It had been my plan to write a blog about people in Christchurch making a fresh start after the earthquake.
Last week I met a waiter who, in his words, had “survived” the two major quakes and decided not to tempt fate with a third. He has now made Wellington his home.
An interesting choice, given that our capital is supposedly one of the most quake prone cities in the country. But to him, the focus has solely been on getting out of Christchurch. Based in the central city, he hasn’t even been back to collect his belongings. He just wanted out.
That’s what I was going to write about but then one of the biggest earthquakes ever in recorded history, struck the North East coast of Japan and a tsunami followed. There simply don’t seem to be enough adjectives to describe it. Today the Dominion Post’s banner called it “Apocalypse”.
And indeed it is.
