Rattle, rattle! I thought Devin was shaking the bed until…I fell out of bed like a skydiver. Thomp, thomp as footsteps approached. I was panicking. I did not know what to do. My Dad yelled “kids are you under your beds?!!” We replied softly “yes.” I heard my brother Troy saying “No I can’t die […]
When my home shook because of the earthquake of course I scrambled back off the side of the bed and hung on tightly. I was terrified. My mind was spinning. I peered with my eyes to try and find the torch that had been on my duchess that had fallen over, but I couldn’t see […]
In the earthquake I thought it was army planes and trucks going to practice down at the river. I was scared because of the earthquake.
When the earthquake happened, my Mum sprinted into my room and yelled ‘Lexie, Lexie wake up” but I would not wake up so she dragged me out of bed. Suddenly she made a protective shield around me but I was still half asleep! All I could see was pitch black. After the quake I was […]
When the earthquake happened I was not home I was at my bach in Kaikoura. When I got back home, oh my God! I was saying ‘Help!’ in my head. My drawers had fallen over, things were smashed and books went everywhere. At least our house was ok. I felt very sorry for the people […]
When the earthquake struck at 4:35am, I wondered if it was Dad trying to wake us up for a surprise but it was an earthquake!!! I quickly ran under the strong old wooden table for the rest of the earthquake. I was awake for the whole of the day.
Hello my name is Ryan. When my house shook it felt like a big hand was picking up my house to shake it all around. Mum came up to my room and got me while it was happening.Then the power went out as soon as I tried to turn on the lights. We knew that […]
On Saturday at 4:30 in the morning, Christchurch started to shake. My bed was going side to side. Zebastian started crying. Me and Benjamin stayed in bed, very frightened. Our dad came in and told us to hide under the table. We didn’t have a torch so we had to get candles. Me and Benjamin […]
On Saturday, fourth of September at 4:35am, there was a castrophic earthquake . I thought it was my brother James shaking the house! In the morning there was lots of silt. We made all the silt into jumps for our bikes. In my house two glasses fell on the floor and smashed into tiny pieces. […]
On September the fourth there was a earthquake. My mum yelled “Earthquake!!” We went under the door way and we got the torches because the power went out and so did the water.
On Saturday, 4 September there was an earthquake! It was at 4:35am. I got up and stood under a doorframe. I could hear things smashing and everything falling off the wall. After the earthquake stopped, there were lots of aftershocks. Every time there was, I went under the doorframe. I was really scared. It was […]
Dad woke up to the jolt before the big quake and went to the toilet,when Dad got to the toilet the BIG QUAKE started, Dad was trying to run down the hallway swaying side to side to me and Elyse (My sister) I thought it was Elyse shaking my bed like she did one other […]
On Saturday at 4.35 a 7.1 earthquake struck Canterbury. I wasn’t in our house, I was in my Nana and Poppa’s motorvan. It felt like someone stomping down on the motorvan. It sounded like a wave hitting us. The scary bit was that it felt like we were going to tip. It felt fun because […]
On Saturday morning we had an earthquake. It was 7.1. Dad told me to get out of my bed and I listened to him. Outside on the wall there was a crack. On the driveway there were two gaps in it. Before we saw it, we stayed in the hallway. We could see when there […]
On Saturday at 4.35 am in the morning a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch. I was lying in bed asleep when a big roar like ten lions roaring loudly woke me up. Suddenly everything started shaking. Then I heard my Mum and Dad running out of their bedroom. Mum came running into my bedroom and […]
On Saturday morning at 4.35 there was an EARTHQUAKE!! Mum ran down the stairs like lightning. Mum shouted to Darren and me. This is what she said “Get under the doorway.” We got under the doorway quickly. I was so scared. The earthquake stopped and I Dad walked down the stairs. We all got our […]
On the 4th of September as I lay in bed on the top bunk I thought I was dreaming because my bed was shaking. I thought I was on a roller coaster. But I could just hear Mum saying, ”Get up Jenna ! It’s an earthquake.” Suddenly I got to my feet and scampered to […]