Tag: damage

• A new laundry

  

  It has been about 2.5 months since we were woken in the middle of the night to discover a fire in our laundry and I’m thrilled to say we now have a new laundry thanks to our insurance. It’s the first time we’ve made an insurance claim and I am very impressed by how much […]

  Rachel M

  May 23, 2022

  Journal

  damage, fire, laundry, renovations, smoke, utility room

• The day after the fire

  

  I didn’t sleep very well last night. I could smell smoke all night and it’s difficult to ignore that when the previous night this same sense of smell helped avert a serious disaster. I kept reassuring myself it was just the left-over smell from the previous night but then when I shut my eyes my […]

  Rachel M

  March 9, 2022

  Journal

  damage, insurance, fire, smoke, alarms

• Cyclone Lusi damage, warnings and false alarms

  Here’s the damage in our backyard after Cyclone Lusi: After almost a week of warnings from media and the Metservice as well as two separate notifications sent to my iPhone from Civil Defence, Cyclone Lusi was a bit of an anti-climax. Auckland produces more damaging storms on a semi-regular basis that don’t generate any warnings […]

  Rachel M

  March 16, 2014

  Ethics

  cry wolf, cyclone, Cyclone Lusi, damage, danger, warnings

• Photos from Christchurch

  Ben went to Christchurch for a few days this week and spent some time cycling around and taking photos. This is what he saw.  

  Rachel M

  July 5, 2013

  Earthquakes

  christchurch, damage, earthquake