In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> "Lyndon Watson" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Feb 21, 7:21 pm, spamtrap1888 > wrote:
> > On Feb 20, 4:45 pm, Lyndon Watson > wrote:
> > > I've just had lunch. I had a leftover roast chicken, just one side of
> > > the breast left. I'm not all that fond of breast meat, and this one
> > > was rather dry,
> >
> > Cube or shred and toss into a vegetable soup.
>
> Yes, I've done that before, but this time I fancied the salad as
> well. I'll know better next time.
>
> For anyone who's interested, I've survived today's earthquake (or I
> should say the biggest of today's earthquakes) with no damage except a
> smoke alarm that fell off the wall and broke. But at least dozens of
> people are dead in the central city, with more to come after they've
> got into a completely collapsed office building that had about 200
> people in it, and dug out a couple of buses that were squashed by
> falling buildings.
>
> ---
> Wow! Scary stuff.

Death toll is confirmed at 65, expected to rise as they dig the people
out that Lyndon mentioned.

My whole family is in Christchurch -- they're all fine, although there's
no power, water or phone in my mother's house, and extensive damage to
my sister's.

My husband is there teaching for the day. He's stranded overnight and
staying with colleagues, and will be leaving on the 8am bus.

Miche

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Electricians do it in three phases