I Canna Do It

August 29th, 2010

Away up in the bloody tower, Wild Land paced back and forth in its tiny cell, pausing to shake the bars occasionally in total frustration. Fortunately, this was just a bloody tower and not The Bloody Tower.

Far below the axe man hefted his shiny ucks (he had an accent like Gimli) and turned to me, “When do you want it done?” He’s an ‘Ohh Arrrr’ type. Minus the eyepatch, of course. You need two good eyes to be any good at this head-lopping lark otherwise you don’t achieve your Key Performance Indicators and miss out on the end-of-year bonus and profit-share.

You have to be careful when nattering to these executioner types. To them, head-count is a performance measure not a staff census and they take the whole thing rather seriously. When he claimed to have coached Gimli with his “And my Ucks!” line at the Council of Elrond I gauged that I was within his swingline and decided that an expression of marvel was in order.

Anyway, I digress. Poor old Wild Land was pacing its cell.

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It’s Been Fun

August 16th, 2010

After nearly five years of writing and 947 articles published, it is time to work on other things, so the Wild Land site has closed. It has been enjoyable work and the responses from readers have been appreciated.

The site set no specific aims at the outset except to entertain on the odd occasion, and inform the readers about natural hazards in the New Zealand area. I feel this has been achieved.

Wild Land was made possible by the generous support of the owdjim webmaster who has hosted and maintained the software environment and provided considerable guidance as issues arose.

Thankyou all for your support and interest.

Major Quake, Marianas

August 14th, 2010

A shallow, major earthquake struck the Mariana Islands this morning.

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Major Quake, Ecuador

August 13th, 2010

A deep, major earthquake struck onshore Ecuador just before midnight last night.

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Strong Aftershock, Vanuatu

August 11th, 2010

A strong earthquake has struck during the aftershock sequence following yesterday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake in the New Hebrides region of Vanuatu.

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Major Quake, Vanuatu

August 10th, 2010

A major earthquake struck the New Hebrides region of Vanuatu this evening.

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Major Quake, Papua New Guinea

August 5th, 2010

A major earthquake struck the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea this morning.

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Strong Quake, Kermadecs

August 5th, 2010

A strong, shallow, undersea earthquake struck the northern Kermadec Islands yesterday afternoon.

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Kermadec Quake

August 1st, 2010

A light earthquake struck the southern Kermadec Islands this evening.

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Strong Quake, Tonga-Samoa Region

July 25th, 2010

A strong undersea earthquake struck midway between Samoa and Tonga this afternoon.

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Major Quakes, Philippines

July 24th, 2010

Three major earthquakes have struck the Moro Gulf in the Philippines this morning.

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Strong Quake, Vanuatu

July 22nd, 2010

A strong undersea quake struck the Espiritu Santo area of Vanuatu this evening.

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Strong Quake, New Britain, PNG

July 21st, 2010

Another strong earthquake struck the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea this morning.

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Strong Quake, Aleutian Islands

July 19th, 2010

A strong earthquake struck the Fox Islands in the Aleutian chain early last night.

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Strong Quakes, New Guinea

July 19th, 2010

Two strong undersea earthquakes struck the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea this morning.

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