[Lynn Eades]

Unfortunately where ever we live on the planet, our lives are challenged by the elements. You Canadians learn to live with fires and cold, you Australians usually live with the threat of bush fires, but have just been hammered by cyclones, and flooding. New Zealand is a country of moderation, but we live on the pacific rim and as such we live with volcanic activity and earth quakes. Earthquakes happen here every day, most of them we don't notice.
Today Christchurch copped a big one. Today my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones for no good reason, other than they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They are getting a bad deal down there.