Pegasus Post: November 29, 2016

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Tuesday November 29 2016
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Fire service staff
remain in quake
recovery mode
Fire risk management
officer Mark Thomas talks
about the fire service’s
duties in Kaikoura and
Waiau, as well as some
incidents in the city
It’s certainly very different
this time. Christchurch city is
back to normal and, for most
people, it’s business as usual.
But Waiau and Kaikoura are
definitely part of our fire region
and we have a considerable
number of staff on the ground
up there.
Our Regional Control Centre
remains open and operating
and local staff are picking up
heaps of overtime to cover the
absence of those working on the
earthquake.
So it’s a matter of juggling
normal work and quake work
for those of us doing both. The
up-side is that Christchurch has
not had a terribly busy week.
Car crashes were quite high,
however, including one at Ferry
Rd and Ensors Rd on Sunday
evening, in which 11 people
were hurt, nine requiring transport
to hospital.
As usual, animal rescues became
our responsibility with a
cat stuck in a fence in Waltham
last Friday and a dog stuck
down a cliff in Dyers Pass Rd on
Monday.
In both cases, firefighters
were rewarded for their efforts
by the victims immediately
bolting once back on flat
ground. Ungrateful, but not
unexpected, I suppose.
A classic kitchen fire was
averted by luck in Sydenham on
Saturday, when a shift worker
returned home very late, put
food on to cook and promptly
fell asleep on the couch.
A smoke alarm did its job and
only smoke damage occurred.
Without the smoke alarm? Well
who knows? Tired or tiddly going
home to cook is not recommended.
Indulge yourself, buy
takeaways.
Readers respond to a
Pegasus Post article about
the problems experienced
by coastal residents during
the tsunami evacuation
Brian Ward, of Richmond
– A (s)hell of an idea for coastal
tsunami evacuation. The recent
unsuccessful attempt at a tsunami
warning and evacuation
along the east coast of the South
Island triggered two thoughts:
One, remembering the devastating
tsunami in Japan in March
2011, and the other, Christchurch
needs an evacuation plan for
those near the sea. I recall that
after the Japan tsunami, most
people took to their cars only to
get blocked in traffic queues with
the fatal consequence of being
caught in the incoming water.
People I have spoken to from the
New Brighton area had similar
difficulties in the hours after the
recent warning and, if water had
decided to make itself present,
then the likely outcome would
have been similarly disastrous.
In thinking about a possible
evacuation plan, I thought of a
method of providing a local safe
haven from the incoming water
and, at the same time, provide a
unique (or at least world-leading)
tourist attraction and a feature
that could become iconic and
offer a visual display of resilience.
For those who live near the main
exit roads, these roads would be
their evacuation route. For others,
their route would be towards
a few strategically placed giant
sea-shells built so that pedestrians
can walk or run up a wide
spiral footpath to safety. I attach
a picture (above) to give some
idea of what may be possible. The
spiral paths could be internal or
external and be a viewing facility
all year around.
Audrey Smith, of South
New Brighton – What I would
really like would be for an
‘expert’ in tsunami matters to
definitively state that Pegasus Bay
could be subject to a tsunami.
Has there ever been any evidence
of this in the past? I have lived in
the area all my life and all I have
ever experienced or heard of were
high tides. Some facts would be
helpful.
Anne Marchant – I would
like two points considered –
congestion was not always where
predicted, and a lot of people,
even those who were awake,
didn’t anticipate a tsunami
warning, Firstly, coming from
Southshore rather late, I found
the congestion was in Estuary
Rd, caused by half-asleep people
getting muddled at the Bridge
St roundabout. Making this
roundabout two-lane would be
cheaper than adding a bridge.
At the bridge, there was no
congestion and no apparent
traffic control. Secondly, we felt
a long, slow, rolling motion like
the aftershocks of Inangahua
in ‘68. We thought (correctly)
‘biggish one, far away.’ At this
stage, the Seddon/Cook Strait
connection had not been picked
up. We thought: ‘Well inland, no
tsunami, back to bed.’ Had we
got online too soon before the
Cook Strait half of the quake had
been recognised? The point is – if
every time one evacuates when
one feels a shake that goes on a
long time it would be ridiculous
and wasteful.
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