Comments on: Newcastle Earthquake 20 years on. What were you doing? http://matthewgain.com/2009/12/newcastle-earthquake-20-years-on-what-were-you-doing/#utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=$distributionChanne&utm_campaign=Feed:$feedUri($ PR, the changing media landscape and social media Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://matthewgain.com/2009/12/newcastle-earthquake-20-years-on-what-were-you-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-105 James Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:13:22 +0000 http://matthewgain.com/?p=893#comment-105 I was in sydney and missed it all but came back to a few cracks in the house when i was 4. Here is a pretty interesting photos from the quake: <a href="http://www.ourhistory.com.au" rel="nofollow">http://www.ourhistory.com.au</a> I was in sydney and missed it all but came back to a few cracks in the house when i was 4.

Here is a pretty interesting photos from the quake: http://www.ourhistory.com.au

]]> By: matthewgain http://matthewgain.com/2009/12/newcastle-earthquake-20-years-on-what-were-you-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-104 matthewgain Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:37:50 +0000 http://matthewgain.com/?p=893#comment-104 Here are some of the comments left by people on Facebook, where I also asked people to share their experiences: Elizabeth Dawson I was lying on my bed reading in Sydney and remember the bookcase shaking Kathryn Lewis Mum had to go into work which was at those glass buildiings on wharf road. Mum put me & Andrew in the conf room. We thought a train had derailed & hit the building. I remember running down the fire escape & looking behind as a crack was appearing. Building remained standing though & we got out in one piece. Linda Thomas I was taking my brother's temperature because he was sick when we felt the house sway. We all ran out onto the street, stared at our houses and were a bit freaked out. Glad we owned a battery-powered radio as it was the only way of finding out what was going on. Jess Phillis I was in bed petting the cat, who was sitting on my chest. A few seconds before hand (animals are so clever) she dug her claws in really hard then pounced off when the building shook. Everyone ran out to the street because we thought the house had been hit by a semi-trailer. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqwXKjOL4C8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqwXKjOL4C8</a> Here are some of the comments left by people on Facebook, where I also asked people to share their experiences:

Elizabeth Dawson
I was lying on my bed reading in Sydney and remember the bookcase shaking

Kathryn Lewis
Mum had to go into work which was at those glass buildiings on wharf road. Mum put me & Andrew in the conf room. We thought a train had derailed & hit the building. I remember running down the fire escape & looking behind as a crack was appearing. Building remained standing though & we got out in one piece.

Linda Thomas
I was taking my brother's temperature because he was sick when we felt the house sway. We all ran out onto the street, stared at our houses and were a bit freaked out. Glad we owned a battery-powered radio as it was the only way of finding out what was going on.

Jess Phillis
I was in bed petting the cat, who was sitting on my chest. A few seconds before hand (animals are so clever) she dug her claws in really hard then pounced off when the building shook. Everyone ran out to the street because we thought the house had been hit by a semi-trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqwXKjOL4C8

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