"Its Everybody 'fault'" 1989?
Among our worst disasters
At 10:27am on Thursday, December 28, 1989 an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck Newcastle.
It remains one of
Australia's worst natural disasters, claiming 14 lives, hospitalising 160 people and
causing $4 billion in damage.
Newcastle earth quake- Some IDIOT suggested we support the fund raiser concert for it. Yep I did!
60 sailors paid me. Transport dept O.I.C. and I chatted about the bus. They gave me the keys saying I had to drive as they had paid to go.
That was a bus full of very ****ed sailors. Freeway was jammed plus. People getting off the bus to run ahead to go behind trees or find a pub to carry a carton or several back to the bus[bigwhistle]
Its about an hour from Sydney to Newcastle- I think I was driving for three plus hours both ways[bigrolf][bigrolf] All the rotten transport "MT" people- everyone last of them was on the bus laughing, drinking and having a ball[bawl][bawl][bawl]
We did raise a bit of cash happily. I got a beer very late that night back on a South Head Naval base[thumbsupbig]
Not a regular bus drive John. A few other events had me driving again [biggrin]
EDIT- EV stuck in traffic for several hours last night- GRRR yet noticed this morning charge level was 24km loss of range despite the several hour stuck in a traffic jam. I wonder in hindsight how the buss to Newcastle fuel consumption was?
EDIT 2
Solid state battery breakthrough could slash EV costs and recharging time
Edit 3 [biggrin] Cannot find the link- VW suggest more than 1/2 its cars will be EV by 2026! Sounds like a lot more EVs to me? Not another edit. Noticed 5 BYD evs today! Never seen one before! I seldom see another MGEV. I have seen one or two only.
BYD are clearly making waves!
