Earthquakes Earthquakes and more Earthquakes

by sizemik 185 Replies latest jw friends

  • steve2
    steve2

    I don't think anywhere in NZ is seismically safe.

    So true. The ChCh earthquake was a vivid reminder of that. The coastal highway (State Highway 1) between Paekakariki and Pukerua Bay is only there because of a massive earthquake in the Wellington region back in the 1850s. It is good to see the government becoming stricter about building codes for both commercial and private use.

  • sizemik
    sizemik

    This is what the CBD looks like today . . . 1300 buildings down and 300 to go.

  • ziddina
    ziddina

    Sizemik, you people have GOT to start living in gers - er, yurts...

    yurt

    yurt framework

    yurt dome

  • sizemik
    sizemik

    I love new ways of doing things.

    The new Cathedral in the town centre will be made from cardboard . . . seriously.

    http://www.3news.co.nz/Cardboard-Christchurch-cathedral-costs-5m/tabid/423/articleID/250607/Default.aspx

    The cathedral will be made out of cardboard tubes costing $5.3 million and will be big enough for a congregation of over 700 worshippers

    Very 21st Century . . . maybe.

    It might make a useful concert hall one day.

  • Black Sheep
    Black Sheep

    I've been saving my toilet rolls to help them out

  • ziddina
    ziddina

    Hey, if youse guys can make a cathederal out of cardboard, you should SERIOUSLY consider yurts - or a housing technique based on yurt construction, at any rate!!!

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