Shake, rattle and drink

All clear since last nights earthquake.

We lost power, which rolled us into torch candle mode for a few hours. Interestingly, the challenge without power was getting information – a tsunami concern. Well, the 3G iPhone is now completely justified. Tsunami warning was dropped at midnight. Looks like a power cable hit a tree a few roads behind our house.

Annabel had a sleepover so it was all dramatic fun for the girls in the lounge.

Ed was good and got into action well with torches and boiling water on the gas stove. Gotta have that cup of tea.

Damage report (so far):

• Bit of wax on the kitchen benchtops – they are stainless steel so no worries.
• Box fell out of rafters in garage but looks like it missed everything – empty box anyway
• one picture fell off in the office- no damage
• Not the greatest nights sleep (one ear open)
• The water in the tap is cloudy. We are on rainwater storage tanks, so the shaking has shaken up the bit of silt at the bottom of the tanks. We have bottled water backup anyway so no worries. Should settle over the next few days.

Thats about it. The office is about four stories high anyway, so that would have been waving like a goodbye hand…