In which she mentions things she forgot to mention

[zeborah]

• Tents in people's front/back-yards. I think that most of these are less because of the house being unsafe and more because it's more peaceful to sleep on the ground than inside a house during aftershocks. Not sure about the caravans
• Mental health posters up everywhere encouraging people to keep active, connect with friends&co, etc. Reminds me of wartime propaganda except, y'know, friendlier
• Fruitcake for morning tea at church provided by a church in Wellington.

Also things I didn't forget to mention, they just happened:

• My gas fire is certified safe. Yay not freezing my toes off! (It's turned antarctic out there.)
• Do want: Christchurch company creates quake warning system. This should be publicly funded and installed on every computer everywhere. Don't care about liability (though I like to think they have the sense to build in a bunch of redundancy), I'll sign a waiver; something's better than nothing. Also I'm already thinking about software features, like you could opt in to random earthquake drills.

Comments

[zeborah]

I was hoping/assuming that the map was an oversimplification and that at each point they'd have a small bunch of sensors that could a) triangulate and b) be cross-redundant in case one breaks down (which will of course happen).

I think the best/surest way would be for the (or a) system to be nationalised, and the signals to use an open API, and then anyone can write/tweak/share/sell/buy whatever software(s) they like for whatever devices. But nationalisation under National? <sigh>