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Yeah family made contact today. So relieved.
Government declared full national state of emergency this morning.
The rail company I work for sent down 200,000L of water to help out, Air NZ has offered $50 flights to and from Christchurch (where it hit) to anywhere in the country. Most phone companys have put on free service for the next few days.
At the moment it's still a rescue mission. With at least 20 people in 7 sites still known to be alive.
Death toll is currently at 75, with 300 more unaccounted for. There's at least 15 more in a building that they've had to leave, as a 24 storey hotel across the road is twisting on its foundations more and more with every aftershock.
A few of the D1 guys can't get their cars up for an event this weekend, which is unfortunate, but could be worse.
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