Spare a thought for those in NZ

 

  • Spare a thought for those in NZ

    Posted by Huw, 22 Feb 2011 07:48. Filed under Brickset.

    As you may have heard an earthquake has caused massive damage and disruption to Christchurch in New Zealand. Many Bricksetters live in the area, including database administrator Grahame.

    So, let's pray that they and their families are all OK, and their LEGO collections are not too damaged, and Grahame when you read this let us know that you're alright.


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Posted by bsmarthen in United States, 22 Feb 2011 08:04

Just saw it on the news. Hope they are ok!

Posted by trax_3 in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 08:19

My thoughts go out to them

Posted by azzalego98 in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 08:26

lets hope their all ok. we dont want to lose members. hope them and the minifigs are alright. im lucky to live in england not near earthquakes

Posted by PaulTR in United States, 22 Feb 2011 08:31

This is horrible! Hope they find all the missing people, and I'm praying that no one on Brickset is hurt.

Posted by Jarod98 in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 08:32

Yes, I hope you all are alright. I watched the two videos on the link and the damage is just tragical. I hope all those Bricksetters affected by this earthquake a safe remainder of this tragedy and if you got injured or a friend/family member was hurt, a speedy recovery.

Posted by macmon in Philippines, 22 Feb 2011 08:38

Hoping and praying for those who are affected. May they have strength and courage on their present situation

Posted by flump in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 09:10

The images I have seen over the past couple of hours are horrific. Thoughts are out to those affected.

Posted by legohpcity in Sweden, 22 Feb 2011 09:39

I really,really,really hope that there OK.

Posted by legodude357 in United States, 22 Feb 2011 09:42

Yes, please let them be safe and their lego collections be alright. I would hate to have to rebuild all my sets.

Posted by BrianOg in France, 22 Feb 2011 09:45

"Courage" as we say in France, my thoughts are with ye down there

Posted by surfboy100 in United States, 22 Feb 2011 10:01

I have family down there, I hope everyone is okay, my family is, but their house is partly destoryed.

Posted by Rubber Mongoose in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 10:06

I really hope everyone over there is okay, praying for them. :)

Posted by war44lock in New Zealand, 22 Feb 2011 10:34

Thanks for your messages guys, its looking like the worst disaster in our nations history and the whole country is feeling it, I felt sick watching the pictures its just gutting to see this happen to one of our most beautiful cities, and for the loss of life. I know us kiwis will pull together and get through but for right now we are all hurting real bad.

Posted by carding in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 10:47

yh hope everyone in NZ is ok good job that when push comes to shove lego is only pieces of plastic

Posted by Pepper in United States, 22 Feb 2011 10:52

My sympathy and prayers go out to the people in NZ. I hope everyone that is missing is found alive.

Posted by rollandf in Israel, 22 Feb 2011 10:53

Hope everyone is OK

Posted by Jammiedodger714 in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 11:13

Yes, I hope they are all alright!
I feel so lucky to live in England where the worst we get is heavier rain than usual. (touchwood)

Posted by dafish in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 11:25

an earthquake is a terrible experience which I had several times in my life - let's keep fingers crossed for all those down there and may the force be with them!

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 22 Feb 2011 11:31

You're all in our hearts and prayers.

Posted by legoDad42 in United States, 22 Feb 2011 11:55

Thoughts and prayers to all the people of Christchurch.

Posted by Murdoch17 in United States, 22 Feb 2011 12:02

I hope that all the Brickseters and their families are okay, and may all the missing be found. As Yellowcastle said, you're all in our hearts and prayers.

Posted by Scoutjo5 in Canada, 22 Feb 2011 12:08

Hopefully everyone is alright. They will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Posted by Cowbell03 in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 12:15

I'm hoping that everyone down there is alright; I guess half the time I don't realise how lucky I am to live in such a safe, earthquake-free area. They will be in my thought and my prayers.

Posted by Bion in United States, 22 Feb 2011 12:18

@war44lock I'll be praying for your family and your friends and all of christchurch, glad your OK.

Posted by legodrew in Mexico, 22 Feb 2011 12:18

Hope everyone from brickset is ok, report and let us now, our thoughts go out to you guys.

Posted by pop3465 in United States, 22 Feb 2011 12:35

I hope all down there is ok,This is the first I have heard of it,there all in my thoughts and prayers.Just hope everones Ok.

Posted by aragorn_10 in United States, 22 Feb 2011 12:59

Hope you all are alright down there. :( so tragic when things like this happen, I'll be praying for you all.

Posted by Legocityfanatic in United States, 22 Feb 2011 13:01

Hope everybody is okay.

Posted by Tervlon in United States, 22 Feb 2011 13:11

All the best to the amazing folks of beautiful New Zealand. Thoughts and prayers to all of you.

Posted by surfboy100 in United States, 22 Feb 2011 13:29

Pray for all people down there in Christchurch. If you have family down there, use the google person finder to find them.

Posted by BIONICLEGuy in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 13:40

Prayers for everybody in NZ. My friend's dad lives in NZ so I hope he isn't hurt.
@war44lock I hope you are okay and will survive this disaster.
@legodrew Nice idea! Anybody in NZ could give us reports on the state of the area and, of course, the state of their LEGO.

Posted by Ypres in Canada, 22 Feb 2011 13:44

Yeah my Law class was talking about the Earthquake and we all hope the rescue operations succeed. The pictures of destroyed buildings looked pretty horrible so I don't imagine a lot of Lego is left standing. Again, I hope everyone is all right... I know there's already a rising death toll.

Posted by The Big Guy in New Zealand, 22 Feb 2011 13:59

Thank you all fellow Bricksetters for your kind words of support. While I personally am not in the affected area, this tragedy has touched all NZers. Most people I know know somebody in the Christchurch region.

The current situation is not good. The offical death toll is currently 38, but that number is expected to rise considerably. One estimate puts this disaster as possibly being NZ's worst ever. Rescue efforts have gone on through the night (I'm writing this at 8am NZ time) and many surviviors have been located. We can only pray that more people can be rescued.

Posted by mr.bob in United States, 22 Feb 2011 14:40

I send out my hopes and prayers to everyone affected by the earthquake. This is the first I have heard of it, and am glad to see that so many of us are taking the time to send our regards to those in NZ.
@ Cowbell03-I agree with you. I do not often enough realize how blessed I am to live in a part of the U.S. that is so safe from any natural disasters.
@ war44lock-I hope and pray that you and your family and friends will all be alright.
@ legodrew-Yes! Those in the area please tell us how things are!
@ BIONICLEGuy-I pray that your dad's friend is ok!

Posted by Nightshroud99 in Canada, 22 Feb 2011 14:42

Hope they are ok

Posted by Matthew in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 14:48

Hope everyone is OK. I knew lots of people down there a few years ago but (luckily) they've all come back home now.

Posted by Grahame in New Zealand, 22 Feb 2011 14:58

Just a quick note to say that my family and I are safe but there are many who are not so lucky. I haven't checked on the LEGO collection yet - too much other stuff to attend to just now. Thanks to all for the many messages of support.

Posted by legoboy12345678 in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 15:04

Hope all people affected in the earthquake are ok, and nice to here your are ok grahame.

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 15:09

^^ Thanks for letting us know, Grahame, I'm very glad to hear it.

Good luck with the clean-up operation: it looks like it could be a while before things are back to normal there.

Posted by Legocityfanatic in United States, 22 Feb 2011 15:21

Some of us don't realize how lucky we are until something happens that is terrifying.

Posted by mr.bob in United States, 22 Feb 2011 15:21

@ Grahame-Very glad to hear your ok, Grahame. Hope your Lego collection survived!

Posted by Doctor Leg O'Brick in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 15:24

All my thoughts, and my prayers, go to everyone in NZ. The first thing I was thinking when I saw the pictures was if everybody living there was OK. Its good to hear that no Brickset members and there familys are hurt.

Posted by LegoJaz in New Zealand, 22 Feb 2011 15:51

Thank you everyone for all your kind words of support.

Posted by joetheman in United States, 22 Feb 2011 15:54

Hope everyone down there is okay and recover quickly. Don't let it get you down though, at least you live in such a beautiful country such as New Zealand.

Posted by CapnRex101 in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 16:46

This is a touch creepy perhaps, but when I heard about the earthquake this morning my first thought was 'Christchurch, isn't that where Grahame from Brickset lives?' Anyway the pictures from over there are terrifying, that car which is parked and suddenly the building next to it collapses just as it starts to drive away. The back of the car gets covered in rubble and the man inside just hops out and looks at his car in disbelief. Unbelievable!

Posted by voyanui8768 in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 17:08

A whole load of British firefighters are going over to New Zealand soon to help out with the devastation - hope all who are out there are OK.

Posted by Trandoshan in Canada, 22 Feb 2011 17:46

I'm glad to hear that you're okay, Grahame.

Posted by TooMuchLEGO in United States, 22 Feb 2011 17:46

Hope you guys are OK. I saw just one picture that told me you guys were in some trouble. Uh, Grahame, make sure your 1891 sets are OK. (cause I checked his collection and oh, forget it) And glad to hear you're all right.

Posted by cvillone in United States, 22 Feb 2011 18:14

My prayers and thoughts to those in New Zealand

Posted by Rockmonsta in New Zealand, 22 Feb 2011 18:52

It was so scary and you could barely stand up without falling over. At least 75 people are dead already and hundreds are still missing

Posted by Firox 5000 in United Kingdom, 22 Feb 2011 19:17

Thanks heavens Grahame is ok. Lets just hope everyone else nearby the earthquake area are well and ok too.
Lost or damged lego's can be bought or replaced but people cant be.

Posted by TopperTwist in United States, 22 Feb 2011 19:20

My thoughts are with those New Zealanders. I hope everyone, especially Brickset members, are alright.

Posted by war44lock in New Zealand, 22 Feb 2011 19:38

A quick update, 75 people confirmed to have lost there lives and 300 are missing. A national state of emergency has been declared and offers of help have been accepted from our friends in Australia, USA, UK and Taiwan. Very much appreciated and I hope they get here fast.

Posted by Swift~ in Canada, 22 Feb 2011 19:57

All my thoughts and paryers go down to the people there. Great to know you are alright Grahame. Let's hope Leda Kat From MOCpages is alright as well.

Posted by Danblom in United States, 22 Feb 2011 20:52

Will be praying for you!

Posted by pop3465 in United States, 22 Feb 2011 20:58

I hope they rebuild Brick by Brick.
@legodrew-thats a good Idea but I doutb very much of them has internet access right now
@Grahame-Nice to know that your ok!

Posted by C-Fish in United States, 22 Feb 2011 21:03

I have spared a thought... and then some.
Hope everyone is all right.

Posted by LegoKitfisto15 in United States, 22 Feb 2011 21:46

I do hope everyone is fine and hope they get back to normal! Thoughts and prayers with them all.

Posted by APBuzz in New Zealand, 22 Feb 2011 23:07

Thanks for your thoughts. I and all my family are in Christchurch, and are all miraculously safe. Some damage to our homes, but none of us have lost loved ones or houses, as some we know have. As a school teacher it was a very tense and difficult time yesterday afternoon. A number of friends still among the missing, with very little hope. Very hard to describe the feeling around here, but so thankful I am outside the real danger zone. Lego Pirate Ship and AT-AT Walker reduced to bricks (as well as the sets they landed on!), but will be a wee while before I really care about that, I guess. Will be a long time before we can even gauge how much of an impact this will have on the 400000 people in the affected area.

Posted by Exus in United States, 22 Feb 2011 23:51

Man I wish I could come down there and help. Prayers to you all.

Posted by legostarwarsfreak in Canada, 22 Feb 2011 23:54

prayers to all those bricksetters as you call them :)
seriously though, i hope everyones ok and im SURE everyone is thinking about them!

cheers and prayers

ps: good to hear that your ok grahame hope that lego collection remains untarnished!!

Posted by bamaker in United States, 23 Feb 2011 01:05

@Bioshockguy30 - What the h---?! I hope somebody is pirating your ID and that's not really you.

Best wishes to everyone in NZ affected by the quake. Stay safe and be careful during the cleanup.

Posted by Gowinkle in New Zealand, 23 Feb 2011 01:08

thanks guys for the support even though i am not directly affected. it affects most of our country as many have friends/family there.
the most recent earthquake is on a different fault line. lets hope deadly aftershocks don't follow

Posted by kiwi-lego-mad in New Zealand, 23 Feb 2011 01:26

As kiwi`s we will all will come out of this harder, storger and with bigger lego collections (help to take mind off the pain we are all going through).

We all know someone down there I have family thats missing (my dad) but we are kiwi`s we are strong and just do whats needed and and move on, and for me thats play with me lego and upset my wife doing so.

Posted by Huffy1968 in United Kingdom, 23 Feb 2011 02:20

Thinking of you guys...

Posted by BIONICLEGuy in United Kingdom, 23 Feb 2011 02:32

@Grahame Hooray! I am so pleased you are OK Grahame! Hope the LEGO collection survived....

Posted by wayno23 in United Kingdom, 23 Feb 2011 03:07

My Thoughts are going out to everyone in NZ....

Posted by flump in United Kingdom, 23 Feb 2011 03:45

@kiwi-lego-mad - Praying for your dad and other family mate. Keep us updated.

Posted by DrDaveWatford in United Kingdom, 23 Feb 2011 04:01

Best of luck with the clean-up, Kiwis, and sorry for your losses. Thinking of you, and fingers crossed for no more quakes....

Posted by bluemoose in United Kingdom, 23 Feb 2011 04:05

A sad day for our Kiwi friends; they are strong & will overcome this, but our thoughts are with them as they handle the aftermath.

Posted by TheKingOfBuilding in United Kingdom, 23 Feb 2011 05:04

I hope everyone in NZ is alright and will not have to experience something like this again.

Posted by MinifigureMan in United Kingdom, 23 Feb 2011 06:11

I really hope they are all alright and I am very sorry to hear about the earthquake. You are in our thoughts.

Posted by legostudios34 in United States, 23 Feb 2011 06:54

@ Grahame,
Glad you are okay. :)

Posted by legohpcity in Sweden, 23 Feb 2011 09:43

Good to hear that Grahame is OK.:)

Posted by Plastic_Nurak_80 in Italy, 23 Feb 2011 09:55

Hi, Grahame! Happy to see you here :) !

Posted by Death Watch in United States, 23 Feb 2011 10:01

I hope you, Grahame, and all other NZ landers are ok.

Posted by Zwing in United Kingdom, 23 Feb 2011 10:51

I hope everyone is ok after what happened

Posted by fluffycat0509 in United States, 23 Feb 2011 11:33

@ Grahame, Very glad to hear that you are OK. You and the other people from New Zealand will be in my thoughts and prayers.

May God protect you all.

Posted by MinifigureMan in United Kingdom, 23 Feb 2011 12:06

@Grahame, glad to hear you are okay!

Posted by Irene in United States, 23 Feb 2011 12:10

May I add my prayers to the others.

May all of the lost be found, the buildings rebuilt, and lives return to normal.

[That includes those lego sets that we hold dear.]

Posted by Be-Burger in Israel, 23 Feb 2011 12:37

I hope all you kiwis are OK, no one should have to go through with that kind of disaster :(

(and keep your LEGOs safe, OK?)

Posted by BioFreak877 in United States, 23 Feb 2011 17:24

Part of my family lives near Christchurch, they were all there when it happened. THey are all ok but a bit shaken. My prayers to those people who have not been so fortunate.

Posted by Gowinkle in New Zealand, 24 Feb 2011 02:41

it was just announced on t.v that 98 are confirmed dead and 226 listed as missing

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