Hi all.
When you live in Wellington, earthquakes are a fact of life. I probably feel two or three quakes - in the 3 or 4 range - every year.
Got woken up just after midnight by the first quake to scare me for a very long time. I couldn't tell when it finally finished because I was shaking at a similar frequency :D.
I went back to bed at 1.30am as I had to get up at 4.15 to start a shift at 5.30 (which fortunately was cancelled). About 2.30am BIL, two nephews, FIL and his neighbours arrived - refugees, as a tsunami warning had been issued and they’re on flat land near the harbour. We're on a hill.
Anyway, to keep on topic, I'm pleased to advise no OWWM was harmed - all my machines are still upright. In fact, several spanners on the bed of my woodlathe didn't even fall onto the floor.
Even as I type this there's a beaut aftershock.
Tonight we're expecting rain and 140kph winds. That'll cause more damage, as rain get blown a metre into the garage through cracks in the door. I hate rust :~.
Cheers, Vann.