well i hear this morning the death numbers have been revised to 38,not that ,that is much help to those who lost their loved ones, or to those who are missing,i am sure it will rise though, but rumours are rife at the moment, so it is best to listen to the news and the officials.

Yes i was thinking the same about the clothes too, but they want to get them, if it were me i would just get the heck out of there,they may not be able to go to get them as they are only five minutes away from the central city, apparently they are offering flights out with the forces for $50, i would be grabbing them, they have booked flights out for saturday,and i am sure they could get insurance on them or they can well carry the loss, so they should just leave,i guess they will make a decision today.

we have had offers from around the world for help, from our friends in the USA,BRITAIN,JAPAN,TAIWAN,AUSTRALIA,this is for search and rescue, so that will be fantastic, it warms my heart to hear so many people want to help us little NZers at the bottom of the world.

There are still so many trapped, those poor ,poor people, it must be terrifying,let us pray for their safe recovery.

tHANKS everyone from the bottom of my heart for your caring, kind ,and supportive words, they mean a lot to me .

It affects everyone, as we all well know it could be us next time, and we feel so much for our fellow NZer's going through yet another, and worse ordeal than the first time.

My friends son is down there, she talked with him, last time he was like up spirited and said yeah we will be fine, but this time she could hear how anxious he was in his voice, also her husbands daughter is due to fly in today from indonesia, she is a doctor, so they will be needing her.

Anyhow that is all the update for now, will keep you all posted as i hear anything.