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We Remember

Maggie — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:15:45 +0000

It seems incredible to me that ten years has already passed since 9-11 stopped being my friend’s birthday and became instead a symbol of terrorism. Ten years since I woke to images so horrifying, so emotionally overwhelming that I struggled to comprehend them. Ten years since I waited by the phone for news of our...

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Remember Me?

Maggie — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:12:28 +0000

Hi! Yep, I’m still here. I’ve been off-line a while – a loooong while – three months, in fact – and yes, I do have the odd excuse (including, on 22nd February, another horrific earthquake, so destructive it pretty much flattened what remained of our already-shaken inner city). Still, I’m sorry I haven’t been more...

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QuakeZone – Twelve Days On

Maggie — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:02:56 +0000

Twelve days on and we’re struggling to re-boot normality here in Christchurch, NZ. It’s not that we can’t function: we can, and very well. Our infrastructures have withstood this crisis amazingly. Our civil defence emergency response teams have been excellent. Our community has come together to help each other through – I’m proud to live...

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QuakeZone

Maggie — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:31:20 +0000

On Saturday 4th September 2010, at 4.36am, my partner and I woke to the biggest earthquake we’ve ever experienced. The pre-quake rumble was terrifying. Freight-train-through-your-lounge volume. Then the quake hit. Apparently it lasted forty seconds. To both of us it felt much, much longer. How to get to the kids in time? How to calm...

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