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Brinty · 10-05-2008, 05:54 AM

It's interesting to see other folks' views on how best to survive the coming days. Also their areas of choice to flee to. Up to 1994, I had lived my entire life in New Zealand. The first 39 years in Auckland, then two years in Wellsford, north of Auckland. In 1979 we moved down to Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty where we lived at Minden until the area was affected by a landslide after a '100 year event' rainstorm.

In 1986 we moved out to Kati Kati, still in the Bay of Plenty region, where we were happy to stay until the financial situation ending with the stock market crash of '87, meant we had to put our home on the market. We were fortunate enough to find a buyer and soon moved to Murupara, south of Rotorua at the northern end of the Central Plateau, where we were able to freehold a 14 acre hobby farm.

Since moving to the Bay of Plenty area both my wife and I had had vaguely uneasy feelings that we couldn't put our fingers on let alone speak about. We then gradually became aware of some mildly disturbing premonitions. Mt Tarawera was a volcano that burst into life in 1886 causing death and destruction over a wide area when the whole mountain region, which was 17km long, split in two. White Island out in the Bay of Plenty has its active crater vent open on one side with only a few metres of volcanic rock separating its floor from the water in the bay. The floor of this horseshoe-shaped crater is below sea level.

The central area of the North Island of New Zealand, from Lake Taupo (which is the caldera of an ancient massive eruption), north-east through the Bay of Plenty and out to White Island, is an active area where you will find Rotorua's thermal area, Mt Ruapehu (active volcano), Mt Ngauruhoe (active), Mt Tongariro (active),and White Island (active).

All these areas are connected by underground lava beds and it occured to me that if a tsunami were to flood White Islands crater with seawater, the resultant volcanic activity could split the North Island in two. With these thoughts in our minds, my wife and I sold our little farm and moved to Australia in 1994.

Nothing could convince me to move back to that area again. Time will tell if we in fact made a wise choice of where to relocate. And that time may be fast approaching.

10-05-2008, 05:54 AM	#96
Brinty Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,004	Re: Australian Ground Crew Members? It's interesting to see other folks' views on how best to survive the coming days. Also their areas of choice to flee to. Up to 1994, I had lived my entire life in New Zealand. The first 39 years in Auckland, then two years in Wellsford, north of Auckland. In 1979 we moved down to Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty where we lived at Minden until the area was affected by a landslide after a '100 year event' rainstorm. In 1986 we moved out to Kati Kati, still in the Bay of Plenty region, where we were happy to stay until the financial situation ending with the stock market crash of '87, meant we had to put our home on the market. We were fortunate enough to find a buyer and soon moved to Murupara, south of Rotorua at the northern end of the Central Plateau, where we were able to freehold a 14 acre hobby farm. Since moving to the Bay of Plenty area both my wife and I had had vaguely uneasy feelings that we couldn't put our fingers on let alone speak about. We then gradually became aware of some mildly disturbing premonitions. Mt Tarawera was a volcano that burst into life in 1886 causing death and destruction over a wide area when the whole mountain region, which was 17km long, split in two. White Island out in the Bay of Plenty has its active crater vent open on one side with only a few metres of volcanic rock separating its floor from the water in the bay. The floor of this horseshoe-shaped crater is below sea level. The central area of the North Island of New Zealand, from Lake Taupo (which is the caldera of an ancient massive eruption), north-east through the Bay of Plenty and out to White Island, is an active area where you will find Rotorua's thermal area, Mt Ruapehu (active volcano), Mt Ngauruhoe (active), Mt Tongariro (active),and White Island (active). All these areas are connected by underground lava beds and it occured to me that if a tsunami were to flood White Islands crater with seawater, the resultant volcanic activity could split the North Island in two. With these thoughts in our minds, my wife and I sold our little farm and moved to Australia in 1994. Nothing could convince me to move back to that area again. Time will tell if we in fact made a wise choice of where to relocate. And that time may be fast approaching.