An anonymous contributor to QuakeStories describes the feelings of loss they experienced during a tour of the red-zoned CBD a few months after the quake: The first place we came to that affected me was Victoria Square. We helped one colleague search for her cellphone, which she had lost in the panic of diving to get under her desk. It struck the Canterbury region of the island and caused a lot of damage and many deaths in Christchurch, New Zealand's second largest city.. A number of high schools had released their students at lunchtime to allow teachers to attend a union meeting. The number of student visas for the Canterbury region dropped by 37% – around 3300 individuals – in 2011. 1, January 2014, p. 81. Want to share your experience of the February earthquake? The report of the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission contains biographies of those who died as a result of the earthquake in the CTV (vol. Her fear of the aftershocks persisted after she was rescued and admitted to a ward on an upper floor of Christchurch Hospital: I was screaming and crying, the building was rocking around so much and I said, ‘Just get me out of here please.’ So within the hour I was out of there. 131. [3]. 2, pp. 12-18) and other buildings (vol. In a blog written two days after the quake, Jennifer reflected on the likelihood she would know someone who had died: I’ve heard (either directly or indirectly) from all my close friends and most of my workmates now, so know they’re ok, but I also know the chances are, in a city of only half a million, that all of us will end up knowing someone who is a victim. In Burwood Hospital I was on a single level and I had my own room. The stairwell had collapsed immediately below the landing at the 14th floor. As more personnel arrived, we spread around two sides of the block. In total, the 'rehabilitation' costs $15.1 billion dollars worth of damage, Many businesses needed to fire employees due to the heavy re-building fee. Many of the city’s most important heritage buildings were damaged or destroyed, including the Provincial Council Chambers, Lyttelton’s Timeball Station, and both the Anglican Christchurch Cathedral and the Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. After the shaking had stopped we ran through the parking lot to find [Phoebe’s] parents who were working close by to where we were. All submissions will be reviewed and verified before they are added to the collections. This time it was often colleagues, classmates or complete strangers who comforted and helped each other during the initial eight-second jolt and the aftershocks that followed. Some sectors were hit hard, ‘notably retail, accommodation and hospitality’. A good example of liquefaction is, when you are at the beach and are standing near the shore, if you move your toes in the wet sand you will sink and a puddle forms around you. Other difficulties were the loss of communication systems, the scarcity of care for people before they arrived at the hospital, difficulties in the registration and tracking of patients, frightened patients, and managing the media. Kris, who was in the Forsyth Barr building during the quake, recalls working with colleagues to try to get out, only to discover that the building’s stairwell had collapsed: A group of people from my office banded together. The hospital disaster response plan was in full activation. It makes extensive use of contributions to QuakeStories, a website established by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2011. It wasn’t like riding big waves, or being blown around in a high wind. 29, no. The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. Unfortunately for those waiting at the scene and elsewhere, no more survivors were found after the first 24 hours. Search and rescue efforts were eventually scaled back and replaced by the search for and recovery of remains. In a way it was really nice, in light of the news this week about the cathedral’s partial demolition, and the unexpected complicated swirl of emotions that brought up in me, to be able to get close to it and take a picture. This included all search teams present, and support staff, including the caterers. Everyone was out on the streets and everyone asked the same question of each other – ‘Are you alright?’. Two days after the earthquake: The building hadn’t been checked and the power was still out, so we moved a desk out to the car park, found pen, paper and the Medical Centre stamp, and the doctors were able to do prescriptions, chat to people and reassure them. Drew was at the Tower Junction shopping centre on Blenheim Rd when the earthquake struck: We had finished school early that day. They clung to me and we sat down at the edge of the playground to wait for my husband, who’d texted me to say he’d meet me there. Multiple buildings collapsed, and the city was impacted by burst water mains, flooding, liquefaction and power outages. It was like some giant or maybe King Kong taking hold of the building and shaking it.http://www.quakestories.govt.nz/98/story/, The world seemed to pick up the building I was in and throw it around... http://www.quakestories.govt.nz/187/story/, We could hear the almighty rumble as other buildings collapsed, and dust was everywhere. More than 4,500 vehicles were stranded in the city centre during the recovery period. As I sat on the sofa, my sensitive ears detected those deepest of bass notes that announce another aftershock, but within less than a second the vibrations had undergone a massive crescendo, and the house began roaring around me. I thought that that aftershock had been a particularly powerful one.http://www.quakestories.govt.nz/301/story/, We’d had a couple of small seismic rumbles that day; very tiny aftershocks from last September’s Darfield earthquake, or so I thought. It seemed like just the shaking itself was physically painful, and the noise was incredible, deafening, like nothing I’ve heard or could compare it to.http://www.quakestories.govt.nz/100/story/. The aftershocks were particularly dangerous for people who were trapped under debris or in buildings, and for those who were trying to rescue them. Where did you put MY city?’…, Then, of course, was the cathedral. The Christchurch earthquake caused extensive damage to infrastructure and buildings. [4]. Meet the NZHistory team, Dust clouds above central Christchurch, 22 February 2011. All non-text content is subject to specific conditions. Greening the Rubble (GtR) is a charitable trust that grew after the Canterbury earthquakes. In our language we think language has some sort of spiritual power so I yelled my daughter’s name so it might reach my daughter who was 9000 km away. This had towered 11 m above the sea but was now a small pile of rubble. Those involved in the process explained that they were working as quickly as they could while following international DVI standards. Johnston and K.P. The February earthquake caused widespread damage to residential and commercial properties throughout Christchurch. At that stage, little did we know that it was to be with us for the next couple of months. [8] Paul Gee, ‘Getting through together: an emergency physician’s perspective on the February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake', Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. If we make a mistake we create uncertainty and doubt for everyone. Only a minority of the people who were interviewed or took part in focus groups appeared to be ‘experiencing great difficulties with their wellbeing’, including some who reported ‘symptoms of mental health problems’ such as fear, anxiety and hypervigilance. People from more than 20 countries died in the earthquake. As we slowly went down the stairs between our 15th floor and the 14th floor, one of my colleagues remembered he had a torch in his pocket. 4, December 2011, 'Review of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Response to the 22 February Christchurch Earthquake', Civil Defence, David Johnston et al., ‘The 2010/2011 Canterbury Earthquakes: context and cause of injury’, Natural Hazards, January 2014, Ian McLean et al., Review of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Response to the 22 February Christchurch Earthquake, June 2012: http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/publications/Review-CDEM-Response-22-February-Christchurch-Earthquake.pdf, Miles Parker and Daan Steenkamp, ‘The economic impact of the Canterbury earthquake’, Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin, vol. By mid-morning [Monday 28th], Dr Collins had arranged for a couple of cellphones and had our Medical Centre number diverted to them. As in September, most of these people were injured during the primary earthquake, for example by tripping or falling. I did not need psychological help. While most came from the east coast of the South Island, there were a number from the west coast and the lower two-thirds of the North Island. I put my feet on the floor and braced my arms as the house was violently shaken, and this time things were different. A large generator was delivered to us a week after the quake. In 2012, the Reserve Bank concluded that Canterbury’s economy had proved ‘reasonably resilient to the impact of the earthquakes’, and that ‘the spill over to other regions’ had been limited. [2]. However international experience from events such as the Boxing Day Tsunami and the Victoria bush fires has shown it can be months before all identities are confirmed. The region also lost a number of its distinctive natural features and landmarks. It caused greater devastation in most parts of the region and 185 lives were lost. I think – this will be the most difficult decision I have or will ever make in my life … walking away from the CTV site. One hundred and fifteen died in the CTV building, 18 in the PGC building, 36 in the central city (including eight on buses), and 12 in the suburbs. Home Landscapes, such as forests rivers or cliffs, will get damaged, injuring or killing the wildlife. Where was this coming from? Naval personnel who were in Lyttelton at the time of the quake helped the community in a number of ways, dishing up 1000 meals and providing emergency accommodation on HMNZS Canterbury. It was the middle of a working day and many people were at school or work, having lunch or running errands. I’d forgotten, even though I had seen pictures, that the lanterns which had been put up for the lantern festival the weekend after February 22nd were still there. A group of family had been allowed in for the service and were standing on the corner applauding the rescuers as they walked by. Already subdued by the experience, it was about to take another turn! A number of schools found they couldn’t follow the emergency procedures they had practised because many students were outside the classroom having lunch. The site was quite shocking to those like us, who had not seen it up close before. A chaplain spoke, then the two minute silence followed, broken only by a solitary police radio.
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