The Star: May 31, 2018

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Thursday May 31 2018 5
Are you prepared
for another quake?
•From page 1
Ms Petersen said as time moves
on from major emergency events
like 2010 and 2011 people become
less prepared. She said new residents
moving to the city also has
an impact on figures.
Psychologist John McClure said
people become “complacent” as
their “sense of risk” fades.
“If people had not been harmed
or directly affected, memory tends
to fade . . . but being prepared is
very important, you never know
what might happen and when.”
However, both said there was
more that could be done to improve
awareness.
“One thing that might help is
an annual event, a bit like when
you’re encouraged to change your
smoke alarms during daylight
saving,” Prof McClure said.
He said another way would be
through Government legislation.
“It applies to building standards,
but not emergency kits.
Building standards are more
immediately important, but these
other things could also be saving
lives.”
Civil Defence has launched the
‘Never Happens? Happens’ campaign
to get preparedness back on
people’s radars.
FAST FACTS
•98 per cent said
earthquakes are the most
likely disaster to affect
Canterbury
•76 per cent said
earthquakes were of most
concern
•47 per cent said they have
enough water stored to last
three days, while 92 per
cent had enough food
•49 per cent said they have
taken steps to prepare for a
disaster
•However, only 12 per cent
said they feel “very well”
prepared for a disaster
“We want people to talk to each
other – family, friends, workplaces,
community – and consider
different situations they might
face and develop a plan for them,”
Ms Petersen said.
She said people needed to be
thinking long term. It comes at
the same time as the release of the
ProjectAF8 report. ProjectAF8
lays out what would happen in
the South Island in the event of a
magnitude 8 earthquake from the
Alpine Fault. On average there is
a quake from the fault every 300
years, the last in 1717.
The week so far . . .
•The city council will lower
the amount of chlorine it
is adding to the city’s
water after public
outcry over the taste
and smell. Council city
services general manager
David Adamson said
the chlorine doses at 27
of the 53 pump stations
being treated would be
reduced from 1 part per
million to 0.5 parts per
million. The change was
expected to take two
weeks.
•A private water well
is proving popular for
people who do not want
to drink chlorinated
water, just as it did after
the February 22, 2011,
earthquake. Cashmere’s
Lotus at Siam Thai Day
Spa owner Duncan Laing
said thousands had been
coming to stock up on
the untreated water running
out of a pipe from
the Ernlea Tce property
each week. He had not
seen that many people
using it since he made
the water available from
the private well in the
wake of the February 22,
2011, earthquake. “It is just
unbelievable,” he said.
•Police are searching
for three men after they
robbed an east Christchurch
dairy. A police
spokeswoman said the
robbers entered the shop
in Bowhill Rd, North New
Brighton, at 8.30am on
Tuesday. They stole lighters
and filters before fleeing.
No-one was injured,
but police are seeking
witnesses.
•Some city councilowned
social housing
units closed because
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findings of a report on
Tuesday looking into the
health risks of methamphetamine
residue in
homes. It found “there
are no published (or robust,
unpublished) data
relating to health risks
of residing in a dwelling
formerly used only for
smoking methamphetamine.”
Housing New
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changed its level for
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all DRESS/Business TROUSERS
reDuceD to half sale,
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This offer applies to existing shop stock only. Definitely finishes
Saturday 9th June, with no extensions. (This offer is to test our
marketing).
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to top specifications by suppliers you can be sure of. Many are
washable, all are dry-cleanable.
They are half leg lined, to the knee, two side and two hip pockets
with security button.
Shades range from the lighter tones in Grey, Mid Grey, Charcoal,
Navy, Clay, Char Forest and Black. Sizes are 77cm to 112cm, while
stocks last. RRP $145 up to $195.
ACT NOW
If you are insured with State, NZI or any
IAG policy, you have until 30 June 2018
before they can use the Limitation Act to
decline your earthquake claim.
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30 $ price
40 $ becomes
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