Earthquake Sign

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There are quite a few signs like this around Christchurch after the Quake. This is one of them. Off shot to the right is a leveled patch of ground where the owners furniture restoration shop used to be. Twitter |

Sign in Linwood Avenue

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Sign in Linwood Avenue

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Sign in High Street

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We can rebuild sign

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Sign now on many streets in the area

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As a way of reducing traffic - and hence damaging vibrations - many streets are partially blocked by these signs. Also many of them have a 30kph speed limit.

Danger sign, corner Cranford and Westminster Streets

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Toy Poodle Lost

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sand volcano tours

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Yes, it was a joke. The tours, that is, not the yard filled with earthquake-caused sand volcanos. They were very real. You can see one covering the driveway in this photo. The signs read as follows. "Tours run 1/2 hourly. $5.25 admission. Eftpos unavailable." "If you think this is bad... you should see the back!"

Manchester Courts Building Top Cracks

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Very sad - was a nice looking building. This is near the top of the building and there is signs of the top being displaced horizontally.

Christchurch Earthquake - Coming Down

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A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Victoria Street. So sad to see history die - both buildings and business. Sign on the back wall says, "You gotta be there Christchurch" - sadly ironic! Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.