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What's left of the road to Kaikoura.
Not getting past there in a hurry, this in the South islands main highway state Highway 1.
Lateral spread.
Won't be trains on here for a while.
Broken.
Two fatalities and lots of damage...7.5 magnitude, will be feeling aftershocks for months.
ChicksDigTrucks
RichAndWilling
Ok ok ok, but does the internet still work?
pixelpuffin
Shit's fucked, yo
whyteraven74
I love how the rails have bent, the wonder of continuously welded track.
that0nerand0mkid
Where's bob the builder when you need him
Sandwich247
Someone else on FP owned up to causing it.
kyfho1911
Hope you are ok
Kiwijerm
Just a but stressed and tired... nothing new to us we had some nasty ones back in 2011.
RenaissanceFaireMan
Head down to the Winchester and grab a pint until this all blows over.
GothmogLordofBalrogs
Well there's your problem.
idiotidiotidiot
Be safe kiwis! (People, bird, and the fruit) <3 America
Knowwon
Pretty sure the trains will still follow the tracks...
Memaleph
Was there 6 months ago. A wonderful country. Watch out for the aftershocks. Stay safe.
GoodMorningRaccoon
NZ responds to the US Election result.
captainswoopty
How big was your vibrator?
holyshititsbeefsupreme
The gods are displeased with your loss to Ireland! (its a joke don't crucify me)
Kiwijerm
We will sort that this weekend.
Kiwijerm
found a link that shows the ground motion across the US
hurricane921
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TheThinbluelinee
I see no such link
tangripper
show me
RenaissanceFaireMan
I found the winning lottery ticket numbers.
Melanorosaurus
Glad to see the loss of human life was so low. Now for the important question: is Hobbiton okay?
Pacemaker
Hobbiton is central north of North Island, quite far away
bdawg49
Keep safe Aotearoa
KingOfTheAnarchists
Someone musta thrown a ring into a volcano
jodilProblemJumper
I am so sorry. That is really tough
Gonzoooo
After seeing These railroads... Time for multi-track-drifting!! *deja-vu*
jdeman
I understand that reference
Cirin
As an Aussie I'm having a very hard time deciding if I should feel sad or laugh
Kiwijerm
If you want a laugh... look at your rugby team.
Lamech777
Oh damn!
mobiusplane
*winces from the savagery*
Gandalfsuglybrother
Just looking at the map. Not an abundance of options to that hwy is there. Was this N or S of Kaikoura?
aegis27
North IIRC. Detours are going to be quite a problem for a lot of people, especially because SH1 was not the only road demolished in the area
Gandalfsuglybrother
Dang, that's going to really take some work.
Kiwijerm
South... north is as bad
alexcarrie
Always weird seeing my own country on imgur. My family all evacuated after the tsunami warnings.
broarni
Core shenanigans
crowbarscout
Wow.
Barnicals
You in Kaikoura? I'm in Welly. Hope you have insurance etc.
Kiwijerm
Na I'm in Chch... definitely have insurance.
Barnicals
Good shit. Stay safe. Love the South Island, but the rides suck.
tsarbar
Fellow wellingtonian, hope you an @OP are both unscathed and got more sleep last night!
Barnicals
I got off bloody light, actually. No damage, no evacuation, just rolled over and slept like a baby. But thanks. :D
tsarbar
Lucky! I evacuated and didn't sleep again until after 9am, but nothing for more than an hour at a time. And then there's today's weather! Ha
Barnicals
Haha, yeah, got to start at 1 pm today. Pretty happy all told.
whothehellareyouanyway
And your boss was all like, "You're still coming in, right?"
l337jmw
NuttyAsASquirrel
Something like that would make sooo many victims in europe
AmericansAreHilarious
this is not american territory.
Kiwijerm
I work for a Structural Engineering consultant so we are inandated withe calls to check buildings.
badtzmaruxo
*inundated
KrondorMocker
"Soooooooooooo....... You're still coming in, right?"
whothehellareyouanyway
"That'd be greaaaat." - Lumbergh
whothehellareyouanyway
Well. That ruins the joke. Anyways... stay safe.
Kiwijerm
Yea... sorry about that.
whothehellareyouanyway
OH! SHIT! The Hobbits! Has anyone checked on the hobbits??????? They live in holes in the ground!!!
Kiwijerm
We sent Peter to check on them, he hasn't returned yet might have been roped into an adventure.
TINYRIIIIICK
If the house is - a rockin GET THE FUCK DOWN ITS AN EARTHQUAKE!
Pipetri
" We could fix that in two weeks, tops " - Japanese engineers
SaltyInternetPirate
Germans can do it faster, but they're probably not as experienced with earthquake-mitigation.
Pipetri
I live in Germany, and I can confirm they work faster than their neighbors. But they don't have nowhere near the discipline Japanese have.
sha13
"Tomorrow" - Trump
Kiwijerm
My son came back from Japan recently and said they didn't so much fix just abandoned badly affected areas.
authorannon
It depends, I think. But you should check out what they did in Fukuoka last week.
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
Link please?
authorannon
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/13/national/utilities-restored-five-days-huge-sinkhole-wreaked-havoc-fukuoka/#.WCogV-F96CQ
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
Thanks!
ParappaTheVelociraptor
I lived in Fukuoka, so seeing that sinkhole freaked me out a bit.
authorannon
I also live on Kyushu, so I was getting all kinds of calls from relatives who don't understand where Fukuoka is relative to me.
ParappaTheVelociraptor
Ha, I got the same kind of remarks. I went back to Japan this summer, and my family was like "BUT THE KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKE". I was in Kyoto.