Monday 1st September - those wooden houses

A friend remarked on my post about the noisy earthquake last week and wooden New Zealander houses being so flimsy.

Apparently the Hastings earthquake was the noisiest one in the area with the sound travelling throught the ground and the air. One reason for the wooden houses is earthquakes. They should suffer less damage when the big one hits.

So far there have been over $5million claimed for damages last week!!!

Saturday 30th August - Olympic gold

I saw 2 Olympic gold medallists this morning when the city of Napier organised a parade for the Evers-Swindell twins. They won a rowing gold for the second successive olympics. The twins are locals, having grown up in Hastings.

Hastings mayor is talking about naming a street or park in their honour!!