Monday's Quake
Tuesday
Driving to work
I noticed a house
half collapsed overnight
Wednesday
the stove
Thursday
drip
Friday
drip
Monday
dripping
Tuesday
from the top floor
Wednesday
hanging by its cable
from what was left
of the wall it was attached to.
Thursday
A bulldozer glories
atop a pile of sticks and bricks.
Driving to work
I noticed a house
half collapsed overnight
Wednesday
the stove
Thursday
drip
Friday
drip
Monday
dripping
Tuesday
from the top floor
Wednesday
hanging by its cable
from what was left
of the wall it was attached to.
Thursday
A bulldozer glories
atop a pile of sticks and bricks.
posted by burning moon at 3:46 PM
5 Comments:
I have heard the NZ government will purchase 5000 plus properties in an area they consider unsafe, will this affect you ?
Or you not in the red zone?
I'm not in the red zone, thank god. Although if I was I think I would probably come out of it quite well. The people who will be badly affected are, of course, those who were uninsured (lunacy!), and those who had purchased their houses at a high price and whose houses are now worth less than they paid for them. Those people will be out of pocket to some degree, but not much you can do about that sadly.
My house is now valued at 70,000 more than I paid for it, so I think I would come out of it ok.
The thing I'm a bit worried about is that once the dust has settled, and all those in the red zone have been moved out, I will be living on the outer(shaky) edge of the city.
I just hope and pray that it's finally over, and that there aren't any more big ones coming. The experts keep saying there might be another one, which is very unnerving.
I have heard that the reason the govt. has been so sow to move on settling things is because they think it's not over yet.
*'slow' to move on settling things! *rolls eyes*
If your house is currently valued at more than you paid
IMHO, you should sell up and move while the getting is good so to speak.
yeah, that would be nice. Finding a buyer might be fun tho.
Want to buy a nice house in an earthquake zone? :)
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