Comments on: Earthquakes and Tsunamis

By: Honeywood

Honeywood — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:08:42 +0000

Actually he rang up and said “you can’t write about my business without my permission. I’m going to come round there and punch your lights out”. I complained to the police who didn’t seem to take it seriously. They said “has he hit you yet? No? Come back when he has”

By: Maximus

Maximus — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:44:35 +0000

They threatened to break your legs didn’t they? No fear here, just a very slippery tale…

It is a bit of a tragedy really, isn’t it. The food’s awful, that gangplank is clunky, and there’s always a faint smell of cat-pee or something from the old carpets. Plus the view both in and out is crap. However, I do quite like the idea of people living on boats, and restaurants on boats, and all sorts of activities and things on boats. It’s a pity they sent the old King Kong boat to the bottom of the sea, as that would have made a nice old rig quietly aging at the seaside. I’d argue that we need another 100 boats out in the harbour, rather than getting rid of this one.

By: Honeywood

Honeywood — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000

be careful Maximus… when I once made a passing reference to the tugboat restaurant in an article I wrote the owner rang me up and physically threatened me

By: Maximus

Maximus — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:07:38 +0000

There’s a report that the Tugboat Restaurant suffered damage from ‘tidal surges’ on Monday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3397231/Tug-gangway-now-shipshape

Although some may argue that it is a pity the whole ugly boat didn’t sink as well, is this actually delayed tsunami damage?

Anyway: Stuff website also reports :BREAKING NEWS
Tsunami warning issued for part of Chilean coast after huge aftershock … More soon

Hmmmmm. Not issuing tsunami warnings here, I see.

By: Quaker

Quaker — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:15:12 +0000

“council won�t give us a permit to demolish it!”

Well, a Resource Consent is required to create open space in the city, or to create a new building in its place. The council _could_ give you a consent for that, I guess, but they’d have to be convinced that whatever replaces it is going to be good. For instance: not a carpark.

By: Philonz

Philonz — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:21:06 +0000

There was damage in NZ after a Tsunami in 1960 caused by a quake in Chile. I for one will continue to heed the warnings of CD and will have no sympathy for the clowns who go surfing in spite of the danger. It really isn’t the hardest thing in the world to stay away from the coast for ONE day.

By: m-d

m-d — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:27:26 +0000

Thanks Philip!

By: Maximus

Maximus — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:00:54 +0000

for those that want to watch the ripple effect in action, there is a great little movie on Wiki, of the Samoan tsunami effect across the Pacific.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samoa_tsunami_animation_20090929_samoa_a.ogv

By: Philip

Philip — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:46:59 +0000

M-D – the comments feed is over here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/CommentsForEyeOfTheFish

By: Maximus

Maximus — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:36:33 +0000

The council won’t give you a permit to demolish ? You’re talking about the old Elim shed?
Well, you’ve got 14 years or so to get that resolved. In the mean time, tell us more about it.
Is it old? My guess would be 1890 – 1910 ?
Is it historic? Must have been a shed for something interesting once upon a time.
Is it interesting inside? Cos apart from a pretty plain blank wall outside, it looks pretty dull.
Will the Council give you $25 k to restore it? Cos if not, then…..

But most importantly – given that anything proposed as a replacement should be better than what exists, what are you proposing to do with the site? Big new Elim gospel church? Hall for singing and dancing? They get a tick from me. But if its a carpark – naaa, thumbs down…