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2011

Berkeley & Christchurch – a tale of two cities in earthquake country

Yesterday 21 Feb 2011 we celebrated Carol's Birthday ... and then in the afternoon, the tweets on my Serkes Twitter Account about the Christchurch Earthquake came in. I don't spend much time on Twitter these days, but do recommend everyone set up an account so you have Continue Reading

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