Earthquakes
after an earthquake there's a horrible swimmy feeling where the ground sort of floats and rocks like a boat under you. I really hate that feeling. If you're standing up when it happens you often don't realise there's been an earthquake, you just think you're feeling a bit dizzy for a moment.
It's very hard to sleep because every time you doze off there's another aftershock. I'm very tired, and quite scared.
People are leaving Christchurch, but where would I go? I can't even think how I would begin somewhere else. I'm 52 now. Hard to upstakes and go somewhere else at 52. But I sometimes get the feeling this isn't going to stop. That it will continue until there is not a stone left standing upon a stone and we are all shaken to bits.
My house is probably not worth anything now either. How could I sell it? Who would buy it? My house is all I have to show for my lifetime of work.
It's very hard to sleep because every time you doze off there's another aftershock. I'm very tired, and quite scared.
People are leaving Christchurch, but where would I go? I can't even think how I would begin somewhere else. I'm 52 now. Hard to upstakes and go somewhere else at 52. But I sometimes get the feeling this isn't going to stop. That it will continue until there is not a stone left standing upon a stone and we are all shaken to bits.
My house is probably not worth anything now either. How could I sell it? Who would buy it? My house is all I have to show for my lifetime of work.
posted by burning moon at 12:31 PM
4 Comments:
I'm relieved that you're OK.I was really worried when I heard the news of the earthquake and checked out if you were posting - its been quite a while since I was here. I always imagined an earthquake must be like an unsettling swell at sea and seem to remember that you had a bit of unease about the sea as well. Anyway, keep hanging in there, the worst must be over and worry is just a tendency to confuse the past with the future. Neither your spirit nor your muse was ever tethered to anything as mundane as a house anyway. Best wishes. A
Thanks A
I'm hoping your house is not too structurally damaged Moon, and damaged things can be rebuilt.
I will hope the earth stops being angry and goes back to sleep for you
Thinking of you as always
thanks Chris. :) There doesn't seem to be any further structural damage to the house. And the damage from the original earthquake was minimal.
This time, however, there has been a lot of damage to contents. Many ornaments etc broken. Still, as you say, these are replaceable, so all in all, we got off quite lightly.
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