Just a quick note to say we're ok
7.1 earthquake in Christchurch this morning, and some major damage in some areas, but we were really lucky – we got shaken up a lot, and a few minor breakages (2 plates and one ornament is all we’ve found so far), but no real damage, and the house seems ok structurally. The cats slept through it all!
Only just got the power on an hour ago (yay, the internet’s back at last!), and still having a few aftershocks, plus they’re worried our water might be contaminated by sewerage (there are lots of lines broken across the city), so we’ve been told to boil drinking water, but otherwise everything’s ok.