Joanne Black: Shake it all about

An emergency hire-purchase plan is a vital part of earthquake-preparedness.

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13th July, 2012

At 9.26am on September 26 (9.26 on 26/9, get it?) some New Zealanders will choose – and some will have the choice made for them by mothers, teachers or bosses – to take part in a nationwide earthquake drill. The “Shakeout”, as it’s called, is an American initiative. Anyone can sign up to participate on www.getthru.govt.nz; more than 200,000 people have already done so. We hardly need to ask why. Until the Christchurch earthquakes, my own planning for a prolonged emergency was to lay down flat on my thighs as a portable store of energy. The adipose ...

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