On a blustery night I heard a roar and my glass fell down. I thought it was a tornado my wall snapped in half. Dad said “It’s an earthquake.” We rushed to the strong table. Mum shouted, “Rio Rio!” I said to mum, “Rio is at her friends” but Mum did not listen. Dad was […]

I was awaken up by the earthquake and my Mum was struggling to get down the stairs, then she got down to check on me & my sister. I went back to sleep after a while. When I woke up the next morning there was a series of sudden aftershocks and they shook the house, the […]

When the EARTHQUAKE happened I didn’t know what it was, because I just thought it was my head spinning around. Then when I knew what it was, I didn’t mind a thing so I just kept on sleeping.

Saturday 4th September 2010 4:30am We heard this sound it sounded like a train going through the house. I was thinking to myself what’s going on? I was sleeping on the couch so I didn’t know what to do, so I had put my two pillows over my head then suddenly crash boom bang! Mum […]

At 4am on a Saturday morning when the earthquake struck. My mum was running down the hall “Saying earthquake.” All the books came down off my shelf. After the earthquake we had to clean up the house. My dogs barked because it was their first earthquake.

When the earthquake happened I ran to my dad. He said “Earthquake, earthquake” We ran down stairs. Mum said “Get under the table.” Mums vase smashed on the carpet. We slept under the table as an aftershock happened we jumped up and ran to doorways.

When the earthquake struck I knew straight away it was an earthquake (because of lots of dreams).Cocoa (cola) started meowing. I was surprised how the quake could get here! Afterwards we got dressed & filled up bottles of water. 5mins later BBC world news showed ChCh getting affected by the earthquake. So that was my […]