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Thread #131902   Message #2986015
Posted By: Little Robyn
13-Sep-10 - 04:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: NZ Major Earthquake Canterbury Sep 2010
Subject: RE: BS: NZ Major Earthquake Canterbury Sep 2010
I was going to tell you it was almost over - there were only a few small aftershocks on Sunday night and early Monday.
But in the last 24 hours there have been 34 aftershocks, most of them smallish but a couple of them were 4 or more on the Richter scale.
The city centre is open again and people are trying to get back to a normal life. But many will have lost their jobs.
The repair bill is etimated to be about 4 billion dollars - half of that for domestic properties, a quarter for business properties and the rest for public amenities - water, power, public buildings etc.
Anyway, things are looking up, most kids are back at school and they're learning to cope.
Robyn