Any Australians/ New Zealanders? - Page 2

[witt]

hi there,
yes we have them a lot......... lots of little ones you can't feel often but some bigger ones. In the last year, I have probably felt three that made me run to my boys and grab them and get under a door. My heart always pounds afterwards. We have 250 litres of water stored and a load of food. Wellington is built on a fault line so when we have the next big one (8.4 richter scale in 1855, and 7.0 in 1945 - so in theory should be another one in my lifetime) the city will be out of water etc etc for months really before stable services again. Bit like New Orleans if you can imagine rebuilding a city.

The whole of New Zealand is like this. But we have wooden houses which are built to take the shakes and commercial buildings are built to earthquake standards. Me, I'm frightened of the poisonous creepy crawlies - otherwise I'd move to Oz!!!!

Actually Oz had a freak earthquake in Newcastle once I think?

Welcome BrookeC - where are you?

Pregnancy going fine, am 29 weeks and just washing baby clothes and trying to get organised now........ <sigh> this is definately it for us. 3 children will be our limit!!!

[BrookeC]

Hi Witt,

I'm in Brisbane Australia. My partner, our son and myself love living in Brisbane. The weather is generally really nice and so are most of the people.

I don't know how you cope knowing there could be an earthquake sometime soon, I'd be petrified. I'd rather the creepie crawlies which we really don't see that often anyway. Most of the poisonous type ones don't venture into homes too often.

Good to hear your pregnancy is going well, I can't wait to start trying myself. My partner had our first so I'm yet to experience pregnancy.

See Ya,

BrookeC

[KLJC04]

HI Brooke welcome, I'm envious of you living in Brisbane as I love warmer weather.

witt- we will probably start TTC#3 towards the end of the year too, it will probably be our last (unless it happens quickly) as our donor has stopped donating. I'm looking forward to a singelton pregnancy. Glad to hear your pregnancy is going smoothly.

thats crazy about the earthquakes although you guys sound prepared. Yes I remember the Newcastle earthquake, I was primary school age at the time & I was opening the bathroom door, I remember the house shaking for a few seconds. I think there have been a couple of small ones since but nothing to cause damage to anything.

Talking of creepy crawlies, our cat followed a red belly black snake in our house. I nearly died. I called up a Nature reserve park and they sent out someone to find catch it for us (crocodile hunter style lol) Anyhow he pulled out one of the biggest red bellies you had ever seen from behind our tv. which he relocated. The funny thing was DP just did a lecture on Envenomation (she an ICU nurse).

Lisa

[witt]

Brisbane is lovely. I love most of Australia........

yes earthquakes, not nice. But I think you get used to these things.......... all my life I"ve hidden under doorways and no body likes them, but everyone lives in denial........... did I mention we have a high tsunami risk too, oh and volcanoes

what a lovely country this is

good luck with ttc'ing
yes three is our lot

[KLJC04]

Hey witt,

I heard this morning there was a 7.8 earthquake in Tonga & a Tsunami warning that was later cancelled. I couldnt help but think of your post freaky huh? Did you feel it?

Lisa

[witt]

yes there was a tsunami warning in parts of New Zealand. Apparently Hawkes Bay was evacuated!!!

No earthquake here but NZ is at high risk of tsunamis. Big uproar that some parts of NZ didn't get tsunami warning until 30 minutes after tsunami would have struck!

Freaky through, I was tucked up in my bed at the top of a very high hill........ blissfully ignorant

[KLJC04]

Yikes!!! Glad your up high.

wow i thought Tsunami warnings would have improved since the BIG one (dec04).

[witt]

you would have thought so..............
big uproar here as you can imagine.... headlines go like "we're not prepared" etc etcc