EARTHQUAKE UPDATE

Further Information about the aftermath of the Christchurch , New Zealand , earthquake has been received. More than 1000 aftershocks have been experienced and some people are suffering motion sickness because of the unnerving shaking. Parents with children have become anxious about which ones they should grab and attempt to save in the event of another jolt which in a split second could bring down their house. Palatial homes worth millions near the river were moved a metre closer to the stream . Port-a-loos now dot the front garden of many residences . One of the businesses wiped out was the estimable Smith’s bookshop from which this blogger bought interesting slim volumes dealing with early NZ poets and writers. The fact that a fault line ran under Christchurch had been little known and the populace laboured under the false impression that they were "safe". It seems little follow up news about the plight of Christchurch is being run in the Australian media. Apart from the ABC, anybody heard or seen recent reports about the situation in Haiti ?