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Buzz
Feb 15, 2016, 1:40:28 PM2/15/16
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Hi Bert
We brought Robyn (second from R below - three from the team greeted by three friends) home safe and sound about 3am this morning. After a few flight delays and a long time getting through customs and biosecurity, we then took an even longer time driving her home as the motorway was closed last night, necessitating a long circuitous detour). The poor girl spent most of the night being ill so will probably be out like a light most of the day.
Where we are (50km north west of Auckland), we're too far north and west of the fault line to have felt the quake. I was in Wellington in 2005 and felt a fairly big one one then, and have experienced some faint tremors here in Auckland on a few occasions (sometimes we see a Powerpoint wobble on the screen during a meeting in out 31-storey tower at work).
Right, off to yawn my way to the auto shop to get the car serviced while the local slaughterman decreases our sheep flock, so we can have sausages, steaks and roasts in the year ahead.
Buzz
We brought Robyn (second from R below - three from the team greeted by three friends) home safe and sound about 3am this morning. After a few flight delays and a long time getting through customs and biosecurity, we then took an even longer time driving her home as the motorway was closed last night, necessitating a long circuitous detour). The poor girl spent most of the night being ill so will probably be out like a light most of the day.
Where we are (50km north west of Auckland), we're too far north and west of the fault line to have felt the quake. I was in Wellington in 2005 and felt a fairly big one one then, and have experienced some faint tremors here in Auckland on a few occasions (sometimes we see a Powerpoint wobble on the screen during a meeting in out 31-storey tower at work).
Right, off to yawn my way to the auto shop to get the car serviced while the local slaughterman decreases our sheep flock, so we can have sausages, steaks and roasts in the year ahead.
Buzz
16 February 2016 at 3:11 AMHi Buzz,You should be picking up daughter #3 right now. Did you feel the earthquake yesterday? I work with someone who lives in NZ who posted about it on Yammer.All the best, Bert----Bert Latamore(703) 340-8396
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15 February 2016 at 6:20 PMKia ora Bob and all
24 degrees and humid here in the Land of the Long White Cloud and the cicadas and crickets are warming up for the dusk chorus. Enjoying the second half of summer here - short sleeve shirts to work, BBQ dinners on the deck and sheep bleating because the paddocks are drying up. Luckily, we have had periodic rain but the last week has been hot and dry so we're hoping for some rainfall to fill the tanks and freshen up the grazing.
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FlightAware app - Daughter no.3 has been on a long trip in South Africa, most recently volunteering in an HIV/AIDS orphanage nr. Jo'burg. She is on her way home tonight (she just landed in Sydney, Australia 15 minutes ago) and, God willing, we'll be seeing her walk into the Auckland arrivals hall in just over 6 hours' time (00:15 NZ time).
Cheers
Buzz
15 February 2016 at 10:15 AM>Today is the beginning of what could be a record warmup here in the heart of America. The weatherpeople are predicting 70 degree temperatures later in the week.
Man I wish! It's in the negative teens this weekend in NY.
Brrrr
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15 February 2016 at 6:57 AMToday is the beginning of what could be a record warmup here in the heart of America. The weatherpeople are predicting 70 degree temperatures later in the week. I'll take it! The older I get, the less enamored of the cold I seem to become.Bert, do you use the desktop version of HandDBase? I'm wanting something that will sync to my devices as well as function on the desktops I wondered if you also had such a setup.Buzz, I hope you are enjoying your summer down under, How's the tourist trade now?Going to spend time with the love of my life here for Valentine's Day Hope you're all doing well!Bob--
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Bert Latamore
Feb 15, 2016, 1:59:56 PM2/15/16
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Sorry she was ill. I presume this is nothing serious. She looks pretty happy in the photo. Glad you weren't bothered by the earthquake.
How volcanic is New Zealand? it is away from the plate boundaries, isn't it? We were in Iceland in January for a few days, and I got to walk across the Atlantic Trench from the Euro-Asian Plate to the North American Plate. It has gotten me more interested in geology.
Buzz
Feb 15, 2016, 3:27:38 PM2/15/16
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Hey Bert
[Still trying to wake up and eat breakfast]
I think a combination of 24 hours travel, airline food, climate change and the windy detour started things off.
NZ is pretty volcanic. Auckland has, and is built upon, a volcanic field of 53-70 (depending on whose figures you go with) and there are other active cones within the region. We have more than enough geological activity to warrant a national monitoring agency GeoNet - http://www.geonet.org.nz/ - where we all go to check the latest quake/eruption data.
Right, definitely off to the garage this time.
Cheers
Buzz
[Still trying to wake up and eat breakfast]
I think a combination of 24 hours travel, airline food, climate change and the windy detour started things off.
NZ is pretty volcanic. Auckland has, and is built upon, a volcanic field of 53-70 (depending on whose figures you go with) and there are other active cones within the region. We have more than enough geological activity to warrant a national monitoring agency GeoNet - http://www.geonet.org.nz/ - where we all go to check the latest quake/eruption data.
Right, definitely off to the garage this time.
Cheers
Buzz
16 February 2016 at 7:59 AM
Sorry she was ill. I presume this is nothing serious. She looks pretty happy in the photo. Glad you weren't bothered by the earthquake.How volcanic is New Zealand? it is away from the plate boundaries, isn't it? We were in Iceland in January for a few days, and I got to walk across the Atlantic Trench from the Euro-Asian Plate to the North American Plate. It has gotten me more interested in geology.
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Freelance Writer covering the intersection between IT and businessI dream of a better world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.
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16 February 2016 at 7:39 AM
Hi Bert
We brought Robyn (second from R below - three from the team greeted by three friends) home safe and sound about 3am this morning. After a few flight delays and a long time getting through customs and biosecurity, we then took an even longer time driving her home as the motorway was closed last night, necessitating a long circuitous detour). The poor girl spent most of the night being ill so will probably be out like a light most of the day.
Where we are (50km north west of Auckland), we're too far north and west of the fault line to have felt the quake. I was in Wellington in 2005 and felt a fairly big one one then, and have experienced some faint tremors here in Auckland on a few occasions (sometimes we see a Powerpoint wobble on the screen during a meeting in out 31-storey tower at work).
Right, off to yawn my way to the auto shop to get the car serviced while the local slaughterman decreases our sheep flock, so we can have sausages, steaks and roasts in the year ahead.
Buzz
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