PESOs: 10 year anniversary
Ten years ago today our lives were fractured as much as our city when a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:51pm.
185 lives were lost in that event along with thousands injured. Countless buildings have since been demolished, mostly in the city centre. The central city is still undergoing a radical transformation. There are now lots of new buildings, several repaired and strengthened heritage buildings, and many empty lots being used for parking. It's slowly getting easier to navigate as the surroundings change (we don't go into the central city very often). There are still a few derelict sites which everyone is getting increasingly frustrated about.
Life feels as though it's largely back to normal (even despite Covid-19) but the scars will always remain.
I took my daughter to the official memorial service today. My own life has changed massively since then and it's hard to believe the past decade has disappeared so quickly. Given where I was at the time I could easily have not made it home that day.
These are just a few phone snapshots centred around the memorial. Only the last one was taken today.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1092/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1093/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1094/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1095/#peso
There are some images comparing then-and-now in this article. I went past several of those scenes as I made my way back to the office then home on the day.
Cheers,
Dave
Hard to believe that was 10 years ago, Dave! I remember your reporting
and photos from back then...
ann
On 2/22/2021 3:42 AM, David Mann wrote:
Ten years ago today our lives were fractured as much as our city when a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:51pm.
185 lives were lost in that event along with thousands injured. Countless buildings have since been demolished, mostly in the city centre. The central city is still undergoing a radical transformation. There are now lots of new buildings, several repaired and strengthened heritage buildings, and many empty lots being used for parking. It's slowly getting easier to navigate as the surroundings change (we don't go into the central city very often). There are still a few derelict sites which everyone is getting increasingly frustrated about.
Life feels as though it's largely back to normal (even despite Covid-19) but the scars will always remain.
I took my daughter to the official memorial service today. My own life has changed massively since then and it's hard to believe the past decade has disappeared so quickly. Given where I was at the time I could easily have not made it home that day.
These are just a few phone snapshots centred around the memorial. Only the last one was taken today.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1092/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1093/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1094/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1095/#peso
There are some images comparing then-and-now in this article. I went past several of those scenes as I made my way back to the office then home on the day.
Cheers,
Dave
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what a horrific experience to live through! Ttle gallery is quite
evocative; thanks for sharing your thoughts and your images.
Your little gallery is quite evocative. I was especially moved by 1093,
and in particular the shattered heart.
Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 3:42 AM David Mann dmann.nz@gmail.com wrote:
Ten years ago today our lives were fractured as much as our city when a
6.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:51pm.
185 lives were lost in that event along with thousands injured. Countless
buildings have since been demolished, mostly in the city centre. The
central city is still undergoing a radical transformation. There are now
lots of new buildings, several repaired and strengthened heritage
buildings, and many empty lots being used for parking. It's slowly getting
easier to navigate as the surroundings change (we don't go into the central
city very often). There are still a few derelict sites which everyone is
getting increasingly frustrated about.
Life feels as though it's largely back to normal (even despite Covid-19)
but the scars will always remain.
I took my daughter to the official memorial service today. My own life
has changed massively since then and it's hard to believe the past decade
has disappeared so quickly. Given where I was at the time I could easily
have not made it home that day.
These are just a few phone snapshots centred around the memorial. Only
the last one was taken today.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1092/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1093/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1094/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1095/#peso
There are some images comparing then-and-now in this article. I went past
several of those scenes as I made my way back to the office then home on
the day.
Cheers,
Dave
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So sad. A great city in ruins.
Paul
On Feb 22, 2021, at 3:42 AM, David Mann dmann.nz@gmail.com wrote:
Ten years ago today our lives were fractured as much as our city when a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:51pm.
185 lives were lost in that event along with thousands injured. Countless buildings have since been demolished, mostly in the city centre. The central city is still undergoing a radical transformation. There are now lots of new buildings, several repaired and strengthened heritage buildings, and many empty lots being used for parking. It's slowly getting easier to navigate as the surroundings change (we don't go into the central city very often). There are still a few derelict sites which everyone is getting increasingly frustrated about.
Life feels as though it's largely back to normal (even despite Covid-19) but the scars will always remain.
I took my daughter to the official memorial service today. My own life has changed massively since then and it's hard to believe the past decade has disappeared so quickly. Given where I was at the time I could easily have not made it home that day.
These are just a few phone snapshots centred around the memorial. Only the last one was taken today.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1092/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1093/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1094/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1095/#peso
There are some images comparing then-and-now in this article. I went past several of those scenes as I made my way back to the office then home on the day.
Cheers,
Dave
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That’s an eloquent memory. Major events like an earthquake big enough to do serious damage are definitely things you remember for decades. We recently passed the 30 year of our pretty big one, and on the anniversary there was a lot of “what I was doing then”. It’s been interesting in that it seems that every 2-3 weeks since New Years eve, some place in the greater bay area, we’ve had a trembler of magnitude 3 or higher. Let’s just hope that stress is just being relieved a little bit at a time.
On Feb 22, 2021, at 12:42 AM, David Mann dmann.nz@gmail.com wrote:
Ten years ago today our lives were fractured as much as our city when a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:51pm.
185 lives were lost in that event along with thousands injured. Countless buildings have since been demolished, mostly in the city centre. The central city is still undergoing a radical transformation. There are now lots of new buildings, several repaired and strengthened heritage buildings, and many empty lots being used for parking. It's slowly getting easier to navigate as the surroundings change (we don't go into the central city very often). There are still a few derelict sites which everyone is getting increasingly frustrated about.
Life feels as though it's largely back to normal (even despite Covid-19) but the scars will always remain.
I took my daughter to the official memorial service today. My own life has changed massively since then and it's hard to believe the past decade has disappeared so quickly. Given where I was at the time I could easily have not made it home that day.
These are just a few phone snapshots centred around the memorial. Only the last one was taken today.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1092/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1093/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1094/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1095/#peso
There are some images comparing then-and-now in this article. I went past several of those scenes as I made my way back to the office then home on the day.
Cheers,
Dave
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A terrible tragedy but great to see the resilience of the human spirit.
Waiting to see the Cathedral rebuilt.
Alan C
On 22-Feb-21 10:42 AM, David Mann wrote:
Ten years ago today our lives were fractured as much as our city when a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:51pm.
185 lives were lost in that event along with thousands injured. Countless buildings have since been demolished, mostly in the city centre. The central city is still undergoing a radical transformation. There are now lots of new buildings, several repaired and strengthened heritage buildings, and many empty lots being used for parking. It's slowly getting easier to navigate as the surroundings change (we don't go into the central city very often). There are still a few derelict sites which everyone is getting increasingly frustrated about.
Life feels as though it's largely back to normal (even despite Covid-19) but the scars will always remain.
I took my daughter to the official memorial service today. My own life has changed massively since then and it's hard to believe the past decade has disappeared so quickly. Given where I was at the time I could easily have not made it home that day.
These are just a few phone snapshots centred around the memorial. Only the last one was taken today.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1092/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1093/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1094/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1095/#peso
There are some images comparing then-and-now in this article. I went past several of those scenes as I made my way back to the office then home on the day.
Cheers,
Dave
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On Feb 23, 2021, at 5:52 AM, Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:
A terrible tragedy but great to see the resilience of the human spirit. Waiting to see the Cathedral rebuilt.
We went past it on our way to the central library before the service. Its rebuild is expected to take between 7 and 10 years.
There are some good photos of it in this article:
Cheers,
Dave