On 5/03/2021 16:09,
docdwarf@panix.com wrote:
NHK News tells me that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 hit near New Zealand. There was a brief newsclip of somebody talking about...
something but it didn't have subtitles; it sounded like 'Crikey, fair
dinkum, diggeri-doo (something something) dingo... my baby!'
DD
Yes, there were several earthquakes in NZ territories about 600 miles
away from the North Island (where I live). Some people in the Bay of
Plenty felt them but I was asleep and it takes more than an 8.1
earthquake to wake me...
The thing that really made me smile was that at 3:00 am, one of the
quakes caused the monitoring people to issue a Tsunami alert. They
triggered a very loud siren type alert on thousands of cellphones, that
had people running, collecting their emergency supplies and children,
and heading for higher ground.
I don't use a cellphone. (I have one for emergency if the landline goes
out, or I'm planning a long road trip, or I have a house guest from
overseas whose cellphone doesn't work in NZ (nowadays they all seem
to...), but mostly it sits in a drawer unused.)
Four hours later, they stood everybody down.
By the time I woke up, normality was restored and I didn't find out
about it until later, on the News.
At least it was a good test of the system and it shows they are on the
ball...
I believe you may have inadvertently tuned in to an Australian report
because the local dialect you describe is more typical of that region.
We have trouble understanding them too...
Pete.
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