Spare a thought for our kiwi friends

[Young Col]

There's been mention on a different thread but I thought we should formally express sympathy to Jimu Visionari1 and everyone else in New Zealand while they're coping with a terrible natural disaster.
Good to see rescue teams from all parts of the World there helping.
YC

 

[rudjarl]

I fully agree with that. My deepest sympathy with the people of New Zealand in this time of grief.
Rune

 

[kevgermany]

Me too. I've got old friends in Christchurch, luckily they're OK. But it took a while to find out.

 

[Taz]

A friend of mine's son is backpacking in NZ and had booked into a hostel in Christchurch the night before the quake. Luckily both him and the friend he's traveling with were both out of the hostel and were sight seeing when the quake hit. The hostel disappeared!

My thoughts are with those in New Zealand.

 

[Andrew Sanders]

Good to see Jimu is away from the troubles but all best wishes to his countymen.
Andrew

 

[ajs1945]

Hi we have friends out there they are on the north Island but it is very sad for them all our thougts go out to them all .
Allan.

 

[Greg Strange]

Simon from Jazz Wise is from Christchurch and he came back to NZ at the beginning of last year - I hope he is alright.
My sister, her husband and their three children live in Chch - lucky they are alright. Honestly the place looks like a war zone. Over 150 people dead - over 200 people missing. Some people are comparing it to the blitz during WWII. There are rescue teams from NZ; Aussie - NSW, Queensland, Victoria, SA; UK; US - California; Japan; China; Taiwan; Thailand; Singapore; Police from NZ; Aussie - NSW, Queensland, Victoira, SA; Military personnel from NZ, Singapore. Estimated cost of damage 20 billion NZ dollars (approx 9 billion quid). Just before Christmas 2010 29 coal miners died on the West Coast of South Island. They're a certainly having it tough in the South.
Regards,
GS.