Hi, we know some of you will be wondering if the earthquake affected us. We are fortunate that the earthquake was on the South Island, about 8 hours drive south of us and a 3 hour ferry ride from there...would be like a earthquake in southern Missouri from Green Bay as far as distance.
The earthquake was much worse this time versus the one they had in the same city (Christchurch) last September 4th, 2010. That one was a 7.1 magnitude quake, with a few injuries and no direct deaths from the quake. This time, even though the quake was not as strong at 6.2 magnitude, there are many more buildings completely destroyed, and the death toll is at least 65 with higher numbers expected. The search and rescue teams are strictly working on finding those trapped at this time.
For more info, here is a good site:
http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10708166&ref=rss
or this one:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12533722
Thanks to everyone who checked in to see how we are doing.
--Tracy and Gillie
5 comments:
Glad to hear you were unaffected. Chris just reminded us of the blog this week and Elise, Katie, and I are catching up. We'll check out the videos too. Glad to see you're having such a great experience. Futsal is going well, but would be better with Gillian here. We're starting indoor practices next week. Best Regards, Coach Jeff
we herd about it on the news looked really bad!!! glad 2 hear u were ok. from; nicole
The class is also glad that you guys were safe and of course Mallory and everyone else still misses you. You just missed a big blizzard, named Dana, and we had our first snow day! (mady & Mitch) Levi says that totaled our vacation to 5 days long. The girls barried the boys in the snow (Emma). Raija says we just finished up next book report and are preparing for the Literature Fair. Mallory wants to know if you got to take care of the pigs yet? We are excited that our smart board is here now (morgan)! Next time we skype you we are going to use it! Katrina wants to know what your easiest subject is.We enjoyed your videos and Logan thinks you should post more. Rachael wants to skype again soon. Wow, you have been busy on your blog! There is so much that you guys are doing.
Your 5th grade class
hey gillian looks like yourhaving fun and good thing the earth qauke didnt hit you!!! from KATRINA
wow good thing your ok. i was worried. hope your having fun. i wish i was there with you.
- Emily
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