U-C-K-S. I'm very fortunate that there's a great group of people down here for love and support.

The Quarterly Update will be delayed until I have some news to report, but it looks like it might be a doozy when it comes.

EaRtHqUaKe PiCtURes

My daily news agent, the New Zealand Herald, had a pretty neat gallery today.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/image.cfm?c_id=1&gal_cid=1&gallery_id=113868#7087840

Earthquake!

In light of this morning's earthquake in Christchurch, I should indicate that I DID NOT FEEL IT in Dunedin. It happened at 4:35am and I was sleeping off a bottle of wine from the night before.

As of 6 hours later, the city of Christchurch has, for the most part, got power back up and running and flights should be able to leave the airport later this afternoon. Having said that, there is a TON of damage in the city centre and it will be months, if not years before it's all cleaned up.

I imagine there will be some sort of relief effort here, but they do seem to be better off than the other quakes earlier this year.