Bloody hell ...

[blamebrampton]

In times of ghastliness, it can be wrong but therapeutic to laugh. Which is how I explain my reaction to watching the NZ news covering earthquake evacuees arriving in Auckland. Air NZ has dropped prices and are running extra flights so that people can get out of Christchurch if they want or need to, and family members can get back in. Governments

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[zukosphoenix]

It is heartening to see that even when people's aggression and general idiocy overall seems to be at an all-time high, that we'll still all reach out to each other and help with what we can, when we can. Makes me feel like there's a lot more hope for people than what headlines and news articles would have us believe.

[blamebrampton]

People have been mostly amazing. I watched the news this evening and saw one chap who had an artesian well on his property. He was a plumber, and the mains water is out where he is, so he connected it all up and then ran a hose and tap out to the front of his place and put up a sign inviting people to take the water they wanted, and reminding them to boil it. I just wanted to hug him, but he assured the journalist that it seemed a bleedingly obvious thing to do.

[dracoangelica]

Thank you for sharing that. Its heartwarming and encouraging to see humans acting decent in the face of disaster. Tragedy has a strange affect on all of us and when the best part of civilization wins out, there is hope for us all.

[being_here]

I want to comment because your post touched me, but I feel very tearful and like there is nothing I can say.

Meh.

[nenne]

I really hope they will have peace and quiet for a long time to come, so that rebuilding and healing can go undisturbed. I feel so sorry for them all right now.

I am happy to hear that all your loved ones are fine.

[snottygrrl]

this whole situation is just so heartbreaking. i can't stand to look at pictures of the cathedral. i burst into tears every time. fortunately for me, most of my connections are in welly and nearly everyone of them and their families are accounted for. my few chch folk live out of the city. ugh. hate this. Kia kaha chch ♥

[mrsquizzical]

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