Same from me

:( Thinking of you all ,our thoughts with you all over there.:(

Best wishes from Turkey.

Could be, but i have never before heard of an earthquake in NZ.

Anyway, while we're at it, lets also not forget those brave people in Lybia standing up against dictator Muammar Gaddafi this very moment. Already 300 people died and by the looks of it, it's not going to stop anytime soon.

I just finished reading Al Deere's book 'Nine Lives' and there he talked about an earthquake occurring there when he was a boy.

... the aussie floodings now the NZ quake.. that area of the world has indeed had a great amount of suffering lately :(

ive driven, flat out, through the south island twice in the last 18 months, simply astounding scenery. Summer, winter, just an amazing place.

christchurch is such a beautiful city i seriously considered relocating there.

ive stood in cathedral square, rode the tram, wandered through the place like a homeless bum.

i know i'll be heading over again when they get back on their feet.

brought tears to my eyes seeing busted and bloody rag dolls being dragged from the dust.

TUNISIA, LIBIA , EJIPT revolution is dangerous much peoples emmigrate in ITALY to lampedusa (ISLAND) for FREE ACCESS TO EUROPE but EUROPE ignore this big big RISK and ignore ITALY because italy is important geographic position for african peoples refuges. ITALY is in THE CENTER OF MEDITERRAIN SEA and FRANCE GERMANY AND ENGLAND not help ITALY TO COTROL THE MEDITERRAIN SEA whit COVER WAR SHIP.
you IGNORE ITALY and the CONSEQUENCE FOR FUTURE IS HIGHT RISK FOR NORTH AFRICAN PEOPLES INVASION OF EUROPE.

My parents were on holiday out of the city; one of my workmates took a flight out of Chch just four hours before it hit. I'm glad I chose a different city to settle down in after spending most of my life there. Some lucky, some unlucky, just a roll of the dice.

Yes, best wishes from Canada, props to all the emergency responders in NZ working hard to help everyone.

Luckily all my family (who live there) were doing things in other areas of NZ.
Hope others are as lucky as them.

Good luck everyone