O/T: Whee.............Not

"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just received word from a guy, a native Angelo, a member one of my sailing
> lists who is in Christchurch, NZ for a year that he and his family are
> safe.
>
> He was in a modern office building when the quake and it survived nicely;
> however, the home they were renting was totally destroyed.
>
> A couple of other listees, native Kiwis, are also safe.
>
> The search & rescue continues.
>
> Lew
>
>

Good to hear Lew.

"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just received word from a guy, a native Angelo, a member
> one of my sailing lists who is in Christchurch, NZ for a
> year that he and his family are safe.
>
> He was in a modern office building when the quake and it
> survived nicely; however, the home they were renting was
> totally destroyed.
>
> A couple of other listees, native Kiwis, are also safe.
>
> The search & rescue continues.
>
> Lew
>
>

L:

I had a long conversation with an old friend in Christchurch
yesterday.

Damage varies according to the obvious factors: distance
from the shallow epicenter, building type and the
immediately
underlying soil.

Quakes are legal classed as natural occurences
there and evidently not apart from normal insurance coverage
under operation of the contrary exclusionary phrase we hear
stateside. Aside from an understandable fatigue with this
ongoing
bout with tremors and the fatalistic lament over
irreplaceable loss of life,
my contacts seem to be moving industriously and admirably
forward.

It was--as a Kiwi would say-- "dear" that they took time to
thank us for
the rescue teams we dispatched their way from our place on
the Ring
of Fire. Good people.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey