Cathedral, when J and I were there just before Christmas.
Cathedral after the earthquake today.What's with 2011? Maybe everything is just closer to home now, but news of the latest Christchurch earthquake is devastating. Jeremy and I spent a few days there on our holiday and it was such a beautiful little city, just getting back on its feet after the September earthquake and dealing with the aftershocks. Now, another earthquake, in the middle of the day with multiple fatalities. I can actually picture the places they're talking about. I know people who live there. I can only imagine how horrible it must be for people who have loved ones there and are frantically trying to get through. One of my supervisors at Rehab Plus has a husband who does damage assessments and spends a lot of time in Chch. I hope he wasn't there. My Auckland roomie lived there for 5 years and has lots of friends there - I met one of them, Munchkin. I hope she's okay. Everyone we met there was friendly and lovely. I just hate hearing about this.
Yikes. I think you are just becoming more worldly and seeing more places, so when things happen you are more likely to be effected by it, or know someone who is.
ReplyDeleteMy friend Nina is in NZ right now, and she was planning to visit Chch. I sent her a facebook message, I hope she is ok. And I hope all your new friends are ok too. Scary, sad.