Bay Harbour: March 28, 2018

Wednesday March 28 2018
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BAY HARBOUR
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the era of sail and steam
Upon marrying his wife Kitty,
Mr Fenton gave up the sea, taking
a job onshore in the rigging loft at
Lyttelton Port.
It was a deliberate choice,
having seen “too many fellas not
sending money home and going
on the booze. I thought well that’s
not for me.”
They share a keen interest in
history, as Mrs Fenton works
at the Sumner Museum several
times a week. Mr Fenton created
the knot board that is displayed
there, showing the many different
types.
And they’re both life members
of the Karamea Museum – that’s
where Mrs Fenton comes from.
Of the 20 or so of the steamship
photographs, Mr Fenton has now
completed frames for about 16
and he plans to gift them to Lyttelton
Museum.
COASTAL residents should
expect to hear sirens this
Sunday morning.
The tsunami warning sirens
installed along Christchurch’s
coastline from Brooklands
to Taylors Mistake are tested
twice-yearly to coincide with
daylight saving.
The sirens will sound for up to
3min and can usually be heard a
few blocks from the coastline.
If you live near the coast, the
city council advise it is a good
time to check whether you are
in a tsunami evacuation zone
and to work out a plan with
your family.
In the event of “long or
strong” earthquake – a rollingmotion
earthquake for longer
than a minute or a strong earthquake
that makes it hard to
stand up – then you need to “get
gone.”
If you are required to evacuate,
the city council’s suggested
evacuation route for Redcliffs
and Sumner residents is to travel
along Main Rd to Ferry Rd or
via Evans Pass Rd to Summit
Rd.
Ferrymead residents should
travel towards Ferry Rd and
Heathcote Valley residents up
Bridle Path Rd to Tunnel Rd.
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EVACUATION ZONES: The
red evacuation zone includes
the estuary, rivers, beaches
and harbours. ​
Christchurch coastline are
intended to warn you about a
tsunami generated in the Pacific
Islands or across the Pacific
Ocean, and if there is time, for a
tsunami generated further afield
from Canterbury such as in the
North Island’s east coast.
Sirens are not intended to
warn of a tsunami created close
to shore. A long or strong earthquake
will be your only warning
of a tsunami created close to
shore.
Safe to return, ‘all clear’ messages
will be broadcast by Civil
Defence using radio, the city
council’s Newsline website and
via social media.
•To find more information
about the different tsunami
evacuation zones or to
learn what to do, visit www.
ccc.govt.nz/services/civildefence/