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Clamour for survival kits after earthquake
By Russell Blackstock
8:35 AM Sunday Mar 24, 2013
Do you have a survival kit ready if there's a major earthquake?
Panicked Aucklanders have been snapping up emergency kits in the wake of last Sunday's earthquakes.
Some suppliers of survival packs have reported a 300 per cent increase in sales from the Auckland region this week.
Grab & Go usually sell up to 5000 kits a month at supermarkets, retail stores and to businesses. "On Monday there was a significant lift in sales in Auckland," spokesman Michael Anderson said.
"The Four Square in Waiheke Island reported packs flying off the shelves, and they were running out."
Another leading supplier, Prepare.co.nz, had "hundreds" of inquiries from Aucklanders after the two shakes, said spokeswoman Jo Schumacher.
"On Monday the interest was astronomical and our sales in Auckland tripled early in the week," she added.
Wellington civil defence specialists Survive-it said online inquiries spiked on Sunday night. "The quakes may not have been major but they have certainly jolted people into action," Survive-it boss Rod Hall said.
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Auckland Civil Defence controller Clive Manley said the quakes should be a wake-up call.
"There is a high awareness about earthquakes in Auckland but only about 10 per cent of people are properly prepared."
- Herald on Sunday
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If you go to “Cantrbury Quake Live” site you will see on the RHS a map of the last 100 quakes in NZ which is very informative. We down here have relied on this site for the last 2 ½ years for the great and quick info that has been supplied to us for which we are very grateful for . We all live in the shakey isles and don’t really expect to get a large quake but that all changed on 4th Sept 2010 at 4.35am. All of our lives have changed since then and you up there are not immune to it either. You also have the disadvantage of having active volcanos and really need to be prepared for any emergency. A good survival kit is a must – you never know when you may need it. I also keep them in my vehicles as well.