Christchurch, a broken city
The full extent of injuries and fatalities from the February 22nd 6.3-magnitude earthquake will become clearer in coming days. Christchurch, NZ has a long and difficult road ahead of it and it’s unclear, in fact, how recovery is possible at this time. I do believe this is far worse than the historic Napier earthquake and certainly the impact has been much greater than last September’s quake.
Everyone is doing what they can though; the rescue teams are doing an amazing job as are all the doctors and nurses involved in assisting the wounded.
How will the city rebuild from this?? No-one, at this early stage, has the answers. There is only the reality of human suffering to which the only possible response is compassion and active help where it is needed.
