Tag Archives: earthquakes and other natural disasters

In Hindsight

Posted on January 3, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

2011 was, overall, a year the like of which we will not see again soon. I know most of my friends in New Zealand couldn’t wait to see the end of it. For various reasons, a lot of people I … Continue reading →

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Recovery

Posted on November 7, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

We got power back last Tuesday evening, just as I was eating a cold dinner by candlelight (the combination of the noises I made when the power returned and the sudden appearance of light everywhere sent the cat under the … Continue reading →

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Powerless

Posted on November 1, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

Last winter was a record-setter for the northeastern United States – winter snowfall records were broken just about everywhere – so when the forecast indicated we’d be getting six to ten inches of snow on Saturday evening, even though it … Continue reading →

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After The Storm

Posted on September 5, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

Irene turned out to be something of a bust for large parts of the Pioneer Valley, and especially for us – we woke up last Sunday morning to heavy rain and occasionally gusty wind, but that was it. By the … Continue reading →

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Irene

Posted on August 26, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

I feel like I talk about the weather a lot on this blog, but then again, the weather in Western Massachusetts has been doing some pretty strange things this year. You may recall that we’ve had record snowstorms, tornadoes, a … Continue reading →

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Home Again (Again)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

I feel like I’ve been to enough parts of America now (major cities visited, not just in the changing-planes sense, in the last year: San Francisco, Boston, Portland (OR), New York, New Orleans, Seattle, Baltimore, holy crap that’s quite a … Continue reading →

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Where I’m From

Posted on June 16, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

I think perhaps the hardest part of dealing with the ongoing earthquakes in Christchurch, over here, is that you can’t really talk to people about it. The Monday aftershocks got a one-line mention on the morning news, but overseas natural … Continue reading →

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Not In Kansas

Posted on June 2, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

It’s been summer-hot and dry here this last week, the sort of weather that never lasted for more than two or three days at a time back home, and it was the same yesterday morning, twenty degrees by the time … Continue reading →

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Spring – nearly

Posted on March 14, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

This was going to be a post about my fun experiences with US domestic air travel security (short version: I got body-scanned, I survived, a little more warning would be nice next time) but various things over the past week … Continue reading →

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New Orleans, Part Deux

Posted on March 7, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

The rest of my visit to New Orleans was considerably less exciting than the first night (which I think is a good thing.) We spent the second afternoon workshopping ideas about ways to increase local sustainability regarding global issues. My … Continue reading →

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