We were on a boat South of CHCH when the quake hit. Our stuff is all back in town, inaccessible on the 20th floor of the possibly damaged GC hotel. We’ve found beds in Ashburton for the night (thank you caroli and ramblers rest!), driving on to qtown tomorrow, where we’ll buy fresh clothes.
David Pablo Cohn
scientist / traveler / writer / aviator
David Pablo Cohn 
Thank you for the post. I'm so relieved you're all OK — though possibly losing all your stuff is big in its own way. I hope you'll be able to get access to it safely at some point.– LJK
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Looks like the hotel is more than "possibly" damaged. It's looking like it may collapse. Photo on the Stuff web site http://www.stuff.co.nz
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Ummm, do remember an IM chat we had on Sept 5th, 2010? Let me quote -"(10:45:33 AM) aerobrent: and people thought that being in Antarctica is the dangerous bit about going to the ice. They're wrong – it's being in CHCH!"
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Um. Holy shit my friend. I'm glad you're safe.
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