…if anyone says they are not scared in Christchurch tonight, they are either lying or kidding themselves…speaking as a ‘hardened male’ been through the big Gisborne quake of the 90’s, I am fully dressed, shoes on and ready to evacuate this place as quick as…no way will I be taking to my bed, or even sitting down is a challenge!

Those aftershocks are awful and increasing, not decreasing…so you can imagine how the more vulnerable of this city are handling all this…..

…when will it all end, this is the question everyone is asking…..every noise is making us jump!

…I have never heard these noises other people have said they have heard before these big hits, like jet airliners, trucks, trains……until tonight!

Now I know…..when the big one hit tonight, I distinctly heard a truck approaching down the road….a few seconds later, bang! it hit. I was straight up and out the door, quick as! …and went to the gate to see this ‘truck’…..

No truck! Absolutely nothing! either way up and down the road….

It’s amazing….the noise of an approaching earthquake…. now I know!

It really highlights the violence of the quake. Some of the security footage don’t show too much movement and others, like this, are a completely different story!