piranha Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) The tragic earthquake in New Zealand has devastated the Canterbury Museum. The details of this account have been disseminated at various paleo list-servs so I thought it would be appropriate to share the account here at TFF as well. Evidently no one is injured among the museum staff although the damage is extensive enough to warrant its closure indefinitely. I know we all wish them the very best and a safe and speedy return back to normal. LINK From: Ricardo Palma: Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:23 PM Subject: Bad news about the Canterbury Museum To: This was received from our ornithologist. He happened to be talking to Paul Scofield (Curator of birds in Canty) just when the quake struck: << I spoke with Paul Scofield and he says that the museum is badly damaged. Paul's big bookshelf fell over him but, because he was on the phone to me, he was in a part of his office where a pillar stopped it from crushing him. He had to crawl out of his office. The exhibitions are in total disarray with many shaking apart and the glass in the big display cases having 'exploded'. I don't know about the structural integrity of the building but part of the facade around the front door has fallen off and Rolleston (at least his statue) has fallen on his head. To make matters worse, the sprinklers came on which means that the collections are wet. Of course no-one has been able to check any collections and won't be able too for ages which means collections may start going mouldy. It seems certain that the museum will be shut to the public for months. Staff like Paul are simply leaving the city with their family until the water systems in the city are back up and running. Additionally the museum server is completely out of action so no staff will be able to access their work e-mails, even from outside the museum. But the good and remarkable news is that no staff or visitors were hurt apparently. >> Greetings, Ricardo Edited February 24, 2011 by piranha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Sad indeed.My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone there,especially those that lost loved ones.I also hope they can recover the fossils and place them in a safe place to care for them for now. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Sad indeed.My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone there,especially those that lost loved ones.I also hope they can recover the fossils and place them in a safe place to care for them for now. Ditto... I hope everything works out... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aramon Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik m Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I hope that the pepole that live over there get all the help there is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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