A graphic giving the status of Manning Intermediate School.
A photograph of Tania from Hoon Hay taking part in #FiveYearsOn. Tania holds a sign which reads, "Five years on, I feel... Blessed, grateful// Tania, Hoon Hay".
An aerial photograph of Rowley Avenue School in Hoon Hay.
An usual thing to see coming from the ground in Hoon Hay, Christchurch.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sarah Davidson clears liquefaction from Hoon Hay Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sarah Davidson clears liquefaction from Hoon Hay Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sarah Davidson clears liquefaction from Hoon Hay Road".
And, yes, the newspaper always gets through! The Press newspapers were delivered in our area of Hoon Hay in the hours after the earthquake.
Cleaning up the silt and sand from Hoon Hay properties. Here Laura, Robbie, and Ronny are part of the clean-up crew on Wyn Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Liquefaction outside a property in Rydal Street, Hoon Hay".
An aerial photograph of Manning Intermediate School, Hillmorton High School, and Spreydon School in Hoon Hay.
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Debra points at the beginnings of a sand volcano not long after the big earthquake.
Lots of people were out and about in the streets checking on everyone after the earthquake. When it was clear that everyone was OK, the sand volcanos became the feature of interest.
Robbie and Nicola watch Laura and a helpful neighbour remove the broken chimney.
Laura Young and I tying down tarps over the hole in the roof. We did what we could to tie it down with tension and weigh it down with bricks tied to the tarps. Why? Because gale-force winds are predicted for tomorrow (Sunday) and rain on Tuesday.
This has made a huge mess for the residents to clean up. I heard on the news that homes have been damaged by subsidence in areas of earthquake-caused liquefaction like this.
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The chimney busted right through the wooden beam holding up the roof. I'm told it may an alarming noise.
Sand volcanoes put the silt all over the road.
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Our neighbours, Laura and Robbie, were unlucky enough to have their chimney fall into the roof rather than off the house.
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Yes, it was a joke. The tours, that is, not the yard filled with earthquake-caused sand volcanos. They were very real. You can see one covering the driveway in this photo. The signs read as follows. "Tours run 1/2 hourly. $5.25 admission. Eftpos unavailable." "If you think this is bad... you should see the back!"
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