It's a new day here in NZ and Christchurch is still a mess. The CBD is still closed off and they're still having aftershocks - 5.1 again this morning. Lots of others that I would consider nasty if it happened to us. Check out this lot!

The engineers have checked the Cathedral - one of Christchurch's landmarks, and is seems to be structurally sound. It was reinforced about 10 years back.
But many other old buildings in the middle of town have not been so lucky and while the quakes are continuing, shopowners can't get in to see the damage. Even when the buiding is OK, ceilings are down and the stock has been thrown all over the place.
I hate to think what might have happened in the music shops.
Or the Canterbury Museum. Or the library. The Youth hostels where we stayed during the Northumbrian Piper's tour in 2005.......
There will be plenty of work now, with rebuilding or demolishing and there is funding available from the Gov Earthquake Commission.
And they keep saying that no-one has been killed and only one seriously injured so things could have been much worse.
The TV news reckons that most people now have their power and water back on but with the number of lamposts tipped over and roads cracked, I find that hard to believe.
Anyway, they're sending in the army. They showed the tanks being loaded onto the Interisland ferry this morning.
"She'll be right mate!"
Robyn