Have the New Zealand myLotters Checked In Today?

@FourWalls (86939)
United States
November 13, 2016 12:19pm CST
When I sat down to have lunch I opened my iPad and saw the first thing on my news feed was Leon Russell's death, replaced quickly by the story of a 7.9 earthquake in New Zealand. It appears that the epicenter was near Kaikoura, and a tsunami warning has been issued. I hope all of our myLotters in the afffectted area are safe, and please check in with a discussion soon so we know you're okay! Here's video of the earthquake from YouTube. Frightening!!!
Earthquake Christchurch in New Zealand Christchurch Earthquake 2016 in New Zealand (VIDEO) Tsunami Alarm New Zealand After Huge EarthQuake Christchurch
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148798)
• Roseburg, Oregon
13 Nov 16
That is a bad earthquake. I hhope everyone from New Zealand is safe.
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Val
@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
14 Nov 16
Life will be severely disrupted for quite some time down south, but I think most people are safe. It was quite some shake, even up here!
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43685)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Nov 16
Wow. That's a serious quake.
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Val
@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
14 Nov 16
Hi from New Zealand. I live in the North Island, but still felt the strongest earthquake I've ever felt, and we're hundreds of kms from the epicentre.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
14 Nov 16
Thankful you're okay, Val. Thanks for checking in. I just got home from a concert so I'all look for your posts.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238390)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Nov 16
7.9? That does sound frightening. I hope the epicenter wasn't near a highly populated area.
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Val
@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
14 Nov 16
Fortunately no, but there were several small rural towns affected
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238390)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Nov 16
@valmnz The video clips I saw were pretty striking.
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Val
@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
14 Nov 16
@TheHorse and more are coming in all the time. I think the magnitude was 7.6
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Nov 16
@valmnz has written a post and also commented on some. She is in the North Island and although they felt the quake quite strongly they are safe. @BobbyDem (and Morpheus the Cat) are also from NZ but she hasn't been active here since June. It was certainly a major quake.
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Val
@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
14 Nov 16
@JudyEv yes we laughed all the way through it! So much truth in it too
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Val
@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
14 Nov 16
@BobbyDem should be okay as she lives up near Auckland
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Nov 16
@valmnz That's good. I always enjoyed her posts - as I did yours. Have you seen the NZ film 'Hunt for the Wilder People' yet? We thoroughly enjoyed it - so much so that we saw it again with a second group of friends.
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Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
Hope everybody is well. I will be looking for more updates online.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
14 Nov 16
@TheHorse -- I was listening to New Zealand radio on my TuneIn app, and they said two deaths. That was early, though (8 AM their time, they're 18 hours ahead of eastern time US).
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238390)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Nov 16
@FourWalls Sorry to hear that. But maybe that's good for a 7.6.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
14 Nov 16
@TheHorse -- from the pictures of damage I've seen, just two deaths would be a miracle!!
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (190074)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Nov 16
I hope all are safe too. Have to catch the news this evening.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (53005)
• Mojave, California
18 Jul 17
Dang, hope everyone is alright. 7.9 is huge. Biggest I ever felt was 7.3 and epicenter was like 70 miles away. Scary as hell even no damage was reported here. So I can imagine what that must have been like.