There IS something about being with others. Guess we are created humans and we need each other.
Quite a few today.
Here is the article:
Mayor Bob Parker says Christchurch city is coping "amazingly well" with the continuing fall-out from Saturday morning's earthquake, but he is urging people to talk to each other for support.
"People need help to unload that internal pressure," he said, after expressing concern that five days after the earthquake people were facing up to the psychological trauma of the situation.
He said he had spoken to the Dean of Christchurch, the Very Rev Peter Beck, about getting church halls around the city open and offering people a cup of tea and a place to talk. Some of this was already happening.
"We need to be talking as a community. That is one of the most healing things we can do for each other," he told a midday media conference at the civil defence headquarters at the Christchurch Art Gallery.
"This is not a short term event either from the prospect of recovery or on-going after-shocks. The scientists tell us we could be experiencing after-shocks for months. That's a really hard thing to hear but it is the reality of the situation.
"I think we are coping amazingly well," said the mayor.
He believed the remaining welfare centres -- one was closed because of damage yesterday -- would be under additional pressure because the shake this morning.
But he said he was impressed by the city's response, even in providing additional pillows and blankets when they were needed, and by gifts of food.
There were continuous offers of help from volunteers. Groups wanting to volunteer should call the council on 941-8999 so that volunteer efforts could be co-ordinated.
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